Rachele R Byrd
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman and Herz
- Address of record
- 750 B Street, Symphony Towers Suite 1820, San Diego, CA 92101-5050, (619)239-4599
- byrd@whafh.com
- Phone
- (619) 239-4599
- Fax
- Fax (619)234-4599
Contact details as filed with the court in the cases below.
Case history
Publicly tracked matters where this attorney is listed as counsel.
Tuna Direct Purchaser Case Settlement
Defendants allegedly conspired to fix, raise, and maintain prices that direct purchasers paid for packaged tuna products between June 1, 2011 and July 31, 2015. Defendants deny liability but agreed to settle to avoid litigation risks. The Court approved settlements with StarKist, DWI, and the Lion Companies on November 22, 2024.
- Settlement fund
- $64.8M
- Claim deadline
- October 18, 2024
- Represents
- Jennifer A. Nelson, Kristin Millican, Corey Norris, Nigel Warren, Amy Joseph, Michael Juetten, Carla Lown, Dwayne Kennedy, Rick Musgrave, Michael Buff, Kathy Durand Gore, Thomas E. Willoughby III, Nay Alidad, Barbara Buenning, Lisa Hall, Tya Hughes, Marissa Jacobus, Greg Stearns, Melissa Bowman, Danielle Johnson, Herbert H. Kliegerman, Beth Milliner, Liza Milliner, Stephanie Gipson, Barbara Lybarger, Scott Caldwell, Elizabeth Twitchell, Tina Grant, John Trent, Brian Levy, Louise Adams, Marc Blumstein, Jessica Breitbach, Sally Crnkovich, Paul Berger, Sterling King, Evelyn Olive, Barbara Blumstein, Diana Mey, Ken Dunlap, Barbara E. Olson, Casey Christensen, Brian Depperschmidt, Jade Canterbury, Laura Childs, Jody Cooper, Sunde Daniels, Elizabeth Davis-Berg, Jessica Decker, Vivek Dravid, Mary Hudson, Joseph A. Langston, Nancy Stiller, Christopher Todd, Bonnie Vanderlaan, Amy Jackson, Katherine McMahon, Jonathan Rizzo, Joelyna A. San Agustin, Rebecca Lee Simoens, David Ton, Robert Etten
Tuna End Purchaser Settlement
Defendants allegedly participated in an unlawful conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain, or stabilize the price of packaged tuna products at artificially high levels in violation of antitrust and unfair competition laws between June 2011 and July 2015. Defendants deny many allegations but agreed to the settlements to avoid further litigation and the risks of an adverse jury verdict.
- Settlement fund
- $152.2M
- Claim deadline
- December 31, 2024
- Represents
- Jennifer A. Nelson, Kristin Millican, Corey Norris, Nigel Warren, Amy Joseph, Michael Juetten, Carla Lown, Dwayne Kennedy, Rick Musgrave, Michael Buff, Kathy Durand Gore, Thomas E. Willoughby III, Nay Alidad, Barbara Buenning, Lisa Hall, Tya Hughes, Marissa Jacobus, Greg Stearns, Melissa Bowman, Danielle Johnson, Herbert H. Kliegerman, Beth Milliner, Liza Milliner, Stephanie Gipson, Barbara Lybarger, Scott Caldwell, Elizabeth Twitchell, Tina Grant, John Trent, Brian Levy, Louise Adams, Marc Blumstein, Jessica Breitbach, Sally Crnkovich, Paul Berger, Sterling King, Evelyn Olive, Barbara Blumstein, Diana Mey, Ken Dunlap, Barbara E. Olson, Casey Christensen, Brian Depperschmidt, Jade Canterbury, Laura Childs, Jody Cooper, Sunde Daniels, Elizabeth Davis-Berg, Jessica Decker, Vivek Dravid, Mary Hudson, Joseph A. Langston, Nancy Stiller, Christopher Todd, Bonnie Vanderlaan, Amy Jackson, Katherine McMahon, Jonathan Rizzo, Joelyna A. San Agustin, Rebecca Lee Simoens, David Ton, Robert Etten
“Recovery” and “exposure” refer to total disclosed settlement funds in associated cases, not money personally won or lost by an attorney. Settlements generally resolve disputed allegations without a finding that either side won. Data comes from public court dockets and may be incomplete.