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Connor Rowinski

Associate
About

Connor Rowinski focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, including the defense of consumer, securities, and other class action litigation. Connor’s practice spans a wide range of business sectors and includes the representation of leading technology, food and beverage, airline, entertainment, and other companies in high-profile class action litigation.

Bar admissionsNew YorkWashington
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New York

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Defeated class certification in a putative class action lawsuit against a private non-profit university arising from cancellation of in-person classes during Covid-19.
  • Secured dismissal of a putative class action lawsuit against an entertainment company related to deceptive pricing allegations.
  • Representing a food manufacturer in defense of twenty putative nationwide class actions brought by consumers in the Southern District of New York alleging false advertising in regard to the presence of trace elements in baby food.
  • Representing a global airline in defense of a putative class action related to its flight cancellation policies.
  • Representing a leading bottled water company in defense of a putative class action involving alleged microplastic and nanoplastic contaminants.
  • Representing a firearm manufacturer in defense of a putative class action pending in the Eastern District of Missouri asserting a consumer protection claim based on an alleged product defect.
  • Represented a majority shareholder in a corporate takeover and governance dispute involving a publicly held foreign corporation that spanned numerous arbitral and court proceedings across three countries.
  • Represented a biotechnology company in a putative securities class action alleging misrepresentation claims under the Exchange Act.
Education
  • J.D., University of Washington School of Law, with honors

    CALI Award in Legal Writing

    Executive Managing Editor, Washington Law Review

  • B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, summa cum laude

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper, Connor was a commercial litigation associate at an international law firm.

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