Ross Schmierer, Esq.
Of Counsel
For over a decade, Ross has focused his practice on helping consumers and victims of corporate wrongdoing. During this time, Ross has served as lead counsel, co-lead counsel or on the executive committee in class actions across the country in both federal and state court. These class actions have involved consumer fraud, product defects, food mislabeling, false advertising, violations of wage and hour law as well as other state and federal consumer protection laws. In addition to these types of cases, Ross has successfully litigated numerous individual and class action cases involving violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Ross has litigated TCPA cases in Courts all across the country and has successfully argued motions involving TCPA law related issues in district courts sitting in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th and 11th Circuits.
From 2013 through 2022, Ross was selected by his peers as a New Jersey Super Lawyer. This prestigious recognition is reserved for no more than 5% of lawyers in New Jersey. Ross was also awarded a lead counsel rating in the legal discipline of Consumer Protection.
Ross earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was an articles editor of the Brooklyn Law Review. While a member of the Brooklyn Law Review, he published a case comment entitled: An Attempt to Pick up the Fallen Bricks of the Wall Separating Church and State After Santa Fe v. Doe, 67 Brook. L. Rev. 1291 (2002). Since publication, his comment has been cited with approval for its analysis by several authors of subsequent law review articles, including a law professor in the University of Pennsylvania Law School’s Journal of Constitutional Law. Ross was also member of the Moot Court Honor Society and was awarded the Best Brief Award in a National Constitutional Law competition.
- New Jersey
- New York
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Western District of New York
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals
- Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
- J.D.
Brooklyn Law Review, Articles Editor
Moot Court Honor Society, Member
CALI Excellence Award in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Best Brief Award in a National Constitutional Law competition
- J.D.
- University Of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
- B.A. English
• Lecturer, “Latest Developments in Class Action Litigation,” New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting
• Lecturer, “Pending Consumer Legislation,” New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation, Inc.’s 2016 Boardwalk Seminar, April 8, 2016
• Lecturer, “The Evolving Nature of Class Actions in New Jersey,” New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Meeting
• Lecturer, “Telephone Consumer Protection Act Basics,” New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation, Inc.’s, 2017 Boardwalk Seminar, April 26, 2017
• Lecturer, “The Future of Class Actions in New Jersey,” New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting
• Lecturer, “Legislative Update,” New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation, Inc.’s, 2018 Boardwalk Seminar, May 10, 2018
• Lecturer, “Class Actions At The Crossroads,” New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2018 Annual Meeting
• Lecturer, “Forced Arbitration,” New Jersey Association for Justice’s 2019 Boardwalk Seminar
• Lecturer, “Class Actions: Perspectives on Key Issues,” New Jersey State Bar Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting
• Lecturer, “Class Action Litigation in 2020: What You Need to Know,” New Jersey Bar Association CLE, February 10, 2020
National Association of Consumer Advocates
American Bar Association: Class Actions & Derivative Suits Section
New Jersey State Bar Association: Special Committee on Consumer Protection
New Jersey State Bar Association: Class Action Committee
New Jersey State Bar Association: Federal Practice and Procedure Section
Served as Delegate to the General Council
Camden County Bar Association: Bench-Bar (Federal) Committee
Camden County Bar Association: Civil Practice Committee
Camden County Bar Association: Class Action Practice Committee
The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy: New Jersey Section