Dan Alberstone
Shareholder | Baron & Budd, P.C.
Dan Alberstone is a class actions, consumer protection and pharmaceutical litigation trial lawyer and shareholder at Baron & Budd, P.C. in Encino, California. Admitted in California; J.D., Southwestern Law School (1982).
Meet Dan
Dan Alberstone is a shareholder at Baron & Budd, P.C. who co-manages the firm’s Los Angeles office in Encino, California. His practice centers on consumer class actions involving consumer protection and financial fraud, and he has more than 30 years of experience in complex litigation, including extensive work before juries.
Alberstone has served as lead trial counsel in numerous complex cases and has been appointed lead class counsel in high-profile class actions against national banks and multinational companies. His cases include Payne v. Bank of America over alleged manipulation of the LIBOR rate, Bias v. Wells Fargo over default-related fee mark-ups, and Ellis v. JP Morgan Chase and Stitt v. Citibank over default fees. He also represents government entities enforcing consumer protection laws, including the states of Hawaii and New Mexico in cases against Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi over the marketing of the antiplatelet drug Plavix.
Alberstone received his law degree from Southwestern University School of Law in 1982 and his bachelor’s degree from UCLA in 1979. The Los Angeles Daily Journal recognized him for one of the top plaintiff’s verdicts of 2009, and he spent several years on the Board of Governors of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- J.D., Southwestern University School of Law, 1982
- B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1979
- State Bar of California
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern and Eastern Districts of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Practice Areas
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers (former Board of Governors)
- Consumer Protection Litigation Lawyer of the Year in California, Corporate International Global Awards (2025)
- 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon (2025-present)
- 500 Leading Litigators in America, Class Action and Consumer Litigation, Lawdragon (2027)
- 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers, Lawdragon (2024)
- The Best Lawyers in America, Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs (2024-present)
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Lawdragon (2023-present)
- Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers (2017-present)
- Southern California Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters (2005-2007, 2011-2021, 2024-present)
- Top plaintiff's verdicts of 2009, Los Angeles Daily Journal
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