Stris & Maher LLP

07/17/2024

Congratulations Peter Stris for being named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s list of “Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys 2024.”

The LABJ writes: “Peter Stris is the founding partner of Stris & Maher LLP, an elite litigation boutique that represents clients in difficult and high-stakes business disputes. Based in Los Angeles, Stris leads the firm’s nationwide trial and appellate practice. Over the past two decades, he has successfully first-chaired a wide variety of bet-the-farm business cases to verdict or judgment. He has also handled dozens of high-profile business appeals, including 10 he personally argued before the US Supreme Court.”

05/03/2024

Congratulations Peter Stris alongside members of our firm (Radha Pathak, John Stokes, and Tillman Breckenridge) and Bailey & Glasser, LLP (Gregory Porter and Ryan T. Jenny) on being named Litigators of the Week (runner up) for their Second Circuit victory in Cedeno v. Sasson.

This appeal addressed one of the most important issues in American pension litigation today: Whether ERISA plans can force participants to pursue representative claims on behalf of a plan in individual arbitrations, thereby gutting participants’ ability to enforce the core private right of action ERISA affords. It is the fourth appeal our firm has successfully handled on this topic following the Ninth Circuit’s unfavorable (to the plaintiffs’ bar) ruling in Dorman v. Charles Schwab Corporation. Over a vigorous dissent, the Second Circuit held in Cedeno that an arbitration provision barring a plan participant from seeking plan-wide remedies is inconsistent with ERISA.

Peter Stris of Stris & Maher got an important win this week for ERISA plaintiffs at the Second Circuit.

09/18/2023

We’re proud to announce that the Los Angeles Business Journal has selected us as one of the region’s “Most Admired Firms to Work For.” This award recognizes firms that are “consciously working towards creating diverse, positive, and supportive environments to help drive the success of their attorneys.”

09/06/2023

Congratulations Peter Stris on being named one of California’s Top 100 Lawyers by the Daily Journal Corporation for four years running.

08/02/2023

We are proud to report we helped secure a major victory in the fight for reproductive rights in Idaho.

Yesterday, a federal district court granted our motion for a preliminary injunction, blocking the enforcement of a legal opinion, issued by Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, that claimed Idaho’s abortion laws prohibit health care providers from referring patients for abortions out of state. In states like Idaho with total abortion bans, referrals are a critical tool for providers to help patients access a full range of essential care, and a lifeline for patients who need abortion care.

Read more about our victory, led by firm associate Colleen Smith, here:

Press Releases › Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Idaho Attorney General’s Prohibition on Out-of-State Abortion Referrals Health care providers may resume offering critical information and assistance without fear of prosecution Case: Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Indiana, Ken...

07/25/2023

Congratulations Peter Stris on being named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2023 list of Leaders of Influence: Litigators and Trial Lawyers.

07/20/2023

We’re proud to announce that The American Lawyer has named our associate Colleen Smith a finalist for Young Lawyer of the Year (Beyond Practice), identifying her as one of seven young lawyers in America “who has made meaningful advancements in service delivery, public or societal interest, or otherwise worked to improve the profession or community around them.” “This year’s finalists represent the best of the best across all of what the profession holds dear.”

Finalists are named across categories including Best Firm of the Year, Managing Partner of the Year, Business Team of the Year, Young Lawyers of the Year and much more.

07/10/2023

We’re proud to announce that firm associate Sarah Rahimi has been elected to the Board of Directors of LAIPLA - The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, joining the leadership (alongside Managing Partner Elizabeth Rogers Brannen) of one of the nation’s premier intellectual property law associations.

LAIPLA Officers & Board of Directors 2023-2024 Our Board of Directors manages the affairs and directs the conduct of the business of the Association, subject to the By-Laws and the Articles of incorporation. Meet our team! Erica Van Loon, President Erica J. Van Loon is a Partner at Nixon Peabody in....

06/30/2023

We’re delighted to report that we’ve now persuaded the Third, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits to each recognize that defendants can’t use arbitration clauses to limit ERISA’s remedies.

Read about our most recent victory:

The Third Circuit backed a Delaware court's ruling that found Wilmington Trust couldn't force a participant in an envelope manufacturer's employee stock ownership plan to arbitrate his investment mismanagement claims, holding Friday that an arbitration provision's class action waiver was invalid bec...

06/21/2023

Congratulations to firm associate Colleen Smith for being named to the ABA Young Lawyers Division's "Top 40 Young Lawyers" list. This national award recognizes young lawyers who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.

The ABA’s "On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers" Award program provides national recognition of ABA Young Lawyers Division members who exemplify a broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and service to the profession.

06/12/2023

Managing Partner Elizabeth Rogers Brannen spoke about the Supreme Court’s Jack Daniel’s/Bad Spaniels decision with Roger Hearing on the BBC News World Business Report. The full interview begins at 16:58 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4zb0 (registration is free)

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06/01/2023

We’re proud to be named one of the Top 4 California appellate firms (of any size) by Chambers and Partners, who describes us as “a renowned boutique appellate firm with significant experience in business appeals.” Congratulations to newly minted partner John Stokes for his promotion to Up and Coming on Chambers’ California appellate table, and to Peter Stris, who remains one of the top five (Band 1 or higher) appellate practitioners in the state.

Discover where Stris & Maher LLP are ranked in the USA legal rankings. Visit Chambers and Partners to learn more.