Stevenson, Shayne C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Stevenson joined Hagens Berman in 2007. He is currently helping to spearhead the firm's False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower practice, with a focus on the recently unsealed qui tam lawsuit in the District of Massachusetts against Medtronic for its alleged violations of the FCA relating to its biliary stent medical devices designed and promoted off-label. Mr. Stevenson previously handled litigation in the Eastern District of New York challenging Pfizer's unlawful off-label marketing of Lipitor, and worked on now-settled litigation in the District of New Jersey which recovered fraudulently obtained Medicare Outlier payments from several hospitals. He is also handling a number of FCA suits now under seal.

Mr. Stevenson, with Steve Berman, is also helping lead plaintiffs' efforts against the Rio Tinto mining conglomerate in a suit brought under the Alien Tort Statute for gross violations of customary international law in Papua New Guinea. The case will soon be argued again before an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit. Also with Steve Berman, Mr. Stevenson is leading the multi-district litigation effort against the United States Postal Service for its violation of 800,000 employees' privacy rights under the Privacy Act, and leading the litigation against Johnson & Johnson and other manufacturers for their sale of contaminated baby bath products. With Steve Berman, Mr. Stevenson on behalf of hundreds of travelers recently settled a putative class-action case brought under the Montreal Convention against British Airways.

Mr. Stevenson graduated first in his class from Gonzaga University in 1996 (summa cum laude) with a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science. He was recognized as a Truman Scholar in 1995, was active in Habitat for Humanity and became a member of Alpha Sigma Nu. Mr. Stevenson graduated from Yale Law School in 2000. While at Yale, he was co-founder and director of the YLS Workers' Rights Project. While director, the Project drafted and filed a successful petition on behalf of thousands of immigrant workers under the NAFTA labor side agreement (with the endorsement of the AFL-CIO, ACLU, and numerous other civil and labor rights groups). The Project also supported local labor organizing efforts, and collaborated with labor rights groups to fight against sweatshops in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Additionally, he served as submissions editor of the Yale Law and Policy Review, participated in the Greenhaven Prison Project (a prisoner rehabilitation effort in New York), and represented tenants in New Haven against landlord abuse. He also was an intern in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut.

Mr. Stevenson then completed two federal clerkships. First, as a law clerk to the Hon. Charles S. Haight, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2000-01); then as a law clerk for the Hon. Betty B. Fletcher, of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2001-02).

Following his clerkships, Mr. Stevenson developed his skills as a trial lawyer while working as a felony prosecutor in Seattle for over four years, successfully prosecuting hundreds of felony cases, including crimes of armed robbery, rape, murder, and assault in the first degree. He ended his tenure with an emphasis on the most egregious crimes of domestic violence.

He is admitted to practice in the State of Washington.

Bar Admissions

• Washington

Past Employment Positions

• U.S. Attorney's Office in Connecticut, Intern
• Hon. Charles S. Haight, Jr., of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Law Clerk, 2000 - 2001
• Hon. Betty B. Fletcher, of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 2001 - 2002

Education

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000
  Law Review: Yale Law and Policy Review, Submissions Editor
• Gonzaga University, 1996
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Truman Scholar in 1995
  Major: Philosophy
  Major: Political Science

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