Harris Pogust

Harris Pogust (born 1963)^[1] is an American attorney, who is currently the Chairman of the international law firm Pogust Goodhead.^[2][3]

Early life and education

Pogust was born in New Jersey. He attended the Widener University School of Law at Rutgers University.^[4]

Career

Pogust worked at New Jersey law firm, Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose & Podolsky.^[5][6] Here, he played a role in New Jersey's first-class action lawsuit related to Y2K^[5][7] and a class-action lawsuit involving several companies including Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.^[6]

In 2005, Pogust left Sherman to establish the plaintiff law firm, Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, later known as Pogust Millrood.^[8][9]

In 2009, Pogust also represented the plaintiffs in a case in which US Airways and Prime Flight Aviation Services was accused of cheating skycaps out of wages.^[9] In 2015, Pogust represented professional wrestlers Vito LoGrasso and Evan Singleton, who sought to hold World Wrestling Entertainment legally responsible for the brain damage that they suffered.^[10][11]

In 2018, Pogust became a founding partner in SPG Law,^[12][13] later to become PGMBM,^[14] and subsequently Pogust Goodhead.^[15][16] As part of PGMBM, Pogust oversaw the settlement of a group action claim against British Airways for a 2018 data breach that affected 420,000 individuals.^[17][18][19] Pogust also represented UK women who received Essure contraceptive implants from Bayer AG in an injury lawsuit against Bayer in 2020.^[20]

As part of Pogust Goodhead, Pogust also oversaw the UK's largest opt-in class action lawsuit against BHP and Vale, the two mining companies involved in the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam at the Samarco Mariana mine complex in 2015.^[21]