The Daily Journal named Pearson Warshaw, LLP partners Clifford H. Pearson and Bruce L. Simon as “The Top 100 Lawyers in California” for 2016. This is the second time they achieved this honor, the first was in 2013. The Daily Journal ‘s interviews of Mr. Pearson and Mr. Simon discuss the landmark $1.8 billion settlement of the In re: Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation.
In that case, Pearson and Simon represented a class of plaintiffs who alleged that some of the world’s largest banks conspired to restrain trade and avoid competition in the credit default swap market in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.