The chair of Lieff Cabraser’s Economic Injury Product Defect Practice Group and a member of the American Law Institute, partner Jason L. Lichtman has extensive experience leading multidistrict and large class action litigation on behalf of consumer plaintiffs. With a practice focused on consumer protection, data privacy, and damages, Jason recently recovered more than $122 million in economic value for coffee farmers in the Kona region who sued nearly two dozen companies for selling “Kona coffee” that was not coffee from Kona. The Court described Jason as conducting one “of the most impressive class action cases I have dealt with in my time on the federal bench,” adding that his results in the litigation were “great for justice” because this was a case with “a real result that makes people whole again.”
Numerous other courts have also appointed Jason to leadership positions in large consumer protection cases, in which he has recovered more than $500 million for his clients, including the exploding Samsung Top-Loading Washing Machines case (Co-Lead Counsel); the Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer products liability litigation (Co-Lead Counsel); and the Dover v. British Airways airline overcharging case (Class Counsel). In the Whirlpool Defective Washers Products Liability litigation, Jason served as Co-Chair of the Law and Motion Committee, one of the trial counsel, and Lead Settlement Counsel, achieving a nationwide settlement strongly favorable to plaintiffs following a bellwether trial, multiple appeals to the Sixth and Seventh Circuits (all won by plaintiffs), and multiple petitions for certiorari (all defeated by plaintiffs). Jason has also secured major victories as counsel of record before numerous federal appellate courts.
Jason’s practice also includes a focus on complex damages issues, including in the Anthem Data Breach Litigation and Marriott Data Breach litigation, leading plaintiffs’ work with damages experts, including the development of highly technical, comprehensive experts reports, defending depositions of plaintiffs’ experts, and taking defendants’ experts’ depositions. The Marriott case remains pending, but Jason’s work contributed heavily to the groundbreaking settlement for plaintiffs of $115 million in Anthem, as well as significant injunctive relief targeting deficient Anthem’s cybersecurity practices.
Jason also serves on the board of directors for Public Justice Foundation and is past Chair of the Public Justice Class Action Committee. Public Justice is devoted to standing up for consumers against unscrupulous payday lenders, reckless polluters, dangerous food producers, and other bad corporate actors. A multiple-year “Super Lawyer” for the New York area, he also served on the Law360 Privacy and Consumer Protection Editorial Advisory Board, providing feedback on Law360’s news coverage, including case updates, policy developments, and trends in various industries.
Published Works/Appearences
•Panelist, “Damage Theories Supporting Class Certification,” American Association for Justice Annual Convention, July 2025
•Panelist, “Data Breach: Bigger and Bigger,” HarrisMartin MDL Conference: Ozempic and Suboxone Litigation, January 2024
•Co-author with Elizabeth J. Cabraser, “Proving and Defending Punitive Damages Claims,” 2014
•Co-author with Jonathan D. Selbin, “Overcoming Barriers to Class Certification,” 2014
•Contributing Author, “Ninth Circuit Reshapes California Consumer-Protection Law,” American Bar Association, July 2012
Honors & Awards
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2023-2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers,” Lawdragon, 2024
•“Super Lawyer for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2017-2025
•“Rising Star,” Consumer Protection, Law360, 2017
•“Rising Star for New York Metro,” Super Lawyers, 2013-2016
In the News
•February 17, 2026
30 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized as Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2026
•February 17, 2026
Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Named ‘Legal Lions of the Week’ by Law360 for Win in Teen Social Media Addiction MDL
•October 30, 2025
21 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Selected as 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
•October 3, 2025
Jason Lichtman and Annika K. Martin Named New Members of American Law Institute
•August 21, 2025
36 Lieff Cabraser Lawyers Named to 2026 Best Lawyers Listings
Selected Published Works
•“Spokeo Still Standing: No Sign of a Circuit Split” (with Andrew Kaufman), Law360, October 14, 2016
•“Spotlight on Spokeo: A Win for Consumers” (with Andrew Kaufman), Law360, May 23, 2016
•“Fraud on the Market in a Post-Amgen World” (with Michael Miarmi), Trial Magazine, November 2013
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