Rachel Soffin is a partner whose work is focused on consumer class action litigation. Ms. Soffin’s class action experience during her twenty-year career is vast and includes litigation in the areas of defective consumer products, automotive, false advertising and mislabeling, breach of contract, and deceptive and unfair trade practices. Ms. Soffin has been appointed to leadership roles in numerous class action cases across the country and regularly speaks at national continuing legal education conferences on complex class action litigation topics.

Ms. Soffin has litigated and resolved many significant complex class actions, including Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Manufacturing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litig. (N.D. Ill.), where she was appointed co-lead counsel in a class action involving allegedly dangerous and defective pet pesticide collars. In this high-profile nationwide consumer protection action, Ms. Soffin and co-counsel achieved a $15 million settlement following significant investigation and litigation, including work with various experts in veterinary medicine, epidemiology, material sciences and engineering.

Ms. Soffin has dedicated the majority of her career to protecting consumers. After spending the first five years of her career representing corporations, Ms. Soffin chose to focus her work on protecting individuals from corporate malfeasance. In recognition of her contributions to complex litigation, Ms. Soffin has been designated by Super Lawyers as a Florida Rising Star from 2011 to 2013 and as a Florida Super Lawyer from 2014 to 2018, 2022-2025 in the fields of Class Actions and Mass Torts.

Since her admission to the bar in 2005, Ms. Soffin has represented consumers and also served as class counsel in numerous successful class actions, including:

• Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Mktg., Sales Practices and Prod. Liab. Litig. (N.D. Ill.) (court-appointed co-lead counsel in class action involving allegedly dangerous and defective pet pesticide collars, resulting in $15 million settlement);
• In re: All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC, Cookware Mktg. and Sales Pracs. Litig., (W.D. Pa.) (co-lead counsel in class action involving defective cookware, resulting in settlement of up to $4 million);
• In Re: Tracfone Unlimited Service Plan Litig. (N.D. Cal.) ($40 million settlement for consumers subjected to deceptive cellular phone data plan practices);
• Berman et al v. Gen. Motors LLC (S.D. Fla.) ($40 million value settlement in class action involving defective automobiles);
• De Leon v. Bank of Am., N.A. (USA) (M.D. Fla.) ($10 million settlement for consumers subjected to breach of cardholder agreement and deceptive trade practices);
• Dickens, et al. v. Thinx Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) (settlement of up to $5 million in class action involving false advertising of products containing Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”));
• Spencer, et al. v. Knix (S.D.N.Y.) (settlement of up to $2 million in class action involving false advertising of products containing Per-and PFAS;
• Peterson, et al v. BSH Home Appliances Corp. (W.D. Wash.) (settlement of up to $2 million in class action involving defective ovens);
• Hamm v. Sharp Electronics Corporation (S.D. Fla.) (over $100 million value settlement in class action involving defective microwaves);
• In Re: Horizon Organic Milk Plus DHA Omega-3 Mktg. and Sales Prac. Litig. (S.D. Fla.) ($1.3 million settlement value for consumers subjected to deceptive trade practices involving product misrepresentations);
• Swift v. Bank of Am. (M.D. Fla.) ($1 million settlement for consumers subjected to TCPA violations).

Education:

• Stetson University College of Law – J.D. – 2005
• The Florida State University – B.A. – 2002

Bar Admissions:

• State of Florida
• State of Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Judicial District
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois