Current Role
Current Role
- Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
- Managing Partner of Hagens Berman’s Berkeley office
- Practice is devoted entirely to representing plaintiffs in complex litigation, and primarily in the areas of antitrust and unfair competition
Recent Success
Recent Success
Ms. Scarlett has played a leading role in obtaining sizable settlements for antitrust plaintiffs in the following cases:
- In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig., No. 16-CV-08637 (N.D. Ill.), co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery to date of $181 million
- In re Animation Workers Antitrust Litig., No. 14-cv-4062 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for class of workers; recovery of nearly $169 million
- In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litig., No. 13-md-02420 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $113.45 million
- In re EBooks Antitrust Litig., No. 11-md-02293 (S.D.N.Y.), team at Hagens Berman acting as co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $568 million
- In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig., No. 10-md-02143 (N.D. Cal.), team at Hagens Berman acting as lead counsel for indirect purchaser class; recovery of $205 million
- In re Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2850 (W.D. Pa.), team at Hagens Berman on executive committee; recovery of $48.95 million
Experience
Experience
- Associate, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, 2004-2007
- Associate, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, 2002-2004
- Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, 2001-2002
Legal Activities
Legal Activities
- Panelist, Class Actions: What You Need to Know Now Recent Developments in Class Action Litigation, Federal Bar Association, Northern District of California Chapter, November 2023
- Panelist, Complex Litigation Ethics Conference: UC Law San Francisco, The Ethics of Court-Appointed Neutrals, October 2023
- Panelist, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, California Lawyers Association, Views from the Top, November 2021
- Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, Taken and Defending Depositions of Economists in Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, Taken and Defending Depositions of Economists in Private Class Actions, November 2019
- Panelist, American Bar Association, Key Considerations for Working with Expert Witnesses in Class Actions, September 2019
- Panelist, American Antitrust Institute, The Consumer and Food Sovereignty: Concentration and its Effects on Food Prices, Choice, and Quality, December 2018
- Panelist, Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum: Tar and Validation Protocols, September 2018
- Panelist, spoke at the request of Judge Gonzalez Rogers on distribution of settlements and best practices of notice, Civil Law Symposium: Class Actions for the Northern District Practice Program, September 2018
- Panelist, The Impact Fund, Advanced Class Notice Issues, August 2018
- Panelist, American Bar Association Meeting: Procedural Steps and Pitfalls in Antitrust Class Actions, May 2018
- Panelist, Northern District Judicial Conference: Class Actions, April 2018
- Panelist, Class Certification — Making Sense of Class Certification Doctrine, Economics and Econometrics, American Antitrust Institute, Nov. 2017
Recognition
Recognition
- Top Plaintiff Lawyers, The Daily Journal of California, 2022, 2024
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2020-2024
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2022-2024
- Chambers and Partners, Band 1 Ranking, Antitrust, 2022-2024
- Top 100, National Trial Lawyers, 2023-2024
- Thought Leaders, Global Elite, Who’s Who Legal, 2022, 2024
- Northern California Super Lawyer, 2013-2024
- Benchmark Litigation Future Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2024
- Thought Leaders, Competition, Who’s Who Legal, 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America, Plaintiffs Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Best Lawyers, 2024
- Top Antitrust Attorney, The Daily Journal of California, 2021-2022
- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California, The National Trial Lawyers, 2021-2022
- Top Women Attorneys in Northern California, San Francisco Magazine, 2022
- Top 50 Women, Northern California Super Lawyers, 2020-2021
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers, 2009-2011
Notable Cases
Notable Cases
Ms. Scarlett is also serving as lead or co-lead class counsel in the following cases currently being litigated:
- Klein v. Meta Platforms, No. 20-cv-08570 (N.D. Cal.), co-lead counsel for a consumer class against Facebook for gaining a monopoly through deceptive data use and collection practices
- In re Pork Antitrust Litig., No. 18-CV-01776 (D. Minn.), co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class
- In re Beef Purchasers Antitrust Litig. (Peterson v. JBS USA Food Co. Holdings et al.), No. 0:19-cv-01129 (D. Minn.), co-lead counsel for indirect purchaser class
- In re Turkey Antitrust Litig., No. 1:19-cv-08318 (N.D. Ill.), co-lead counsel for direct purchaser class
- Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc., No. 19-cv-2521 (D. Md.), co-lead counsel for class of hourly and salaried workers
Presentations
Presentations
- Panelist, “Comparisons to the U.S. Class Action Experience,” Canadian Bar Association, Oct. 2024
- Panelist and Co-Author of working Group 7, “Concentration in California,” California Law Revision Commission’s proposed changes to California’s antitrust laws, May 2024
Personal Insight
Personal Insight
Shana is Canadian and the daughter of the noted Canadian jurist, the Hon. Edward D. Scarlett. When not in the Berkeley office of Hagens Berman, Shana usually can be found in Canada with her four sisters, nine nieces and nephews.
