Derek W. Loeser

Practice Areas

Appeals

Class Action & Consumer Litigation

ERISA & Employee Benefits

Environmental Litigation

Institutional Investors

Career

Derek is a senior partner in Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

Derek also serves as lead counsel for the Wells Fargo unauthorized account consumer class action. In this case, Derek and the Keller Rohrback team achieved a $142 million settlement requiring the bank to refund all improper fees and provide first-of-its kind credit damage reimbursement, among other relief, to Wells Fargo customers.

Some of Derek’s other notable cases include mortgage-backed securities cases on behalf of the Federal Home Loan Banks of Chicago, Indianapolis and Boston; ERISA class cases on behalf of employees whose retirement savings were decimated by corporate fraud and abuse on the part of Enron, WorldCom, Countrywide, and Washington Mutual, among others. He has also litigated fraud, RICO, and antitrust cases against drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, and insurance companies for conspiring to drive up the cost of life-saving medications such as insulin.

Professional Memberships

King County Bar Association, Member

Washington State Bar Association, Member

American Bar Association, Member; Employment Benefits Committee Member

National Employment Lawyers Association, Member

American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Cooperating counsel