Attorneys
John Albanese
Shareholder
John Albanese is an Associate in the Minneapolis office. Mr. Albanese concentrates his practice on consumer protection with a focus on Fair Credit Reporting Act violations related to criminal background checks. Mr. Albanese has also prosecuted class actions related to illegal online lending, unfair debt collection, privacy breaches, and other consumer law issues.
Alexandra Antoniou
Counsel
Alexandra M. Antoniou is Senior Counsel and practices in the Firm’s Consumer Protection and Commercial Litigation practice groups. Prior to joining the firm, Alexandra was involved in defending a major pharmaceutical company in product liability actions in both state and MDL proceedings. Early in her legal career, she represented clients in matters of personal injury, civil […]
Fred G. Brown
Of Counsel
Fred G. Brown joined Berger Montague in 2023 as Of Counsel in the firm’s Employee Benefits & ERISA practice group.
Shanon J. Carson
Executive Shareholder
Shanon J. Carson is an Executive Shareholder of the Firm. He Co-Chairs the Employment & Unpaid Wages, Consumer Protection, Defective Products, and Defective Drugs and Medical Devices Departments and is a member of the Firm’s Commercial Litigation, Employee Benefits & ERISA, Environment & Public Health, Insurance Fraud, Predatory Lending and Borrowers’ Rights, and Technology, Privacy & Data Breach Departments.
Caitlin G. Coslett
Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Antitrust Department
Caitlin G. Coslett is a Shareholder and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Antitrust Department. She concentrates her practice on complex litigation, including antitrust and mass tort litigation.
Eric L. Cramer
Chairman
Mr. Cramer is Chairman of the Firm and Co-Chair of the Firm’s antitrust department. He has a national practice in the field of complex litigation, primarily in the area of antitrust class actions. He is currently co-lead counsel in multiple significant antitrust class actions across the country in a variety of industries and is responsible for winning numerous significant settlements for his clients totaling well over $3 billion.
Mark B. DeSanto
Senior Counsel
Mark B. DeSanto is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Consumer Protection Department. He has nine years of class action litigation experience in federal courts throughout the United States.
Lawrence Deutsch
Shareholder
Mr. Deutsch has been involved in numerous major shareholder class action cases. He served as lead counsel in the Delaware Chancery Court on behalf of shareholders in a corporate governance litigation concerning the rights and valuation of their shareholdings.
E. Michelle Drake
Executive Shareholder
E. Michelle Drake is an Executive Shareholder in the Firm’s Minneapolis office. With career settlements and verdicts valued at more than $150 million, Michelle has had great success in a wide variety of cases.
Jennifer Elwell
Senior Counsel
Jennifer Elwell is Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Consumer Protection group. She concentrates her practice in complex civil litigation involving actions brought on behalf of consumers for corporate wrongdoing and consumer fraud.