Cy Près Awards

Invest in a Future that is Fair for All by naming the Impact Fund as a Cy Près recipient.

WHY THE IMPACT FUND IS A safe CHOICE

  1. We are a unique organization that provides training to attorneys, makes grants to support public interest litigation, and litigates class action lawsuits for social justice.

  2. We are actively enhancing and preserving the class action tool by helping litigators create better class notices via our Notice Project.

  3. We have a proven track record. We have been approved as a cy près recipient in more than 130 cases in both state and federal courts.

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With your support, justice takes root and grows stronger.

Our Impact

Our Reach: We provide training and technical assistance to over eighty legal services providers in California. We also present a national class action conference and host a listserve for a network of plaintiff-side class action practitioners. We present an annual three-day training institute for practitioners seeking practical and strategy skills for litigating public interest class actions. We also provide free consulting to those working in the field.

Our Distinct Services: We’ve provided over $10 million in grants to advocates who bring cases advancing economic, environmental, racial, and social justice. We also provide litigation and consulting services – counseling, advice, and assistance on complex litigation issues.

We serve as counsel and file amicus briefs every year. We present a wide variety of trainings to support practitioners and our offerings include topics such as new case developments, legal writing, and appellate practice.

With our Notice Project, we provide class action litigators with tools to create class action notices that are easier to understand. The Notice Project class action notice templates and AI-powered notice review software have been used to create clearer class action notices in multiple cases. Judges have praised notices created using Notice Project tools as “terrific” and “unusually clear.”

Cy près awards allow us to continue this vital work. Thank you for partnering with us. For more information about cy près designations, contact Teddy Basham-Witherington via email or phone (510.845.3473 ext. 302).

Cy Près Awards Designated to the Impact Fund Since 2017

  • The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Trainor Glass Company No. 12 B 09458 | Northern District of Illinois | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Wells Fargo Bank v. The Hertz Corp. (In re The Hertz Corp.) No. 20-11218 (MFW) | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Delaware Bankruptcy | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Hoyer & Hicks | Landucci v. Freeman Expositions, LLC  3:19-cv-07573 | U.S. District Court, Northern District of California | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Bryan Schwartz Law, P.C. | Cordrey et al. v. Mills College et al. 22CV011159 | Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda | Jurisdiction: State

    Westerman Law Corp. | Davis v. Chase Bank USA NA, et al. 2:06-cv-04804 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Berger Montague | LeGrand v. Intellicorp 1:15-cv-02091-DCN | U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • McGrane PC | Hoy v. Linebarger 37-2017-00007840-CU-BT-NC | California Superior Court, San Diego | Jurisdiction: State

    Reese, LLP | Shalikar v. Asahi Beer  2:17-cv-02713 | U.S. District Court, Central District of California | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP | Smith v. Merck  3:13-cv-02970 | U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey | Jurisdiction: Federal

    Sanford Heisler Sharp, LLP | Barrett, et al, v. Forest Laboratories, Inc., et al. 1:12-cv-05224-RA-GWG | U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Trush Law Office | Rubio v. New Century Mortgage CV06-811 CJC (AJWx) | U.S. District Court, Central District of California | Jurisdiction: Federal

  • Cornerstone Law Group | London et al v Albertsons Companies Inc et al  CGC-20-587016 | Superior Court for the State of California for the County of San Francisco | Jurisdiction: State

    Law Offices of Timothy Rumberger |  Hughes, et al vs. DP Security, LLC, et al.  MSC14-00736 | Contra Costa County Superior Court | Jurisdiction: State

    Bryan Schwartz Law | De' Silva v. Independence Logistics RG 17855933 | Alameda County Superior Court | Jurisdiction: State

    Hoyer & Hicks | Castaneda, et al. v. S& F Towing, LLC, et al.  RG18932965 | Alameda County Superior Court | Jurisdiction: State

    Nichols Kaster | Shoots v. iQor 15-cv-00563 U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota | Jurisdiction: State

    Molteni Employment Law & Albert G. Stoll, Jr. | Tovar, et al. v. NIR West Coast, Inc., dba Northern California Roofing, Co., et al. MSC17-01600 Superior Court, County of Contra Costa | Jurisdiction: State

    Azadian Law Group & Haines Law Group | Bowlin-Burdick, et al. v. Life Care Centers of America, Inc. BC657139 | Supreme Court of California for the County of Los Angeles | Jurisdiction: State

    Cornerstone Law Group | Hsueh v. Bankers Like & Casualty, et al. 4954 | San Diego County Superior Court | Jurisdiction: State

