Daniel L. Warshaw, a founding partner of Pearson Warshaw, LLP, is a civil litigator and trial lawyer who focuses on antitrust, complex litigation, class actions, and consumer protection.  Mr. Warshaw has held leadership roles in numerous state, federal and multidistrict class actions, and obtained significant recoveries for class members in many cases.  These cases have included, among other things, antitrust violations, high-technology products, automotive parts, entertainment royalties, intellectual property and false and misleading advertising.  Mr. Warshaw has also represented employees in a variety of class actions, including wage and hour, misclassification and other Labor Code violations.

Mr. Warshaw’s cases have received significant attention in the press, and Mr. Warshaw has been profiled by the Daily Journal for his work.  Mr. Warshaw was named by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California each year from 2022 to 2025.  In 2019 and 2020, Mr. Warshaw was named as one of the Daily Journal’s Top Plaintiff Lawyers.  And in 2020, and 2022 through 2025 he was also named one of the Daily Journal’s Top Antitrust Lawyers.  Additionally, Mr. Warshaw has been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer (representing the top 5% of practicing lawyers in Southern California) every year since 2005.  Additionally, Mr. Warshaw is ranked by Chambers and Partners for antitrust litigation.  He has also attained Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating (AV) for legal ability and ethical standards.

Mr. Warshaw played an integral role in several of the firm’s groundbreaking cases.  In the In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, 3:07-md-01827-SI (N.D. Cal.) he assisted in leading this multidistrict to trial and securing $473 million in recoveries to the direct purchaser plaintiff class.  After the firm was appointed as interim co-lead counsel in In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation, Mr. Warshaw along with his partners and co-counsel successfully secured a $1.86 billion settlement on behalf of the class.

Current Cases:

• Vakilzadeh v. The Trustees of the California State University (Cal. Super. Ct.)
• Yoo v. The Regents of the University of California (Cal. Super. Ct.)
• In re Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litig. (D.N.M.)
• In re PVC Pipe Antitrust Litig. (D. Ill.)
• Redner’s Markets, Inc. v. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. et al. (N.D. Ill.)
• In re Episource LLC Data Breach Litig. (C.D. Cal.)

Education:

• Whittier Law School, Los Angeles, California – J.D. – 1996
• University of Southern California – B.S. – 1992

Bar Admissions:

• California
• Ninth and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Board Member
• Consumer Attorneys of California
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Complex Court Committee, Member
• Plaintiffs’ Class Action Roundtable, Chair