Alex “Trey” Robertson, IV has been appointed by the Court as a member of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee (PEC) for the Thomas Fire and Montecito Debris Flow cases, which have been coordinated as a Judicial Council Coordinated Proceeding (JCCP) and transferred to Judge Buckley, the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, for all pre-trial purposes. Other members of our legal team, Robert Curtis of Foley, Bezek, Behle & Curtis (Santa Barbara) and Joseph Liebman (Santa Barbara) were also appointed to the PEC by the Court. Currently, our team represents more than 400 plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against Defendant Southern California Edison Company (SCE), which allege that SCE caused the Thomas Fire and the resulting debris flow in Montecito. We represent one of the largest groups of plaintiffs in this JCCP proceeding.

We have filed lawsuits in federal district courts across the country against FieldTurf USA, Inc. on behalf of school districts alleging this company defrauded customers by knowingly selling defective artificial turf sports fields, which were paid for using taxpayer’s money. On June 1, 2017 the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued an order consolidating and transferring all cases filed against FieldTurf to Judge Shipp in the District of New Jersey for all pre-trial proceedings.  Judge Shipp has appointed Alex “Trey” Robertson, IV to the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee of this MDL to prosecute these cases. These consolidated proceedings have been assigned MDL No. 2779. A copy of the Transfer Order can be found  here.

We specialize in “bet the company” cases, where the stakes are high, the issues are complex and there are many parties and their insurers involved in the dispute.  Alex “Trey” Robertson, IV has the unique ability to cut through the “fog of litigation” and develop a clear strategy to achieve the client’s litigation goals.  Called a “closer” by one chief judge in a very high profile national case, Robertson has developed a reputation of coming up with creative solutions to settle cases believed to be “un-settleable.”  His mix of hands-on construction experience and understanding of insurance