Watkins & Eager has a long and active history in class action litigation in both federal and state courts. In all federal district courts within the state of Mississippi, in the Fifth Circuit and in the Supreme Court, the firm has been engaged to handle a wide variety of alleged or actual class-related issues. These cases span a wide number of issues, including:
- Employment, civil rights, banking and finance, oil and gas, product liability, and other types of business and commercial controversies seeking equitable and/or monetary relief
- Defeating or obtaining class certification
- Class discovery
- Trial of claims of certified classes
- Class action settlements often over organized objections