edhogan@hhlaw.com
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E. Desmond
Hogan
Partner,
Washington, D.C.
Desmond Hogan’s practice focuses on high-stakes class-action litigation, other complex commercial litigation and governmental investigations. Des has litigated matters before state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the country. Des represents a variety of clients, including several Fortune 100 companies in the health care, food, automotive, technology, and energy industries.
Des has a track record of ending significant class actions early. Recently, Des successfully led a team that won an important victory under the Class Action Fairness Act and then prevailed on a motion to dismiss the class action against a large food retailer. He also recently handled a class certification hearing on behalf of dozens of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in a nationwide MDL provider class action which was thereafter dismissed. He also recently secured the dismissal of separate class actions against major food and technology companies at the initial pleading stage. Similarly, in a matter against a large company concerning alleged former executive misconduct, Des helped secure the dismissal of all claims against the company on a motion to dismiss.
Des has also been a hands-on leader in several multi-defendant class actions, recently being selected by large joint defense groups in two different cases to argue the opposition to class certification, to depose the lead named plaintiffs for joint defense groups in separate industry-wide class actions, and to lead negotiations with opposing counsel for a joint defense group.
In matters involving governmental agencies, Des has successfully represented clients facing investigations by congressional committees, federal agencies, state attorneys general, and state agencies.
Des is known for his commitment to pro bono matters. He was co-lead counsel in a highly publicized civil rights trial that resulted in the exoneration of 35 people who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit and he has won several other wrongful incarceration cases. His other pro bono work includes diverse matters such as representing black farmers harmed by discriminatory loan practices of the federal government and representing a community organization against a slum lord in a trial of first impression, winning an injunction that helped clean up a troubled neighborhood. Among his on-going pro bono matters is a class action discrimination case for black Secret Service Agents that has been profiled by the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN, and NPR.
Des is the firm’s Deputy Managing Partner for Lateral Recruiting and Integration and was a founding member of the firm’s Diversity Committee. Before joining Hogan & Hartson, Des served as a law clerk to The Honorable Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
Des is a graduate of Howard University School of Law where he was valedictorian and the first student to graduate summa cum laude in the law school's history.
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