Consumer Protection Legal, LLC is a plaintiff litigation firm with an office in Saint Louis County, Missouri. The firm focuses its practice on consumer protection litigation, with a particular focus on class action lawsuits.

Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. have helped achieve more than $127 million in recoveries on behalf of their clients and are expected to nearly double that figure in early 2022.

These results are both nationally recognized settlements on behalf of thousands of injured clients.

The successful track record of Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. stems from their commitment to the achievement of the greatest possible result for their clients. Recognition of their success has been demonstrated in the appointment of Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. as Co-Lead and/or as Executive Committee members in highly recognized national cases.

CONSUMER PROTECTION LITIGATION

Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. have represented plaintiffs nationwide in a variety of complex consumer class actions. Ms. Yiatras and Mr. Flynn have taken the leading role or provided significant support to those in a leading role in many large state and federal consumer protection class action cases throughout the nation. Examples of current and prior cases include:

• In re: Bank of America Credit Protection Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation - MDL No. 2269. Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. Flynn, Jr., through their previous firm, were active participants of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in this Multi-District litigation involving Bank of America’s marketing and sales practices relating to its debt suspension/debt cancellation product Credit Protection. In addition to their work on the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee, they served as part of the Expert Sub-Committee and the Legal Writing Subcommittee. Final approval was ultimately granted, before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. was also part of the mediation team, which resulted in a $20 million dollar settlement to the class. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. was ultimately named Co-Lead Counsel in the matter and argued in part the motion for final approval, which was ultimately granted, before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

• Esslinger, et al. v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A., et al., Case No. 2-10-cv-03213-BMS. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. and Tiffany M. Yiatras acted as Class Counsel in this nationwide litigation involving HSBC’s marketing and sales practices related to its debt suspension/debt cancellation products. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. and Tiffany M. Yiatras were heavily involved in the drafting of key motions and memoranda throughout the case. Mr. Flynn, Jr. and Ms. Yiatras were also part of the document review team and the mediation team, which ultimately resulted in a $23.5 million dollar nationwide settlement approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. and Tiffany M. Yiatras also played a significant role in the drafting of the settlement agreement, the preliminary approval motion, and documentation in support.

• In re: Discover Payment Protection Plan Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, MDL No. 2217. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. and Tiffany M. Yiatras were involved in the drafting of multiple motions and memoranda throughout the case. Tiffany M. Yiatras was part of the document review team and the mediation team, which resulted in a $10.5 million dollar settlement on behalf of the class. The settlement was finally approved in the Northern District of Illinois.

• Paige Cooperman, et al. v. Galeos, LLC, et al., Case No. 8:10-cv-01815-JVS-FFM. Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr., through their previous firm, acted as Co-Lead Counsel in a case involving allegations that Defendants’ marketing, packaging, and nutritional information on the food labels for their purportedly low-fat, low-calorie salad dressing products were inaccurate and deceptive. The litigation resulted in a class action settlement which was preliminarily and finally approved.

• Hive, L.C., d/b/a The Hive, et al. v. Aspen Waste Systems of Missouri, Inc. Tiffany M. Yiatras and Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. were appointed Co-Lead Counsel in a state court class action against Aspen Waste Management of Missouri’s regarding its practice of charging customers an overweight charge based on the use of unregulated scales that was resolved by way of class settlement that was preliminarily and finally approved in the City of St. Louis.

• Tucker v. Papa Johns’ International, Inc., et al., Case No. 16-L-49. Tiffany M. Yiatras was appointed Co-Lead Counsel in a state court class action against Papa John’s International, Inc. regarding its practice of improperly charging sales tax on delivery fees to Illinois residents that was resolved in a class settlement that was preliminarily and finally approved in Madison County, Illinois.

• Griggs v. Walgreen Co., d/b/a Walgreens, et al., Case No. 11-L-685, Circuit Court of the Twentieth Judicial Court, St. Clair County, Illinois. Tiffany M. Yiatras was appointed Co-Lead Counsel in a state court class action in a state court class action against Walgreen Co., d/b/a Walgreens regarding its practice of overcharging for a copy a customer’s pharmacy records that resulted in a class settlement that was preliminarily and finally approved in St. Clair County, Illinois. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. was a member of the Plaintiff’s Executive Committee in this case.

• Leggett and Dimas v. Walgreen Co., d/b/a Walgreens, et al. Case No. BC606632, Superior Court of California (Los Angeles). Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. was appointed Co-Lead Counsel in a state court class action against Walgreen Co., d/b/a Walgreens regarding its practice of overcharging for a copy a customer’s pharmacy records that resulted in a class settlement that was preliminarily and finally approved in Los Angeles, California.

