Anna St. John

Anna St. John is president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute and a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Law Center (iwlc.org). She began working with the Center for Class Action Fairness, which has since moved to HLLI, in March 2015. She has argued appeals before the 2nd, 7th, 9th, and D.C. Circuits and state courts in New York and California and presented argument to over a dozen federal and state trial courts. Her work has led to the return of over $100 million in settlement funds to class members in cases where plaintiffs’ counsel sought excessive attorneys’ fees or approval of an unfair settlement. She has spoken on topics of class action fairness, government overreach and regulatory abuses, the First Amendment, and the U.S. Supreme Court.