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Natalie Finkelman Bennett

Natalie Finkelman Bennett Partner

Biography

Natalie Finkelman Bennett is a Partner with Miller Shah LLP in its Philadelphia office.

Natalie earned her undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society) and earned her law degree from the Temple University School of Law (high honors), where she was the Managing Editor of the Temple Law Review. After clerking for former Chief Judge Farnan of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, she began working at Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis. In 1996, Natalie became an associate at the law firm of Mager Liebenberg & White, where her practice was concentrated in antitrust and consumer protection class action litigation. In 1998, Natalie became a founding partner in the law firm of Liebenberg & White before joining Shepherd Finkelman Miller & Shah LLP in 2000 and Miller Shah LLP in 2021.

Natalie has presented on numerous panels, including the recent NACA 2021 Spring training – April 2021 – on Auto Defect Class Action Issues; the PLI Women Lawyers in Leadership, 2020; the 2017 American Bar Association Spring Meeting (“Advertising Bargains – Is the Price Right?”); and Strafford Webinars (e.g., Class Action Notice Requirements: Leveraging Traditional and Emerging Media to Reach Class Members, 2016).

Natalie is a member of the American Bar Association. She also is a former member of the Temple American Inn of Court and Pennsylvania Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession and has participated in mentoring programs for law school students. Additionally, she has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of her synagogue. Natalie currently resides in Wallingford, Pennsylvania with her family and is active in community affairs and charitable activities in Pennsylvania.

She concentrates her practice on antitrust and consumer litigation, and has significant experiencing representing clients in a wide variety of wage/hour, defective product, qui tam, and unfair trade practices cases.

Education
  • Pennsylvania State University, Bachelors of Arts, magna cum laude, 1986
  • Temple University School of Law, Doctor of Law, with high honors, 1989
Admissions
  • State of New Jersey
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Notable Cases
  • Reed v. Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. — Co-lead. Wage and hour litigation in Phila. Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
  • Patlan v. BMW of North America, LLC — Co-lead. District of New Jersey.
  • Schepler v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc. — Co-lead. Central District of California.
  • In re: Caterpillar, Inc., C13 and C15 Engine Products Liability Litigation — Co-lead. Vigorously contested MDL in the District of New Jersey.
  • Q+Food v. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. — Emissions litigation. District of New Jersey
  • B.K. Trucking, Co. v. Paccar, Inc., et.al. — Emissions litigation. District of New Jersey.
  • Riaubia v. Hyundai Motor America — Defective product litigation. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • Wilson v. AAA South Jersey Inc. — False advertising litigation. New Jersey Superior Court.
  • Weckworth v. Nissan North America, Inc. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. — Defective product litigation. Middle District of Tennessee.
  • In re Nexium (Esomeprazole) Antitrust Litig. — Member of the executive committee. The first pay-for-delay action that went to trial after Actavis. District of Massachusetts.
  • In re Niaspan Antitrust Litig. — Member of the executive committee. Pay-for-delay action. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • In re Suboxone Antitrust Litig. — Member of the executive committee. Pay-for-delay action. Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Personal Interests

Natalie enjoys playing tennis and is the firm’s resident mahjong instructor.

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