The law firm of HackermanFrankel prosecutes complex class action lawsuits, usually in partnership with other attorneys, on behalf of multiple plaintiffs against large corporations.

About Us

The law firm of HackermanFrankel is composed of two senior attorneys. There are no junior attorneys or associates.

When HackermanFrankel accepts a case, Steve Hackerman and Richard Frankel work on it. The Generally, the cases they accept involve plaintiffs wronged by the common actions of the defendant. While some cases evolve into formal class action suits, HackermanFrankel prefers to maintain a one-on-one relationship with each client, and to enter into individual contracts with each client.

Both attorneys have worked on complex litigation their entire careers and have resolved numerous plaintiff lawsuits in their combined 67 years of practice.

The offices of HackermanFrankel are based in Houston, Texas, and the firm works for clients across the U.S.

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Success Story

In Tenet Healthcare Cases III, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding No. 4301 in Shasta County, California, Stephen Hackerman and Richard Frankel worked with multiple law firms, served as counsel for 325 plaintiffs and lead negotiator for all 750 plaintiffs who underwent unnecessary heart bypass surgeries at Redding Medical center in Redding, California. The case was prosecuted against the doctors and the health care company who engaged in the fraud. Following two years of litigation, the defendants settled with the victims for a total of $442 million. The case was widely followed in national publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post.