Greg Coleman is a managing partner at Milberg and has 32 years of trial and appellate experience. Mr. Coleman received his B.A. with highest honors and distinction from Jacksonville State University in 1986. He attended The University of Tennessee College of Law, graduating in 1989. In addition to distinguishing himself academically, Mr. Coleman was a member of the National Trial Moot Court Team and was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award for National Trial Team. In addition, the College of Law bestowed upon Mr. Coleman the honor of inclusion into the National Order of Barristers for outstanding oral advocacy and trial skills. His practice focuses on class actions, products liability, medical malpractice, personal injury, complex multi-district litigation, toxic torts, premises liability, ERISA, ERISA class actions, drug and medical device litigation.

Mr. Coleman was co-lead counsel in a defective products case against Electrolux in which he and co-counsel successfully obtained a settlement on behalf of a class of more than one million members regarding defectively manufactured dryers. The settlement resulted in an expected utilization settlement value of over $35 million. He was co-lead counsel in a series of automobile defect class actions against General Motors in Florida, Illinois, and California, in which he and co-counsel successfully obtained a $42 million settlement on behalf of a class of 1.6 million consumers regarding excessive oil consumption. Mr. Coleman was lead trial counsel in an ERISA class action against AK Steel Corporation in which he successfully obtained a $178.6 million settlement on behalf of a class of over 3,000 retirees of AK Steel’s Butler Works Plant in Pennsylvania in 2011. He was also lead trial counsel in an ERISA class action case against AK Steel Corporation where he successfully obtained a $15.8 million settlement on behalf of a class of over 250 retirees of AK Steel’s Zanesville Works Plant in Ohio in 2012.