Bio
Sean Russell is an attorney based in the firm’s San Diego office who specializes in antitrust, unfair competition, privacy, and consumer class action litigation in federal and state courts across the United States. Mr. Russell’s area of expertise lies in diligently advocating for businesses and consumers who have endured the adverse consequences of unlawful practices, encompassing price-fixing, monopolization, collusion, and an array of other anticompetitive and unfair business practices that contravene the tenets of law and justice.
Mr. Russell is currently litigating In re Cattle Antitrust Litigation, No. 22-md-03031 (D. Minn.) on behalf of cattle ranchers and futures traders alleging a conspiracy amongst nation’s meatpackers to suppress cattle prices. He also represents U.S. merchants in a lawsuit alleging that Apple’s agreements with Visa and Mastercard to exclude competing payment systems from Apple Pay were anticompetitive. Mirage Wine + Spirits, Inc. v. Apple Inc., et al., No. 3:23-cv-3942 (RJD) (S.D. Ill.).
Outside of antitrust, he represents consumers against Apple alleging its Siri voice-activation devices violated the privacy of consumers by improperly recording, storing, and sharing private conversations in Lopez v. Apple, Inc., No. 4:19-cv-04577 (N.D. Cal.). Similarly, he is litigating In re: Google Assistant Privacy Litigation, No. 5:19-cv-04286 (N.D. Cal.), a class action on behalf of consumers alleging privacy violations whereby Google Assistant records and discloses their private, confidential communications without consent.
Outside of work, Mr. Russell is an avid sailor, fisherman, outdoorsman, and video gamer. He has competed in numerous races, sailed boats from 22′ to 50’+, and enjoys deep sea fishing.
Admissions
- State Court of California
- United States District Courts for the Southern District of California
- United States District Courts for the Northern District of California
- United States District Courts for the Eastern District of California
- United States District Courts for the Central District of California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Representative Cases
- In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litig., No. 1:13-cv-07789 (S.D.N.Y.) ($2.3 billion settlement)
- Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Bank of America Corp., No. 1:14-cv-07126 (S.D.N.Y.) ($504.5 million settlement)
- Veridian Credit Union v. Eddie Bauer LLC, No. 2:17-cv-00356 (W.D. Wash.) ($9.8 million settlement)
- Deslandes v. McDonald’s USA, LLC, No. 1:17-cv-04857 (N.D. Ill.)
Education
- University of San Diego School of Law (Masters of Taxation, 2016)
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2015)
- University of California, Davis (B.A., Economics, 2008)