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Des Moines, IA 50309
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Angel West is a shareholder at Maynard Cooper & Gale (Maynard) and serves as the managing partner for the Des Moines office. She is an experienced class action trial lawyer. Most recently, in November 2020, she scored a defense verdict for her client in a high stakes ERISA class action trial, in which class members were asserting various ERISA claims relating to a fixed income insurance product offered to 401(k) plans across the country. Angel’s recent trial success earned her media recognition on April 16, 2021 in The AmLaw Litigation Daily section relating to litigators of the week. See the link for details: https://www.law.com/litigationdaily/2021/04/16/a-two-week-mega-dose-of-litigator-of-the-week-runners-up-and-shout-outs/.
Angel’s broad background of litigation experience crosses several industries and practice areas. Her extensive litigation experience and her “all in” approach has served her clients well over the years. Her practice has increasingly focused on financial services litigation and class actions, including ERISA class actions and FINRA arbitrations.
Angel has been recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation since 2012. She also has been recognized in Great Plains Super Lawyers in Civil Litigation Defense and Products Liability Defense.
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Updated July 2022