Zachary A. McEntyre (Zach)

• Obtained voluntary dismissal of lawsuit filed by Alameda County District Attorney against leading automobile insurers and vendors asserting UCL claims relating to claims-adjustment practices (Alameda Cnty. (Calif.) Superior)
• Defending leading global beverage company in putative class action under UCL and FAL regarding allegedly deceptive marketing of milk products (Central District of California)
• Defeated class certification in three putative class actions challenging specific adjustment applied in total-loss valuations on behalf of leading automobile insurer (Southern District of Iowa, Eastern District of North Carolina, District of Arizona)
• Won a groundbreaking victory on summary judgment for a consumer reporting agency in a putative nationwide class action challenging the accuracy of OFAC indicators in purported consumer reports (Eastern District of Pennsylvania)
• On behalf of insurtech company, defeated class certification in multidefendant putative nationwide class action alleging RICO violations in connection with sales practices (Southern District of California)
• Defeated class certification in long-running putative class action against natural gas supplier alleging violations of Illinois Consumer Fraud Act (Cook Cty. (Ill.) Chancery Court)
• Deployed novel Article III standing argument to defeat class certification on behalf of leading global beverage company in putative nationwide class action alleging violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (Southern District of Florida)
• Won pleading-stage dismissal of putative nationwide class action against consumer reporting agency challenging reporting of "authorized user" accounts, convincing court plaintiff failed to allege a "willful" violation of Fair Credit Reporting Act as a matter of law (Northern District of Georgia)
• Won summary judgment in multidefendant putative nationwide class action challenging accuracy of consumer reporting relating to bankruptcy (Southern District of Indiana)
• Won motions to dismiss in two putative class actions challenging accuracy of consumer reporting relating to COVID-era loan forbearances (Eastern District of New York and District of New Jersey)
• Defeated class certification on behalf of a leading automobile insurer in two putative class actions challenging the accuracy of total-loss valuations (Middle District of Florida and Western District of Oklahoma)
• Won summary judgment for leading automobile insurer in class action relating to salvage vehicle practices (Southern District of Florida)
• Won pleading-stage dismissal of putative nationwide class action against consumer reporting agency alleging violations of "permissible purpose" provisions of Fair Credit Reporting Act (Northern District of Georgia)
• Won summary judgment on behalf of consumer reporting agency in putative nationwide class action alleging violations of Fair Credit Reporting Act (Eastern District of Virginia)
• Represented superregional bank, as replacement counsel, in putative class action asserting breach of contract claims in connection with savings accounts (Eastern District of Tennessee)
• Represented leading national outdoor retailer in long-running class action challenging assessment of fees in connection with boat sales (Western District of Missouri)

Zach McEntyre is a crisis-tested litigator. For two decades, he has represented clients in the technology, financial services, insurance, food and beverage, consumer goods, and retail industries in their most sensitive class actions, consumer protection matters, and business disputes.  

Zach has extensive experience with consumer class actions that implicate core business practices, critical public relations considerations, and federal or state regulatory scrutiny. Zach has led the defense in hundreds of class actions all over the country and in consumer protection litigation and investigations launched by government actors. In addition to his class action practice, Zach handles all manner of commercial disputes. In all of his matters, Zach focuses on working with his clients to identify, right away, the client's business objectives--and then to devise and execute strategies to satisfy those objectives.

Zach is one of the leaders of the firm's national class action practice and its consumer financial services litigation group. He is a regular author and speaker on cutting-edge litigation issues, particularly relating to data privacy class action risks.