With a network of offices throughout the US commanding a nationwide (and international) practice, DiCello Levitt distinguishes itself as a plaintiff firm with a trial-centric agenda, and one that has taken on a variety of headline-grabbing matters focused on addressing injustices across a spectrum of industries with true “David versus Goliath” aplomb. “I wish more [plaintiff] firms were like DiCello,” quips one peer. “Just real substantial cases, no weak, frivolous junk, no obvious ‘snowball in hell’ overreach. You see a lot of these class actions brought by some plaintiffs – oh
Lord! – and you roll your eyes and think to yourself, ‘I can’t stand any more of this bullshit, and neither can the profession.’ But the DiCello people, the ones I’ve seen, seem to have really put in the time to analyze these cases before bringing them, and have a decent level of courtroom chutzpah to back them and see them through. And [the firm] seem[s] to be
growing!”
One of the noted growth area is antitrust, which DiCello built on with the addition of
Greg Asciolla, a New York-based partner formerly with Labaton [Keller] Sucharow. Asciolla filed the first case and served as co-Lead Counsel in a lawsuit alleging that several global financial institutions manipulated prices in the $8 trillion market for European government bonds (EGBs). The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants rigged EGB auctions and fixed bid-ask spreads that they quoted to customers. European regulators fined several of the same dealers over €370 million based on their investigation. Asciolla also serves as co-lead counsel on behalf of a proposed class of employees claiming their wages were negatively impacted by a conspiracy among several aerospace companies to restrict the hiring and recruiting of engineers and other skilled laborers working on aerospace projects. The complaint alleges that the defendants agreed not to solicit or hire each other’s aerospace workers in order to avoid competing on wages and benefits and to drive down their labor costs. Chicago’s
Amy Keller, one of the youngest partners to regularly appear as one of Benchmark’s Top 250 Women in Litigation, is part of a team serving as co-lead counsel representing the estates and families of seven of the individuals killed, as well as six others who were injured, in the racially motivated mass shooting in a Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on May 14, 2022. The landmark lawsuit, filed in July 2023 in the New York State Supreme Court, seeks to hold the dominant social media companies accountable for allegedly fomenting the hate-based narrative espoused by the shooter.
Diandra “Fu” Debrosse, based in Birmingham, Alabama, was also part of team. Debrosse also works with Chicago’s
Adam Levitt for the City of Baltimore regarding the catastrophic impact of the March 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, one of the largest maritime disasters in US history. Debrosse also works with Cleveland’s
Mark DiCello on multidistrict litigation stemming from Chevron and Syngenta’s manufacture, sale, and promotion of paraquat, an herbicide that causes Parkinson’s disease. The DiCello Levitt team represents more than 700 people who are suffering from the debilitating disease or who have died as a result of paraquat exposure. “You’ve got to look closer at ‘Fu,’” a peer insists, explaining “The amount of novel cases she’s leading or co-leading these days is just ridiculous, and these are cases that, although they seem like they were just waiting to be brought, are not necessarily slam dunks!” DiCello is touted by a client for his “excellent legal and technical knowledge” and is describes as “extremely hard working and totally reliable; well read and knowledgeable outside of law; a pleasure to work with, and also very pleasant and totally respectful but still strong.
