E. Desmond Hogan

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Des Hogan, the Head of Hogan Lovells’ global Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment practice, has a track record of winning cases early, at trial, and on appeal.

Recently, he won the largest jury verdict in U.S. history (US$75m) in a wrongful conviction case. He also won a complete victory in the Uber Data Breach MDL in the Central District of California when the court dismissed a nationwide class action on precedent-setting standing grounds; defeated a TRO and secured dismissal of a health care class action in Georgia federal court; defended the Anthem Data Breach MDL in the Northern District of California; and secured dismissal of a false advertising class action against a food company in a widely cited Miami federal case.

Currently, he helps lead the defense of many Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in a high-profile antitrust MDL in Alabama, represents technology companies in various class and mass actions, food companies in a California labeling disputes, and several health benefits companies in various federal and state court class actions in Georgia, Texas, Virginia, and California.

He defeated class certification and a 10-figure damages claim in the In Re WellPoint UCR MDL; won a nationwide health care class action on summary judgement, upheld after his Eleventh Circuit argument; and took over a Ford case, winning class decertification and defeating plaintiffs' US$350 million+ claims through trial and appeal.

Des also has represented clients in over two dozen congressional investigations on health care, data security, pharma markets, consumer products, and public corruption issues.