Bailey Glasser partners Brian A. Glasser, Katherine E. Charonko, James Kauffman, Patricia Mulvoy Kipnis, Lawrence J. Lederer, Jonathan R. Marshall,  Michael L. Murphy, and David L. Selby II were named to the 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers guide. 

Lawdragon's announcement states: 

We’re delighted to recognize The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.

These are the lawyers and firms that give consumers, investors and businesses a fighting chance against corporations and other powerful entities that can sometimes seem too big to confront.

Not for these lawyers. They say bring it on.

They contest ridiculous pay packages on behalf of investors and face the ire of billionaires. They take on untouchable tech titans whose acquisition of personal data or construction of business processes have a few too many blurred lines. They challenge business moves that box out competitors…

The firms represented here are remarkable. While some solely represent plaintiffs, others handle defense claims as well. As a whole they bring a level of assuredness and commitment to the justice system that can sometimes seem adrift… All embody the professional defiance required to challenge the most powerful and are a source of inspiration.

View the full 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers announcement here.

Meet this year's recipients:

Brian A. Glasser is a founding partner of the firm and was recognized by Lawdragon in 2025 (and 2024) as a "Top 500 Litigator in America," as well as Forbes Media naming him one of its Top 200 Lawyers in its first-ever list in 2024. In 2025, Brian successfully co-led the trial team on behalf of the Coalition of Counsel for Justice in Talc Claimants in the third “Texas Two-Step” attempt by Johnson & Johnson to discharge liabilities arising from people alleging injury by the company’s talc products. Brian has been Chambers-ranked (Band 1) for 22 years and has tried cases in 17 different states, including two mass actions and four class actions.

Katherine E. Charonko is the firm's Electronically Stored Information Practice Group Leader and oversees e-discovery in complex disputes involving billions of documents and ensures proper collection, production, and review of electronic data. Kate holds the global Certified e-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) credential, a global recognition that assures clients and co-counsel that our approaches are compliant, efficient, cost-effective, and reduces risk in all phases of e-Discovery. In addition, Kate is a key part of the firm’s multidistrict litigation (MDL) teams. She serves as liaison counsel of e-Discovery and ESI on several MDL leadership committees nationwide and has worked on landmark MDL matters. Indeed, Kate was recognized for her product liability work in this year’s Chambers & Partners accolades in the nationwide plaintiffs category, among other recognitions.

James L. Kauffman is a consumer rights advocate and focuses on protecting the public from junk fees. James has successfully represented hundreds of thousands of consumers nationwide who were charged illegal junk fees in “Pay-to-Pay” schemes – where consumers must pay an extra fee just for paying their bills, such as mortgages or student loans. Collectors call these “convenience fees,” or fees for paying electronically or by phone, which is usually more convenient and economical for the collector than the consumer, who must pay the extra fee.

Patricia Mulvoy Kipnis is the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s nationwide Consumer Litigation Practice Group and concentrates her practice on consumer class actions, complex litigation, and appellate advocacy. As an experienced litigator, she pursues consumer claims on behalf of state and national classes. Trish regularly handles cases stemming from a full range of deceptive, unfair, and fraudulent business practices. In recent years, Trish has been one of the firm’s leaders in challenging “Pay-to-Pay” and other “junk fees” imposed on consumers by mortgage servicers and other debt collectors through class action litigation in state and federal courts around the country.

Lawrence J. Lederer has extensive experience litigating securities, commercial, consumer class actions, and other cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States. In the last year, he’s brought impactful litigation designed to help people who have had issues related to violations of privacy laws, mortgage lending and finance, telemarketing, and the non-funding of PPP loans, which continue to affect small businesses across the country.

Jonathan R. Marshall is the Practice Area Leader of the firm's entire contingency side, and also leads the firm’s TCPA and Employment Practice Groups that focus on various areas of consumer law, including TCPA litigation and wage-and-hour class actions. Jonathan is the Director of the Center for Consumer Law and Education at West Virginia University College of Law, where he also teaches. In addition, Jonathan is a past President of the Council of Presidents for the American Association for Justice.  

Michael L. Murphy is a nationally recognized leader in cutting-edge privacy litigation on behalf of consumers. He has extensive experience litigating consumer class actions and a wide range of impactful cases in federal and state courts across the country, including matters related to mortgage lending and finance, privacy, telemarketing, and PPP loans. Michael is nationally recognized for his plaintiff-side work, including being ranked Band 1 in the Chambers & Partners Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs category. His work includes being involved in the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. healthcare history ($2.8 billion) in the Blue Cross Blue Shield MDL, a long-running antitrust lawsuit representing healthcare providers nationwide. 

David L. Selby II is the firm's Mass Torts Practice Group Leader and leads teams that advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and individuals harmed by dangerous and defective products, including firearms. David led what the International Business Times called a “landmark legal concession” against firearm maker Taurus International Manufacturing as part of a $239 million class action settlement. In the agreement, the gun manufacturer agreed to repair or replace defective firearm parts, as well as buy back or replace nearly one million pistols.  David was also part of the trial team in the Johnson & Johnson Red River Talc matter alongside Brian A. Glasser.  He is Chambers-ranked in the Nationwide Product Liability: Plaintiffs category. 

We applaud all the lawyers who made this list, and we thank Lawdragon for the recognition.