Anne-Louise Mittal focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. A member of the firm’s Consumer Law, Finance & Class Action Practice, as well as the Appellate and Commercial Litigation Practices, she has represented clients in a wide variety of consumer class actions, commercial contract and warranty disputes, and business tort actions. Anne-Louise has extensive experience handling dispositive motions and appeals in both state and federal court and has achieved favorable outcomes for clients in arbitration, on the pleadings, at summary judgment, and on appeal.
Before joining Foley, Anne-Louise was a law clerk for the Honorable Diane S. Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
대표 경험
- Defended a meter manufacturer against contract, warranty, and deceptive trade practices claims.
- Defended a manufacturer of electrical equipment against contract, warranty, and deceptive trade practices claims.
- Defended a manufacturer of dairy equipment in a class action involving contract, warranty, and deceptive trade practices claims.Represented a health care company in an arbitration hearing resulting in an award in excess of $288,000,000 in favor of our client.
- Mann v. LSQ Funding Grp., L.C., 71 F.4th 640 (7th Cir. 2023). Prevailed on appeal in Chapter 11 avoidance action.
수상 및 표창
- Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024
- Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2021-2024
제휴
- Committee Member, Seventh Circuit Advisory Committee on Circuit Rules
- Committee Member, Seventh Circuit Pattern Civil Jury Instructions Committee
- Chair-Elect, Wisconsin State Bar Appellate Practice Section Board
출판물 및 프레젠테이션
- The Attorney’s Guide to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Seventh Edition, 2022), State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books, Co-Author
- Business Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Wisconsin, State Bar of Wisconsin CLE Books, Co-Author
- Comment, “A Breach of Trust: Rock-Koshkonong Lake District v. State Department of Natural Resources and the Future of Wisconsin’s Public Trust Doctrine” Marquette Law Review (2015)
- “Are the Green Bay Packers Socialists?” Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal (2015)
대법원이 집단 소송에서 제3조 서열에 대한 순회 판결을 내릴까요?
2025년 4월 29일, 대법원은 회로를 분열시킨 쟁점에 대한 변론을 심리했습니다: "제안된 집단 중 일부 구성원에게 제3조 상해가 없는 경우 연방 법원이 연방 민사소송규칙 23(b)(3)에 따라 집단 소송을 승인할 수 있는가?"
Sixth Circuit: Reliance Can Bar Class Certification Even if Not Express Element of Consumer Statutory Claim
Courts routinely refuse to certify consumer class actions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3) based on the need for an individualized showing of the reliance element of a fraud or deceptive trade practices claim.
식품 제조에서 공급 계약은 위험 완화에 핵심적: 위스콘신 주의 경제적 손실 원칙은 오염된 원료에 대한 식품 제조업체의 불법행위 청구를 배제한다
위스콘신 동부 지방법원의 최근 판결은 위스콘신 주의 경제적 손실 원칙에 대한 예외 사항을 유용하게 논의하고 있으며, 해당 원칙이 공급망 분쟁(오염된 식품 제품 관련 분쟁 포함)에서 청구 범위를 제한하는 데 있어 수행할 수 있는 중대한 역할을 상기시키는 중요한 사례이다.
Foley Defeats Cert Petition for LSQ Funding Group in Avoidance Action
After years of litigation, Foley & Lardner LLP successfully represented LSQ Funding Group in opposing the petition of Douglas Mann, a Chapter 7 trustee, to the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, marking a definitive end to Mann’s preference and fraudulent transfer claims against LSQ. The Supreme Court denied Mann’s petition on January 8, 2024.
New Circuit Decisions Highlight When Individualized Damages Issues May Preclude Class Certification
Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(3), a district court may certify a damages class if “the court finds that the questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members, and that a class action is superior to other available methods for fairly and efficiently adjudicating the controversy.”
2024년 미국 최고의 변호사로 선정된 폴리 변호사들
폴리 앤 라드너 LLP는 오늘 미국 내 20개 사무소의 변호사 236명이 2024년판 '미국 최고의 변호사©'에 선정되었다고 자랑스럽게 발표했습니다.