VAZQUEZ v. GROUPON, INC. et al

Filing 7

WITHDRAWN, SEE DOCKET ENTRY 8 .....MOTION to Appoint Counsel Interim Class Counsel by CARLOS VAZQUEZ (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order, # 2 Declaration, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit, # 10 Exhibit)(LaDuca, Charles) Modified on 4/12/2011 (jf, ).

VAZQUEZ v. GROUPON, INC. et al

Doc. 7 Att. 8

The law firm of Halunen & Associates was founded in 1998 and has offices in Minneapolis and Chicago. The firm has extensive experience representing plaintiffs employment, products liability, and consumer protection class and collective actions. Clayton D. Halunen, founding member of Halunen & Associates, practices primarily in the areas of employment and class action litigation on behalf of plaintiffs. He has tried over thirty cases to a verdict and has successfully obtained hundreds of millions of dollars for his clients in awards and settlements. Clayton Halunen has served in lead, management or coordinating capacities in numerous collective actions, class actions, or consolidated litigation and in complex litigation cases. Such cases include In re Panacryl Suture Products Liability Cases, MDL No 1959 (E.D.N.C.); In re FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Employment Practices Litigation, MDL No. 1700 (N.D. Ind.); Cruz, et al. v. Lawson Software, Inc., Civil File No. 08-5900 (D. Minn.); In re CertainTeed Corp. Roofing Shingle Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1817. (E.D. Pa.); Hale, et al. v. ABRA Auto Body and Glass, Inc., Civil File No. 07-3367 (D. Minn.); Nerland et al. v. Caribou Coffee Company, Inc., Civil No. 05-1847 (D. Minn.); and Davis, et al. v. SOH Distribution Co., Civil File No. 09-237 (M.D. Pa.). Mr. Halunen is licensed to practice in all courts for the State of Minnesota as well as the United States District Courts for the District of Minnesota and the Northern and Central Districts of

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Illinois. Every year since 2003, Mr. Halunen has been named one of the top 5% of lawyers practicing in the state by Minnesota Law & Politics Super Lawyers designation. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Minnesota State Bar Association (Governing Council, Labor and Employment), and Taxpayers Against Fraud -- a national group of attorneys representing whistle-blowers in government fraud cases. He is a frequent lecturer, has been named to the Super Lawyers list in Minnesota Law & Politics magazine every year since 2003, and is regularly named to Who's Who in Minnesota Employment Law. Susan Coler is a senior attorney with Halunen & Associates and practices law primarily in the area of plaintiffs' class action employment litigation. She is licensed to practice in all Courts in the State of Minnesota and is a Minnesota State Bar Association Board Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist.. She is also licensed to practice in the State of Illinois. She graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif in 1989 from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Following law school she clerked for the now-deceased Honorable Robert G. Renner, United States District Court, District of Minnesota. She began her class action practice in 1991. Susan has an AV Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. She has spoken at local, regional and national legal conferences on class action and employment law issues, and co-wrote "Handling Class Actions Under the ADEA" published in the 2006 Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal. Over her career, Ms. Coler has been involved

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in numerous class cases including as lead and co-lead counsel. These include Aburime v. Northwest Airlines, 92-3070MN, 92-378MN; Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., 130 F.3d 1287 (8th Cir. 1997), Control Data, Carlson v. C.H. Robinson, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5674 (D. Minn. Mar. 31, 2005), and Whitaker v. 3M (Co-Lead), NordicTrack (Lead), Pork (Lead), Lawson (Co-Lead, Swanson v. State of Minnesota (Co-Lead). Shawn J. Wanta practices exclusively in employment, products liability, and consumer protection class and collective action litigation. He has served in lead, management, or coordinating capacities in numerous class and collective actions. Such cases include: Davis, et al. v. SOH Distribution Co., 09-cv-237 (M.D. Pa.); In re IKO Roofing Shingles Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2104; Taylor, et al. v. Corporate Transit of America, 09-05709 (N.D. Ill.); Egtedt, et al. v. West Publishing Corp., 19HA-CV-09-1660 (Minn. D. Ct.); Cruz, et al. v. Lawson Software, Inc., Civil File No. 08-5900 (D. Minn.); Wright, et al. v. Owens Corning, 09-01567 (W.D. Pa.); Gulbankian, et al. v. MW Manufacturers, Inc., 10-10392 (D. Mass.); and Scott, et al. v. NOW Courier, Inc., 10-cv-00971 (S.D. Ind.) Mr. Wanta is licensed to practice in all courts for the State of Minnesota as well as the United States District Courts for the District of Minnesota, Northern District of Illinois, and Central District of Illinois. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA), the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association (FBA), and the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA).

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