• In Re: TD Bank, N.A., Debit Card Overdraft Fee Litigation, MDL No. 2613. Ms. Yiatras and Mr. Flynn were appointed Class Counsel in this Multi-District litigation involving several of TD Bank’s overdraft fee practices that resulted in a $70 million dollar class settlement that was preliminarily and finally approved in the District of South Carolina after successfully obtaining class certification.

• In re: TikTok Inc. Data Privacy Litigation. Ms. Yiatras was recently appointed interim lead counsel for the Southern District of Illinois cases in In re: TikTok Inc. Data Privacy Litigation, Case No. 3:20-cv-00457 until such time as the MDL proceedings in the litigation were resolved and the matters were consolidated in the transferee forum or denial of the pending JPML motion (“JPML Resolution”).  On August 4, 2020, the JPML Panel ordered transfer of the ten actions to the Northern District of Illinois for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Ms. Yiatras mediated the matter which resulted in a $90 million dollar settlement in addition to business practice changes. The Settlement was recently preliminarily approved. A Final Approval Hearing has been set for 2022.

• Culbertson et al. v. Deloitte Consulting LLP., Case No. 1:20-cv-03962-LJL (Deloitte Data Breach Litigation). Ms. Yiatras was recently appointed as Member of the Deloitte Data Breach Litigation Executive Committee. The case involved a class of 237,675 individuals impacted by a data breach involving various Pandemic Unemployment Insurance websites. A settlement was reached, which named Tiffany M. Yiatras of Consumer Protection Legal, LLC as Class Counsel, and has since been preliminarily approved. A final approval hearing has been set for January 2022. Francis J. “Casey” Flynn, Jr. has actively participated throughout the case on the Law and Briefing Committee.

INDIVIDUAL ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES

TIFFANY M. YIATRAS, born in Godfrey, Illinois, graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Social Work from Missouri State University in 2002. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from
Saint Louis University School of Law in 2005. Of note, she received Saint Louis University School of Law’s Pro Bono Legal Services Award in 2005, earned an A+ in Advanced Legal Research, and earned a 161 on the Multistate Bar Exam.

Ms. Yiatras became a member of the Illinois Bar in 2005 and the Missouri Bar in 2006. She was admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 2005, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2008, the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in 2008, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri in 2010, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2013; the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2020. 

Ms. Yiatras concentrates her practice in the areas of consumer protection class actions. She has taken/defended over 100 pharmaceutical product liability cases, both lay and expert. Litigated multiple consumer protection class action cases, which have resulted in multi-million dollar settlements to millions of class members, from inception of the cases through final approval, which included signing up new cases, identifying and investigating the claims, maintaining client contact, drafting complaints, negotiating deals with competing law firms, preparing JPML pleadings, drafting oppositions to motion to dismiss, drafting discovery requests and discovery responses, drafting subpoenas, reviewing documents, drafting mediation briefs, drafting formal settlement agreements and exhibits thereto, engaging in confirmatory discovery, drafting preliminary approval pleadings, drafting final approval pleadings, and obtaining final approval.

FRANCIS J. “CASEY” FLYNN, JR., born in St. Louis, Missouri, graduated cum laude from Saint Louis University High School in 1989, cum laude with a B.S. from Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service in 1993, and cum laude with a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law in 2000, where he was in the top 6% of his class.

Mr. Flynn was admitted to bar in the state of Illinois in 2000, the state of Missouri in 2006, and the state of California in 2015. He was admitted to admitted to practice before United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri in 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 2004, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 2010, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 2013, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2016, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 2017.

Mr. Flynn practices in the areas of consumer class action litigation, complex commercial litigation, medical malpractice, and products liability litigation. Mr. Flynn has drafted and prepared appellate briefs (roughly 60); researched, drafted, and prepared memoranda of law: summary judgment, Daubert, venue, etc., totaling several hundred memoranda of law (between 300 and 400); worked on more than fifty class actions; motions for class certification, class-wide discovery, application for approval of class settlement as well as accompanying documents, and interlocutory appeals regarding class certification; appeared in court to argue motions; prepared pleadings, discovery documents, other law and motion documents; taken and defend depositions, including over 200 defense expert depositions; first and second chaired trials to jury verdict; and managed thousands of Fen-Phen, Vioxx, Bextra, Avandia, and Yaz cases.