    Nichols Kaster PLLP | Cirene, et al. v Vitel Communications LLC, et al. 3:11-cv-02509 | U.S. District Court, New Jersey | Jurisdiction: Federal

    Molteni Employment Law & Albert G. Stoll, Jr.  | Leon v. D7 Roofing Services, Inc.  RG-14 749708 | Superior Court of The State of California County of Alameda | Jurisdiction: State

    Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld | Barragan et al v Pacific Gas and Electric Company  RG17853920 | Superior Court of The State of California County of Alameda | Jurisdiction: State

    Law Offices of Timothy Rumberger | Garcia v. Americana Pizza MSC 12-01857 | California Superior Court, Contra Costa County | Jurisdiction: State

    Hoyer & Hicks D'Sa v. Amber India Restaurant CGC-15-544578 | California Superior Court, San Francisco | Jurisdiction: State

    Hoyer & Hicks | Javier, et al. v. Eat24, LLC and Yelp Inc. CGC-15-545485 | California Superior Court, San Francisco | Jurisdiction: State

  • The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Jessica Rodriquez, et al. v Infinite Care, Inc., 2:15-cv-01824-NlQA | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Melissa Mees v. Skreened, Ltd. 2:14-cv-142 | Southern District of Ohio | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Manning and Toney Quesenberry et al. v. DHP Holdings II Corporation a/k/a DESA 08-13422 | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Delaware | Jurisdiction: State

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Tracy Jean-Batiste v. ADME Investment Partners, LTD. et al 1:17-cv-22719-UU | U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Lewis v. RNYK LLC et al  1:2018cv06422 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Harris v. Capitol Infrastructure LLC d/b/a Connexion et al. 12-50731-KG | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Noell et al. v. Oceans Casino Cruises, Inc. d/b/a SunCruz Casino, Inc.; In Re: Oceans Casinos Cruises, Inc. 8:08CV-00683-JSM-TBM; 09-38645-RBR | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Steve Schroeder v. Hess Industries, Inc. 1:2013-ap-50915 | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Joe Knapp v. Badger Technologies 6:12-cv-06637-CJS | U.S. District Court, Western District of New York | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Michaela Tomasch v. Source Interlink Distribution LLC 14-11557-KG | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Arturo Almaraz v. Hamilton Scientific LLC 1:15-CV-00206-SS | U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | In re: Axium International Inc 2:08-bk-10277-BB | U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Foy v Durham School Services 2:20-cv-02750-JPM-tmp | U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee | Jurisdiction: State

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Jones v Wellspring 19-cv-355-pp | U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin | Jurisdiction: State

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Forsyth v Luckys 20-10166 (JTD) | U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware | Jurisdiction: Federal

    The Gardner Firm, P.C. | Hawn v Centrix 06-16403-EEB | U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado | Jurisdiction: Federal

We thank the following firms for naming us as Cy Près beneficiaries:

Albert G. Stoll, Jr. 

Azadian Law Group

Bahan & Associates

Berger & Mantague, P.C.

Brancart & Brancart

Bryan Schwartz Law

Burr & Smith, LLP

Chavez & Gertler LLP

Cornerstone Law Group

Corren & Corren

Gigliotti & Gigliotti

Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian, & Ho

Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP

Haines Law Group

Hoyer, Hicks & Gage

James Hawkins APLC

Kemnitzer, Barron, & Krieg, LLP

Kingsley & Kingsley

Knox Lemmon Anapolsky & Schrimp LLP

Lankenau & Miller, LLP

Law Office of Joseph Antonelli

Law Office of Sheila Thomas

Law Offices of Gregory P. Einhorn

Law Offices of Michael L. Carver

Law Offices of Paul Arons 

Law Offices of Timothy Rumberger

Leonard Carder, LLP

Levy Vinick Burrell Hyams, LLP

McGrane P.C.

McLane, Bednarski & Litt, LLP

Michael Freund

Minami Tamaki LLP

Molteni Employment Law

Murray & Howard, LLP

Nichols Kaster, PLLP

Outten & Golden LLP

Peter Fredman

Reese, LLP

Rousso & Jackel

Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP

Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP

Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky LLP

Scot Bernstein

Sima Fard 

Sprenger + Lang, PLLC

Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice 

The Gardner Firm, P.C.

The Tidrick Law Firm, LLP

Trush Law Office

Villegas Carrera, LLP

Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld

Westerman Law Corp

Wynne Law Firm

Zelle, LLP

Zona Sage