Fairness is what justice really is. - Potter Stewart
Neil B. Fineman
Orange County Office:
155 North Riverview Drive Anaheim Hills, California 92808 Tel. 714.620.1125 Fax 714.701.0155 [email protected] 
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Mr. Fineman’s practice is dedicated to representing consumers in complex consumer class actions against national and international corporations, organizations, and government entities that have engaged in unlawful, unfair, and fraudulent business practices. He has helped millions of consumers vindicate cumulative wrongs and obtain significant monetary awards, injunctive relief, and institutional changes in over one hundred certified class actions.
Mr. Fineman prevailed in a number of consumer class actions over the past twenty-five years including his success in the largest multi-party gift certificate and gift card class action in California history against twenty-two international and national retailers, including Target Stores, J.C. Penney, and Barnes & Noble. Mr. Fineman also served as lead class counsel in the seminal privacy rights case Florez v. Linens ‘N Things, Inc. As a result of his efforts, the California Supreme Court affirmed California's first ever decision prohibiting retailers from requesting and recording addresses and telephone numbers from consumers during credit card purchases. Mr. Fineman serves as the California Co-State Chair for the National Association of Consumer Advocates and is active in numerous other legal rights organizations. PRACTICE AREAS
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Education: Mr. Fineman received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and received a J.D. from California Western School of Law in San Diego, California. He also attended the esteemed Oxford Institute on International and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford in Oxford, England.
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Bar Admissions: Mr. Fineman is admitted to practice in California and is admitted to the Bar of the United States District Court for the Central, Northern, and Southern, Districts of California, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.
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Published Decisions and Articles:
Florez v. Linens 'N Things, Inc. (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 447
Levy v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. (2007) 150 Cal.App.4th 1
Gormley v. Nike USA, Inc. (N.D. Cal. October 5, 2011) 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11470
"Protecting Consumer Privacy During Credit Card Purchases", Business Law News (CA State Bar), Volume XXII, No. 3 (2003).
Florez v. Linens 'N Things, Inc. (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 447
Levy v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. (2007) 150 Cal.App.4th 1
Gormley v. Nike USA, Inc. (N.D. Cal. October 5, 2011) 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11470
"Protecting Consumer Privacy During Credit Card Purchases", Business Law News (CA State Bar), Volume XXII, No. 3 (2003).