Nicholas Diamand

Nicholas Diamand is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office with a practice focused on domestic and international securities and consumer fraud cases.

Nick’s present and past casework concerning securities and financial fraud includes litigation against Facebook, AIG, Bank of New York Mellon, and Bank of America. He is actively involved in the Wells Fargo Shareholder Derivative Litigation in which Lieff Cabraser is Court-appointed Co-Lead Plaintiffs’ Counsel. His present and past casework concerning consumer fraud includes digital privacy litigation against Facebook, LinkedIn and Sony, among others.

He is also working on consumer litigation against Volkswagen and British Airways as well as previously having litigated against the US’s largest banks for their unfair and deceptive practices to maximize the occurrence of overdraft fees. In addition, he is also battling oil companies for the recovery of gas royalty underpayment claims in which plaintiffs have recovered more than $100 million in cash and future benefits.

On January 1, 2017, Nick was appointed to the Advisory Council of The Center for Democracy & Technology, and is the current Chair of the Consumer Privacy/Data Breach Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice. On a pro bono basis, as part of Trial Lawyers Care (a project of the American Association for Justice), Nick represented several individuals, including an injured firefighter, in appeal hearings before the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.