Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Executive Editor, is a founding partner of the national plaintiffs' firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP. She represents plaintiffs in complex civil litigation primarily in the areas of class actions, mass torts, products liability, securities and investment fraud, and consumer fraud, as well as through pro bono representation of plaintiffs in civil rights and human rights litigation. Ms. Cabraser is regarded as a national authority in complex civil litigation, including class certification, class notice, settlement, the structuring of class trials, and appellate issues. Under Ms. Cabraser's leadership, Lieff Cabraser has developed into one of the country's largest and most successful plaintiffs' law firms.Ms.

Cabraser is Editor-in-Chief of California Class Actions Practice and Procedures (Lexis-Nexis). She has served as court-appointed lead, co-lead, or class counsel in scores of federal multi-district and state coordinated proceedings, and has participated in the design, structure and conduct of eight nationwide class action trials. Ms. Cabraser has held leadership roles in cases that resulted in landmark settlements, verdicts, and precedent-setting rulings, including multi-state tobacco, Fen-Phen (diet drugs), and Holocaust cases. She currently serves in key leadership roles in two of the most high-profile civil cases in the nation: the Toyota sudden acceleration and BP Gulf Oil spill law.