The Firm

Green & Noblin, P.C. prosecute class actions and other complex litigation on behalf of a wide range of consumer and investor clients, in state and federal courts across the nation. For a partial listing of class action cases brought by our attorneys, click here.

Complementing its highly-skilled legal practitioners and support staff, Green & Noblin, P.C. employ cutting-edge technology to investigate, prosecute and bring cases to a successful conclusion. We pride ourselves in providing the highest quality legal representation to consumer clients who would not be able to obtain effective redress for their injuries but for the availability of the class action device. We also represent institutional investors and other high net worth investors in securities fraud litigation, and complex litigation concerning abusive corporate governance practices, breaches of fiduciary duty and proxy violations. The cases we litigate are generally taken on contingency, at no cost to the client, with our fee tied to the benefit obtained for the class.

Our Attorneys

Our lawyers bring a diverse set of skills and experiences to the practice of law. As their personal bios demonstrate, in addition to their law degrees, several attorneys have post graduate degrees in such fields as business administration and public policy, while others have high-level work experience in fields encompassed by the firm's practice, such as in securities and technology.

Shadi Z. Amundin received her LLM in Transnational Business Practice from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 2001 and her JD from Golden Gate University School of Law in 2000. She has also studied and worked as a visiting attorney in Europe and Asia.  Her practice focuses of antitrust, unfair competition, and consumer protection class actions.   Additionally, she has a background in commercial litigation, corporate, and transactional law.  Ms. Amundin is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Robert S. Green has practiced exclusively in the field of class action litigation since 1988. He graduated with honors from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in 1984. Mr. Green received his Masters of Business Administration degree from California State University-Sacramento in 1989 and his undergraduate degree with distinction from Oregon State University in 1981. Mr. Green is an active member of the National Association of Consumer Attorneys (NACA) and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). Mr. Green is an Editorial Advisor for the Consumer Financial Services Law Report and is on the Partners' Council for the National Consumer Law Center. Mr. Green also served on the Board of Marin AIDS Interfaith Network. Recent publications by Mr. Green include Developments in Credit Card Litigation, published by the Review of Banking and Financial Services; and Litigating Credit Card Cases, published by the Consumer Advocate. Robert Green is licensed to practice in California.

James Robert Noblin has practiced complex business litigation since 1984, focusing primarily on antitrust and unfair competition cases. Mr. Rob Noblin graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 1983. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Southern California in 1980. After graduating from law school, Mr. Noblin was a law clerk for the Honorable William A Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1983 - 1984.

Mr. Noblin has tried over 10 cases to a jury as either the lead or a principal trial lawyer, including the six-week trial resulting in a verdict of over $ 70 million that was upheld in Image Tech. Services, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 125 F.3d 1195 (9th Cir. 1997).  His other representative cases include:  Newcal Indus., Inc. v. Ikon Office Solution, 513 F.3d 1038, 1043 (9th Cir. 2008) ABC Int'l Traders, Inc. v. Matsushita Elec. Corp., 14 Cal. 4th 1247, 931 P.2d 290 (1997); Knevelbaard Dairies v. Kraft Foods, Inc., 232 F.3d 979 (9th Cir. 2000) Brill Media Co., LLC v. TCW Group, Inc., 132 Cal. App. 4th 324, 33 Cal. Rptr. 3d 371 (2005); Proctor v. Vishay Intertechnology Inc., 584 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 2009); Am. Ad Mgmt., Inc. v. Gen. Tel. Co. of California, 190 F.3d 1051, 1053 (9th Cir. 1999) Consol. Credit Agency v. Equifax, Inc., CV-03-1229 CAS(CWX), 2005 WL 6218038 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 26, 2005); Hanson v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC, 762 F. Supp. 2d 1201, 1209 (C.D. Cal. 2011); and Lori Rubinstein Physical Therapy, Inc. v. PTPN, Inc., 148 Cal. App. 4th 1130, 56 Cal. Rptr. 3d 351 (2007). 

He also contributed to Chapter 20, California Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law, Revised Edition, published by the California State Bar Antitrust and Unfair Competition Section and has published articles on antitrust topics, including United States v. AMR Corp. and Judicial Hostility Toward Predatory Pricing Cases, Antitrust Report (Jan. 2002); The Tumult in State Antitrust Law: Cel-Tech and the California Example in Little FTC Act Cases, Antitrust Report (June 1999); and The Confluence of Muddied Waters: Antitrust Consequential Damages and the Interplay of Proximate Cause, Antitrust Injury, Standing and Disaggregation, 13 St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary 145 (1998).

Lesley Weaver has extensive experience representing U.S. and international institutional investors and individuals in securities class actions and corporate governance matters, including significant recoveries in In re Marsh & McLennan Secs. Litig. ($400 million), In re Cardinal Health Secs. Litig. ($600 million), In re Cisco Secs. Litig. ($99 million), In re Boeing Secs. Litig. ($92.5 million), and in landmark decisions such as In re Copper Mountain Secs. Litig. Lesley has also litigated complex consumer and antitrust class actions across the country, as well as individual matters in state courts and in arbitration, including recent actions based on the manipulation of LIBOR by contributing banks. Lesley was previously a partner at Lerach Coughlin and later senior counsel at Grant & Eisenhofer.  Lesley graduated from Harvard College magna cum laude and the University of Virginia School of Law.
 
In addition to her private practice, Lesley currently serves on the Board of the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, the Women Lawyers of Alameda County, and on the advisory council of the East Bay Community Law Center.  She is a past Co-Chair of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, a past Co-Chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, and past national chair of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.  She has previously served on the boards of Equality California, the International Gay Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club.

The firm also maintains consulting relationships with prominent legal scholars in a variety of fields.

Professionals

Brian Cullen has over twenty years’ experience in creating, managing, and employing document management systems and electronic discovery tools, primarily related to antitrust, securities, and environmental litigation.  He received his undergraduate degree from Grinnell College and his JD, cum laude, from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he externed for the Hon. Ming Chin of the California Supreme Court.  Prior to joining Green & Noblin, Mr. Cullen worked as chief research assistant at the San Francisco Superior Court and as a project manager and research analyst for a leading electronic discovery vendor, where he served as its senior professional services representative in Asia.  Since joining the Firm, Mr. Cullen has led teams of attorneys in developing documentary evidence of illegal conspiratorial and other antitrust behavior in the TFT-LCD and the pending Cathode Ray Tube actions.

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