Joshua D. Arisohn is a Partner with Bursor & Fisher, P.A. Josh has litigated precedent-setting cases in the areas of consumer class actions and terrorism. He participated in the first ever trial to take place under the Anti-Terrorism Act, a statute that affords U.S. citizens the right to assert federal claims for injuries arising out of acts of international terrorism. Josh’s practice continues to focus on terrorism-related matters as well as class actions.
Josh is admitted to the State Bar of New York and is a member of the bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the District Court for the District of Columbia, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits.
Josh previously practiced at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and DLA Piper LLP. He graduated from Columbia University School of Law in 2006, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and received his B.A. from Cornell University in 2002. Josh has been honored as a 2015, 2016 and 2017 Super Lawyer Rising Star.
Selected Published Decisions
- Fields v. Syrian Arab Republic, Civil Case No. 18-1437 (RJL) (D.D.C.), entering a judgment of approximately $850 million in favor of the family members of victims of terrorist attacks carried out by ISIS with the material support of Syria.
- Ninivaggi v. University of Delaware, Case No. 20-cv-1478-SB (D. Del.), certifying a class of students alleging a breach of contract based on their school’s failure to provide a full semester of in-person classes.
- Farwell v. Google LLC, 2022 WL 1568361 (C.D. Ill. Mar. 31, 2022), denying social media defendant’s motion to dismiss BIPA claims brought on behalf of Illinois school students using Google’s Workspace for Education platform on laptop computers.
- Kirkbride v. The Kroger Co., 2:21-cv-00022-ALM-EPD, denying motion to dismiss claims based on the allegation that defendant overstated its usual and customary prices and thereby overcharged customers for generic drugs.
Selected Class Settlements
- Marquez v. Google LLC, Case No. 2021-CH-1460 (Cir. Ct. Cook Cnty. 2022) – final approval granted for $100 million class settlement to resolve alleged BIPA violations of Illinois residents appearing in photos on the Google Photos platform.
- Morris v. SolarCity Corp., Case No. 3:15-cv-05107-RS (N.D. Cal.) – final approval granted for $15 million class settlement to resolve claims under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. § 227 et seq.
- Ninivaggi v. University of Delaware, Case No. 20-cv-1478-SB (D. Del.) – final approval granted for $6.3 million class settlement to resolve breach of contract based on school’s failure to provide a full semester of in-person classes.
- Ambrose v. Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, Case No. 1:22-cv-10195-RGS (D. Mass.) – $4 million class settlement (and up to $1 million in in kind relief) to resolve claims under the Video Privacy Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2710, et seq. based on alleged use of the Facebook Tracking Pixel.
- Metzner v. Quinnipiac University, Case No. 3:20-cv-00784-KAD (D. Conn.) – $2.5 million class settlement to resolve breach of contract based on school’s failure to provide a full semester of in-person classes.