Karen Dahlberg O’Connell
Karen is a skilled litigator with expertise in consumer fraud enforcement, including deceptive subscription fees, alternative education scams, unlawful debt collection, and false advertising. Her work focuses on advancing consumer protection through impactful legal action and enforcement. She brings a results-driven approach to complex cases, ensuring meaningful remedies for consumers and promoting fair marketplace practices.
Luke Coughlin
Luke is a skilled litigator with expertise in consumer protection, usury claims, and financial fraud. His passion for protecting consumer rights is driven by his interest in using technical investigations to uncover deceptive practices and strengthen client advocacy. He is committed to advancing consumer protection through innovative, cross-disciplinary legal strategies.
Britany Kabakov
Britany is a skilled trial lawyer with expertise in consumer class actions, privacy litigation, and complex commercial disputes. She has extensive experience defending clients in federal courts, multidistrict litigation, and class actions involving consumer fraud, defective products, information privacy, and contract disputes.
John R. Parker Jr.
J.R. is a dedicated litigator with expertise in class actions, False Claims Act cases, consumer fraud, defective products, insurance bad faith, and civil rights litigation. He is committed to representing individuals against powerful corporations and insurance companies, holding them accountable for negligence, fraud, and misconduct. With a strong track record in state and federal courts, he has led high-profile consumer class actions against major tech companies, including Facebook, Apple, and Zynga.
Matthew Langley
Matthew is a seasoned class action attorney specializing in data breach and privacy violations, consumer fraud, false advertising, and biometric privacy litigation. He has extensive experience with cases involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Matt has also represented clients in complex litigation, including a $2 billion defamation lawsuit related to election fraud claims and securities fraud cases brought on behalf of shareholders.
David Almeida
A devoted advocate and exceptional legal strategist, David draws from more than 20 years of experience defending companies in class action lawsuits to represent individuals and businesses who have been victims of data breaches, harmful products and exploitation. David is a sought after speaker on consumer protection, data privacy and class action issues.
Elena Belov
Elena has worked with an amazingly wide range of clients, from big banks and insurance companies to non-governmental organizations and people from all walks of life. At the Almeida Law Group, Elena prides herself on investigating consumer rights violations and fighting companies that take advantage of people, whether it’s through deceptive advertising, selling defective products, or disregarding user privacy.
