Podhurst Orseck is recognized as one of two Litigation Departments of the Year in the Daily Business Review’s annual Florida Legal Awards contest for negotiating a settlement in a Volkswagen class action and winning a multimillion-dollar verdict against an aircraft engine maker in a small plane crash.

The Miami litigation boutique serves as lead counsel in the case for 120,000 vehicle owners alleging Volkswagen’s defective suspension system was to blame for vehicles running through tires quickly in models build from 2009 to 2017. A $57 million preliminary settlement was drafted with the firm’s Peter Prieto, Matthew Weinshall and Alissa Del Riego representing the plaintiffs class.