Girard Sharp LLP

Girard Sharp LLP is a nationally recognized plaintiff's law firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded in 1995. The firm's core business involves representing individuals, businesses, and institutional clients across the United States in complex litigation, including class actions, collective actions, multidistrict litigation, and arbitrations. Its mission is to hold corporations and other powerful entities accountable for misconduct, providing dedicated and professional representation to those harmed by corporate and government actions.

Girard Sharp's practice areas are diverse, encompassing antitrust, securities and financial fraud, product defects, digital privacy and data security, sexual abuse and women's advocacy, consumer protection, and whistleblower laws. The firm also handles mass torts, catastrophic injury, insurance litigation, and workplace and business litigation. Their clientele ranges from individual consumers and small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations and public retirement systems.

In recent leadership news, Dena Sharp became the firm's Managing Partner in January 2025, succeeding founder Daniel C. Girard, who transitioned to Senior Advisor and Of Counsel. The firm has a strong track record of securing significant recoveries, including nearly $2 billion in the In re Juul Labs Inc. Multidistrict Litigation and a $15 million jury verdict in a fertility clinic freezer tank failure case. Other notable cases include a $104 million recovery in the Lidoderm antitrust MDL and a $50 million settlement in the MacBook butterfly keyboard class action. Girard Sharp is currently serving as interim co-lead counsel in the Google Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation and is investigating a data breach affecting Farmers Insurance customers. The firm consistently receives recognition from industry peers and legal publications for its excellence in plaintiff-side litigation.