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D.C. AG’s Office Awards Lucrative Contracts to Edelson PC for Consumer Fraud Lawsuits

Apr 30, 2025•3 months ago

Contract Type

contract

Water

Description

The Washington, D.C. attorney general’s office has awarded multiple lucrative contingency fee contracts to Edelson PC to file consumer fraud lawsuits against prominent corporations, amounting to contracts worth up to $170 million and $55 million. The contracts are believed to be aimed at achieving left-wing policy wins on a national scale, with former D.C. assistant deputy attorney general Jimmy Rock, now with Edelson, being involved in several cases.

Company Information

Company

Edelson PC

About

A cum laude graduate from Harvard Law School and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review, Colangelo litigated more than 100 environmental cases, including lawsuits related to migrant farmworker health, coastal water quality, food safety, drinking water contamination, energy efficiency, air pollution, hazardous waste cleanup, endangered species protections, overfishing, and government transparency. He argued in dozens of federal and state courts, including in the U.S. Supreme Court, and taught environmental law as an adjunct professor at the Howard University School of Law. From cases involving environmental pollution, wildfires, the opioid epidemic and NCAA head injuries, to exposing plaintiff’s lawyer Tom Girardi’s multi-decade Ponzi scheme, Edelson PC is consistently recognized as a leader in high-stakes class and mass action plaintiff’s work. As lead counsel, the firm has recovered over $5 billion in settlements and judgments as lead counsel, and has contributed to settlements that, in total, surpass $45 billion. Edelson PC has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Boulder, and Ann Arbor. Visit Edelson.com to learn more about the firm.

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