Stuart Talley
About Stuart Talley
Stuart Talley's legal career has focused on class action, mass torts, and other complex litigation. Working in private practice and as court-appointed counsel in high-profile cases, he has been particularly successful in matters involving dangerous pharmaceutical drugs, defective medical devices, abusive nursing homes, wildfire injuries, and consumer class actions covering insurance products, defective vehicles, real estate fraud, wage-and-hour violations, and false advertising. Stuart received the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association Award of Merit for his leadership in the landmark Wedding v. CalPERS class action. He has been named a Northern California Super Lawyer since 2015 and a Top Lawyer by Sacramento Magazine. He graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he also won a first-place writing award from the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
Notable case results
Class action settlement against CalPERS for illegal premium increase
Global settlement against DePuy for defective ASR hip implants
Global settlement against Stryker for defective hip implants
Global settlement against DePuy for defective Pinnacle hip implants
Nationwide settlement for malfunctioning Guidant cardiac defibrillators
Class action against BMW of North America for vehicle defects
Class action against AOL for overbilling subscribers
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
