Benjamin E. Shiftan
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San Francisco, California |
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415-400-7713 |
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415-433-9008 |
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Benjamin E. Shiftan is a Partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Since joining the firm in 2014, Mr. Shiftan has focused on complex class
action litigation, including antitrust, insurance, wage and hour, product
defect, and consumer protection cases. In 2019, Mr. Shiftan received an
award from the American Antitrust Institute for “Outstanding Antitrust
Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice” in connection with
his and PSW’s work on the groundbreaking
In re: NCAA Athletic Grant-in-Aid Cap Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal. Case No. 14-md-2541-CW). The damages portion of the case settled
for $208 million dollars, while the injunctive relief phase of the case
ended with a 9-0 victory in front of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Shiftan litigated complex bad faith insurance
cases for a national law firm. Before that, Mr. Shiftan served as a law
clerk to the Honorable Peter G. Sheridan, United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey, and worked for a mid-sized firm in San Diego.
Mr. Shiftan graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in
2009. While in law school, he served as Lead Articles Editor of the San
Diego International Law Journal and competed as a National Team Member
on the Moot Court Board. Mr. Shiftan won the school's Paul A. McLennon,
Sr. Honors Moot Court Competition. At graduation, he was one of ten students
inducted into the Order of the Barristers. Mr. Shiftan graduated from
the University of Virginia in 2006.
Current Cases:
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In re Pork Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.)
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Senne, et al. v. Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, et al. (N.D. Cal.)
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North American Soccer League, LLC v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc.,
and Major League Soccer, L.L.C. (E.D.N.Y.)
Education:
- University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, CA – J.D. – 2009
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA – B.A. – 2006
Bar Admissions:
- California
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Professional Associations and Memberships:
- San Francisco County Bar Association
- American Bar Association