Kevin Ranlett, ’04, and Daniel Jones, ’09, Join Skadden as Partners
Skadden Welcomes Partners Archis Parasharami, Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, Expanding Capabilities in Consumer Class Actions, Multidistrict Litigation and Mass Arbitration
Skadden is pleased to welcome Archis Parasharami as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Palo Alto offices. Mr. Parasharami joins Skadden from another global law firm, where he served as co-head of its Washington, D.C. litigation and dispute resolution practice and co-leader of its class action practice. With two decades of experience managing complex litigation, he will play a pivotal role in expanding Skadden’s leading class action defense, multidistrict litigation and mass arbitration capabilities. He will be joined in Washington, D.C. by Daniel Jones and Kevin Ranlett, who are also joining the firm as partners and previously worked with Mr. Parasharami.
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Daniel Jones helps clients to prepare and present appeals, and has authored numerous briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court, federal and state appellate courts and trial courts around the country, with a focus on class action and arbitration issues. He has represented businesses in defeating class certification in multiple federal trial courts and routinely briefs cutting-edge class action defense issues at both the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Jones received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from Amherst College.
Kevin Ranlett defends businesses in complex class and representative actions in state and federal courts across the country, as well as in high-stakes mass arbitrations. He has successfully defended and resolved a wide variety of claims, including allegations of false or deceptive advertising, data breach and other privacy claims and alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Alien Tort Claims Act and various other consumer protection statutes. Mr. Ranlett received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
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