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.
代表经验
- 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.
奖项与表彰
- Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, 2021-2024
- Best Lawyers Ones to Watch, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2021-2024
附属机构
- 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
出版物和演讲
- 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)
最高法院是否会就集体诉讼中第三条诉讼资格问题的巡回法院分歧做出裁决？
2025 年 4 月 29 日，最高法院就一个令各巡回法院产生分歧的问题听取了辩论："如果拟议的集体诉讼中有些成员没有受到任何第三条规定的伤害，联邦法院是否可以根据《联邦民事诉讼规则》第 23(b)(3)条认证集体诉讼？
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.
供应协议对食品制造中的风险管控至关重要：威斯康星州经济损失法则禁止食品制造商就受污染原料提起侵权索赔
威斯康星州东区法院近期的一项裁决，对威斯康星州经济损失原则的例外情形进行了有益阐述，并再次强调了该原则在供应链纠纷（包括涉及疑似受污染食品产品的争议）中限制索赔范围的关键作用。
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.”
富理达律师入选 2024 年美国最佳律师排行榜
Foley & Lardner LLP 今天自豪地宣布，公司在美国 20 个办事处的 236 名律师入选 2024 年版《美国最佳律师》（The Best Lawyers in America©）。