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Zach McEntyre is a crisis-tested litigator. For nearly two decades, he has represented clients in the financial services, insurance, food and beverage, energy, and technology industries in their most sensitive class actions, consumer protection matters, and business disputes.
Zach has deep expertise handling high-stakes consumer class actions, which almost always implicate core business practices, critical public relations considerations, and federal or state regulatory scrutiny. Zach has led the defense in hundreds of class actions all over the country and in consumer protection litigation and investigations launched by government actors. In addition to his class action practice, Zach handles all manner of commercial disputes. In all of his matters, Zach focuses on working with his clients to identify, right away, the client's business objectives--and then to devise and execute strategies to satisfy those objectives.
Zach is one of the leaders of the firm's national class action practice and its consumer financial services litigation group. He is a regular author and speaker on cutting-edge litigation issues, particularly relating to data privacy class action risks.
J.D., Mercer University, cum laude
A.B., University of Georgia, cum laude
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Defeated class certification in three putative class actions challenging specific adjustment applied in total-loss valuations on behalf of leading automobile insurer (Southern District of Iowa, Eastern District of North Carolina, District of Arizona)
Won a groundbreaking victory on summary judgment for a consumer reporting agency in a putative nationwide class action challenging the accuracy of OFAC indicators in purported consumer reports (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
On behalf of insurtech company, defeated class certification in multidefendant putative nationwide class action alleging RICO violations in connection with sales practices (Southern District of California)
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April 1, 2023
The Meta Pixel: An Open Door to Sensitive Data and Data Privacy Suits
November 16, 2022
The Meta Pixel: An Open Door to Sensitive Data and Data Privacy Suits
October 13, 2016
D.C. Circuit Rules CFPB's Structure Unconstitutional
Defeated class certification in three putative class actions challenging specific adjustment applied in total-loss valuations on behalf of leading automobile insurer (Southern District of Iowa, Eastern District of North Carolina, District of Arizona)
Won a groundbreaking victory on summary judgment for a consumer reporting agency in a putative nationwide class action challenging the accuracy of OFAC indicators in purported consumer reports (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
On behalf of insurtech company, defeated class certification in multidefendant putative nationwide class action alleging RICO violations in connection with sales practices (Southern District of California)
See more
April 1, 2023
The Meta Pixel: An Open Door to Sensitive Data and Data Privacy Suits
November 16, 2022
The Meta Pixel: An Open Door to Sensitive Data and Data Privacy Suits
October 13, 2016
D.C. Circuit Rules CFPB's Structure Unconstitutional
J.D., Mercer University, cum laude
A.B., University of Georgia, cum laude
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia