CURRENT ROLE
Partner & Management Committee Member, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
Managing Partner of Hagens Berman’s Berkeley office
Practice is devoted entirely to representing plaintiffs in complex litigation, and primarily in the areas of antitrust and unfair competition
RECENT SUCCESS
Ms. Scarlett has played a leading role in obtaining sizable settlements for antitrust plaintiffs in the following cases:
In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig., No. 16-CV-08637 (N.D. Ill.) (co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery to date of $106 million)
In re Animation Workers Antitrust Litig., No. 14-cv-4062 (N.D. Cal.) (team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for class of workers; recovery of nearly $169 million)
In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litig., No. 13-md-02420 (N.D. Cal.) (team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $113.45 million)
In re EBooks Antitrust Litig., No. 11-md-02293 (S.D.N.Y.) (team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $568 million)
In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., No. 10-md-02143 (N.D. Cal.) (team at Hagens Berman acting as lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $205 million)
In re Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2850 (W.D. Pa.) (team at Hagens Berman on executive committee; recovery of $48.95 million)
EXPERIENCE
Associate, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (2004-2007)
Associate, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP (2002-2004)
Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP (2001-2002)
LEGAL ACTIVITIES
Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, Taken and Defending Depositions of Economists in Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, Taken and Defending Depositions of Economists in Private Class Actions (November 2019)
Panelist, American Bar Association, Key Considerations for Working with Expert Witnesses in Class Actions (September 2019)
Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, The Consumer and Food Sovereignty: Concentration and its Effects on Food Prices, Choice, and Quality (December 2018)
Panelist, Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum: Tar and Validation Protocols (September 2018)
Panelist, Civil Law Symposium: Class Actions for the Northern District Practice Program (September 2018) (spoke at the request of Judge Gonzalez Rogers on distribution of settlements and best practices of notice)
Panelist, The Impact Fund, Advanced Class Notice Issues (August 2018)
Panelist, American Bar Association Meeting: Procedural Steps and Pitfalls in Antitrust Class Actions (May 2018)
Panelist, Northern District Judicial Conference: Class Actions (April 2018)
Panelist, Class Certification – Making Sense of Class Certification Doctrine, Economics and Econometrics, American Antitrust Institute (Nov. 2017)
RECOGNITION
2021 Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California, The National Trial Lawyers
Lawdragon Leading Plaintiff Lawyer, 2020
Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, 2020
Band 2 Ranking by Chambers and Partners, 2020
Northern California Super Lawyer, 2013 - 2020
Rising Star Award for Northern California, Super Lawyers, 2009 – 2011
NOTABLE CASES
Ms. Scarlett is also serving as lead or co-lead class counsel in the following cases currently being litigated:
In re Pork Antitrust Litig., No. 18-CV-01776 (D. Minn.) (co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class)
In re Beef Purchasers Antitrust Litig. (Peterson v. JBS USA Food Co. Holdings et al.), No. 0:19-cv-01129 (D. Minn.) (co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class)
In re Turkey Antitrust Litig., No. 1:19-cv-08318 (N.D. Ill.) (co-lead counsel for direct purchaser class)
Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc., No. 19-cv-2521 (D. Md.) (co-lead counsel for class of hourly and salaried workers)
PERSONAL INSIGHT
Shana is Canadian and the daughter of the noted Canadian jurist, the Hon. Edward D. Scarlett. When not in the Berkeley office of Hagens Berman, Shana usually can be found in Canada with her four sisters, nine nieces and nephews.
RELATED CASES
Animation Workers Antitrust
AppleCare
Aurora Loan Services LLC
Batteries Antitrust
Beef Antitrust
Broiler Chicken Antitrust
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
DRAM Manufacturers
E-books Antitrust Litigation
EA Madden NFL Antitrust
Facebook Antitrust
Glumetza
Optical Disc Drives (ODD)
Pork Antitrust
Poultry Processing Wage Fixing Antitrust
Turkey Antitrust
Zantac (Ranitidine) Antacid Drug
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
20
PRACTICE AREAS
Antitrust Litigation
Consumer Rights
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Technology Companies
Internet Companies
Agricultural Companies
BAR ADMISSIONS
California
COURT ADMISSIONS
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
EDUCATION
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School, J.D.