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Maui / Lahaina wildfire litigation

Plaintiffs’ steering committee

Representing survivors, property owners and businesses.

North Bay and Camp Fire litigation

Co-lead counsel

Work with co-counsel contributed to the $13.5 billion recovery framework for fire victims.

PG&E officers and directors

Lead counsel for the Fire Victim Trust

A derivative action resolved for $117 million, separate from the wildfire victim recovery.

San Bruno pipeline explosion

Victim litigation leadership

Claims for injury, death and property loss; litigation sought stronger pipeline safety measures.

San Bruno shareholder derivative case

Co-lead counsel

Pitre and Mark Molumphy helped secure a $90 million shareholder settlement.

Thomas and Woolsey wildfire cases

Plaintiffs’ steering committee

Coordinated claims concerning Southern California Edison.

Kincade Fire litigation

CPM litigation team

Represented people affected by the fire with Magilligan, Hossain and Britton.

Eaton Fire litigation

CPM litigation team

CPM’s 2025 newsletter identifies Pitre among the lawyers representing affected families.

Porter Ranch / Aliso Canyon gas leak

Steering committee

Resident claims arising from the gas storage failure; the litigation settled globally for $1.8 billion.

Richmond Chevron refinery fire

CPM team leadership

Represented the city over environmental damage and lost revenues.

Tracy warehouse fire

Listed CPM key contact

A June 2026 complaint alleges injury and property harm from the warehouse fire.

Palla Farms groundwater contamination

Counsel with Ara Jabagchourian

Claims concerning allegedly polluted irrigation water.

Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302

Plaintiffs’ executive committee

Litigation concerning Boeing’s 737 MAX and flight-control system.

Asiana Airlines Flight 214

Plaintiffs’ liaison counsel

Coordinated passenger litigation after the San Francisco crash.

Alaska Airlines Flight 261

Liaison counsel; steering committee

Singapore Airlines Flight 006

Plaintiffs’ executive committee

PSA Flight 1771

Steering committee; co-lead trial counsel

Volkswagen diesel-emissions litigation

Plaintiffs’ steering committee

General Motors ignition-switch litigation

Plaintiffs’ executive committee

Coordinated litigation concerning vehicle safety defects.

Toyota unintended-acceleration litigation

Co-lead counsel for commercial class claimants

Economic-loss claims and consumer remedies.

Tesla Autopilot / Full Self-Driving claims

Listed CPM key contact

A consumer action alleging misleading marketing of driving technology.

Bextra and Celebrex litigation

Co-lead trial counsel

Pfizer’s $894 million settlement covered injury and marketing-related claims.

Fen-Phen diet-drug litigation

Plaintiffs’ management committee

Takata airbags

Listed CPM key contact

Claims involving allegedly defective airbags in Honda and BMW vehicles.

Counterfeit spinal implants

CPM team leadership

Claims involving allegedly counterfeit surgical hardware.

Millennium Tower litigation

Co-lead counsel

Owner claims led to compensation and building repairs.

Siller v. Siller

Trial counsel

Consumers Union / Isuzu dispute

Co-lead defense trial counsel

E. & J. Gallo trade-dress litigation

Co-lead trial counsel

Business partnership-interest dispute

Trial counsel

California high-speed rail valuations

Listed CPM investigation contact

Landowner property-valuation and eminent-domain questions.

Wells Fargo hiring-practices derivative action

CPM litigation team

Shareholder claims concerning allegedly sham diversity interviews.

Mazurek v. American Medical Response

Trial counsel with Ara Jabagchourian

The 2011 wrongful-death case resulted in a $17.4 million verdict.

Orange County highway wrongful-death case

Trial counsel

San Francisco balcony-collapse litigation

Trial counsel

Carnahan v. State of California

Plaintiffs’ steering committee

Kate Steinle family litigation

Family counsel

Civil claims concerning gun safety and alleged agency failures.

Tony Ramos family litigation

CPM team leadership

Civil claims concerning firearm storage and public safety.