Michael A. Tompkins

Mr. Tompkins is a partner at LBL and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (B.A.), Indiana University – Bloomington (M.S.), and Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (J.D.), who focuses on complex litigation related to class and collective actions. Mr. Tompkins has also been involved in large-scale class actions and consumer fraud class actions in various courts. Recently, Mr. Tompkins has served as lead or co-lead counsel in several actions that have resolved themselves in the college COVID refund context. See e.g., Montalvo v. California Lutheran University, Case No. 56-2022-00563063-CU-BC-VTA (Super. Ct. Cal., Ventura Cty., Dec. 20, 2024) (approving class settlement of $2.7 million on behalf of 3,939 students); Boykin-Smith v. New York Institute of Technology, Index No. 606339/2020 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty., Dec. 30, 2024)(Doc. 82) (approving class settlement of $2.545 million on behalf of 5,090 students); Neubert v. Lehigh University, Case No. 5:25-cv-00831 (E.D. Pa May 20, 2025)(Dkt. 37)(approved class settlement of $1.7 million on behalf of 5,164 students); Booth v. Molloy College, Index No. 608750/2020 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. Oct. 2, 2023)(Doc. 145)(approving class settlement of approximately $4.5 million in conferred benefits of cash and non-cash benefits on behalf of 4,981 students); Lankau v. The New School, Index No. 601034/2024 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. Nov. 6, 2024) (Doc. 34 )(approving class settlement of $3 million on behalf of 10,000 students); Gur-Ravantab, et al., v. Georgetown University, Case No. 1:22-cv-01038 (D.D.C. March 11, 2025)(Dkt. 74)(approving class settlement of $1.5 million on behalf of 6,303 students); Jones, et al., v. Adm’rs of the Tulane Educ. Fund, Case No. 2:20-cv-02505 (E.D. La April 30, 2025)(Dkt. 230)(approving class settlement of $3,65 million on behalf of 9,910 students); Martinez v. University of San Diego, Case No. 2:20-cv-01946-RBM-VET (S.D. Cal. March 21,2025); Qureshi v. American Univ., Case No. 1:20-cv-1141-CRC (D.C. Dist. May 7, 2024) (granting final approval of the class settlement for $5.439M based on the reasonableness and fairness of the settlement); Porter v. Emerson College, Case No. 1:20-cv-11897-RWZ (D.Mass. Nov. 27, 2022)(granting final approval of the class action settlement).

Mr. Tompkins has additionally served as lead or co-lead counsel in class action cases pertaining to unpaid wages, overtime and/or gratuities, which have resolved themselves. See e.g., Cohan v. Columbia Sussex Management, LLC 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170192 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2018)(granting approval of class settlement of $3.2 million on behalf of unpaid wage); Marcus v. AXA Advisors, LLC, Case No. 1:11-cv-2339 (SMG) (E.D.N.Y May 6, 2016) (Dkt. 173)(approving class settlement of $2.3 million on behalf of employees subject to unpaid wages and overtime); Fenza v. PRP Restaurant Inc., Index No. 601005/2014 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. May 16, 2016)(Doc. 50) (approving class settlement of $4.2 million); Pawelsky v. Summit Entertainment Corp., Index No. 603315/2015 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. Mar. 1, 2017)(Doc. 32) (approving class settlement of $2 million); among others. Further, Mr. Tompkins has served as class counsel in dozens of class actions and has been acknowledged LBL’s involvement in those cases. See e.g. Malcok v. SEB Service of New York, Inc., Case No. 11-CV-5089(MDG) (E.D.N.Y. March 13, 2017) (“[Mr. Jeffrey K. Brown, Mr. Michael A. Tompkins and co- counsel] have experience litigating class and collective actions based on wage and hour claims.…This Court observed counsel’s performance in this action … and finds that their performance in both litigating and settling this case demonstrates their commitment to the classes and to representing the interests of the classes.”); see also Tart v. Lions Gate Entm’t Corp., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 139266 at *7 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 13, 2015) (“Virginia & Ambinder, LLP and Leeds Brown Law, P.C. are experienced and well-qualified employment and class action lawyers with expertise in prosecuting and settling labor law cases.”); Cohan v. Columbia Sussex Management, LLC, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170192 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2018) (“Class counsel [LBL and V&A]are well known class action employment lawyers who have extensive experience and special expertise in prosecuting and settling FLSA and NYLL wage and hour cases.”); Garcia v. Exec. Club LLC, No. 10-cv-1545 (SHS), 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 189823 (S.D.N.Y. May 10, 2012) (“Class Counsel [V&A and LBL] have experience prosecuting and settling employment class actions, including wage and hour class actions and are well-versed in wage and hour law and in class action law.”); Varela v. Building Services Industries, LLC, Index No. 600037/2016 (Sup. Ct. Nassau Cty. June 21, 2018) (“the Court finds that class counsel [including Michael A. Tompkins] have established their significant experience prosecuting employment class actions and their work performed in the representing the interests of the class members in this action.”). In 2019, the Honorable Gretchen Walsh, J.S.C. Commercial Division, Westchester County, commended Leeds Brown Law, P.C. for its work and vigorous representation of its clients, including the class, in Contreras v. Dania Marina, Inc., Index No. 54536/2018 (Sup. Ct. Westchester Cty., Oct. 3, 2019), when approving the class-wide settlement. Mr. Tompkins has also spoken at symposiums and events regarding wage violations, class action settlements, and worker protections. Additionally, Mr. Tompkins served on the Nassau County Comptroller’s Living Wage Advisory Committee in 2021-22 and is admitted to practice in New York State, North Carolina, Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York, Northern District of New York, Northern District of Illinois, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.