April Ross

About April Ross

April Ross is deputy head of Morgan Lewis’s Class Action Practice and a litigation partner in the firm\'s Washington, D.C. office. April focuses her practice on defending companies against consumer class actions, product liability actions, and mass tort actions, and litigating on behalf of health care companies, with particular experience in class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings. She represents clients in a range of industries including health care, consumer products, and transportation. In addition to trial-level work in state and federal courts across the country, April has substantial experience handling cases on appeal, including in the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, April was selected by her peers as a \"Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers Rising Star\" for class actions/mass torts and health care. In her healthcare litigation practice, April represents insurers, managed care organizations, and managed behavioral healthcare organizations in class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings in both federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings. Her experience includes RICO and ERISA litigation, payor/provider reimbursement disputes, litigation brought under state and federal mental health parity statutes, antitrust litigation, and challenges to federal regulatory action under the Administrative Procedures Act. She has also briefed healthcare issues as amicus curiae before intermediate appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. April\'s mass tort, products, and consumer litigation experience includes defending clients in crisis management, consumer class actions, product liability class actions, and environmental exposure mass actions. She represents clients in a range of industries, including transportation, chemical, and consumer products.

Experience

1. Litigation Partner

   Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

   Apr 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Arts, Molecular and Cell Biology

  1997 — 2000

• Duke University School of Law

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law

  2003 — 2006