Abbye Klamann Ognibene

Ms. Ognibene believes in taking on corporations in the fight for plaintiffs' rights, including the right to online privacy and to fair pricing in medical care and consumer goods.

CURRENT ROLE

• Partner, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP
• Practice focuses on fair pricing for pharmaceuticals, catastrophic personal injury and product recalls, healthcare fraud, and antitrust enforcement
• Court appointed interim lead class counsel in CareFirst of Maryland, Inc. et al. v. Johnson & Johnson et al., a class-action lawsuit representing health benefit providers, accusing Johnson & Johnson of unlawfully delaying the release of biosimilar medications that could compete with its autoimmune medication, Stelara
• Second chair in six-week federal antitrust trial, In re HIV Antitrust Litigation, concerning anticompetitive pricing for HIV medication
• Helped launch Boston office Pro Bono Program
• Member of HBSS team representing purchasers in In re Actos Antitrust Litigation, In re Vascepa Antitrust Litigation, and In re Intuniv Antitrust Litigation
• Represents parents in personal injury and wrongful death cases concerning Fisher-Price’s recalled Rock ‘n Play sleepers
• Secured a successful Second Circuit order upholding the trial court’s denial of defendants’ motion to dismiss in In re Actos

EXPERIENCE

• Prior to joining Hagens Berman, Ms. Ognibene was an associate at a start-up litigation boutique, where she helped launch a plaintiffs' class-action practice group.
• She also worked on cutting-edge class-action litigation at Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, focusing on digital privacy and antitrust cases.
• While in law school, Abbye worked for more than two years as a law clerk to the legal team of DeBoer v. Snyder, consolidated sub nom. Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed the nationwide right to marry for same-sex couples.