Benjamin F. Johns is an Associate at the Haverford office.  His entire practice is devoted to litigation, with an emphasis on antitrust, securities, and consumer fraud class actions.  Ben is a member of the Firm’s Case Development Group, and is responsible for identifying and assessing potential new cases.

Ben has presented oral argument before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation several times, and has also argued motions to dismiss, for class certification and for summary judgment.  He provided substantial assistance in the prosecution of the following cases:

• In re TriCor Indirect Purchasers Antitrust Litig., No. 05-360-SLR (D. Del.) ($65.7 million settlement on behalf of indirect purchasers who claimed that the manufacturers of a cholesterol drug engaged in anticompetitive conduct designed to keep generic versions off of the market).
• Physicians of Winter Haven LLC, d/b/a Day Surgery Center v. STERIS Corporation, No. 1:10-cv-00264-CAB (N.D. Ohio) ($20 million settlement on behalf of hospitals and surgery centers that purchased a sterilization device that allegedly did not receive the required pre-sale authorization from the FDA).
• In re Marine Hose Antitrust Litig., No. 08-MDL-1888 (S.D. Fla.) (settlements totaling nearly $32 million on behalf of purchasers of marine hose).
• In re Philips/Magnavox Television Litig., No. 2:09-cv-03072-CCC-JAD (D.N.J.) (Settlement worth in excess of $4 million on behalf of consumers whose flat screen televisions failed due to an alleged design defect.  Ben argued against one of the motions to dismiss).
• Smith v. Gaiam, Inc., No. 09-cv-02545-WYD-BNB (D. Colo.).(Obtained a settlement that provided full recovery to approximately 930,000 class members).
• Allison, et al. v. The GEO Group, No. 2:08-cv-467-JD (E.D.Pa.) ($2.9 million settlement in civil rights class action involving allegedly unconstitutional strip searches)
• Kurian v. County of Lancaster, No. 2:07-cv-03482-PD (E.D.Pa.) ($2.5 million settlement in a civil rights class action involving strip searches at the Lancaster County Prison).
• In re Recoton Sec. Litig., 6:03-cv-00734-JA-KRS (M.D.Fla.) ($3 million settlement for alleged violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Ben was recently elected to a three year term on the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. While in college, he played on the varsity basketball team and spent a semester studying abroad in Osaka, Japan. Outside of the office, Ben has been a head coach in the Narberth basketball summer league for several years.   He has been published in the Philadelphia Lawyer magazine, presented a Continuing Legal Education course to fellow lawyers, and spoken to a class of law school students about the practice.