Kartik Sameer Madiraju

  • Counsel
  • New York
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  • kmadiraju@hausfeld.com
  • +1 646 647 1469
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OVERVIEW

Kartik is a Counsel in Hausfeld’s New York office working on antitrust, environmental, and consumer protection matters. He also has experience in mass torts, consumer protection, products liability, and shareholder derivative litigation.

Prior to joining Hausfeld, Kartik was an Associate at a nonprofit public interest environmental law organization where he focused on administrative advocacy and litigation under the Toxic Substances Control Act.  Kartik also previously worked at a national plaintiffs’ firm, where he represented individuals and classes harmed by pesticides, electronic cigarettes, unfair business practices by the timeshare industry, and contaminated generic pharmaceuticals.  Kartik also played a key role in a shareholder derivative suit against Boeing regarding the 737 MAX aircraft, securing significant corporate reforms under one of the most challenging legal theories in Delaware Chancery. 

Kartik also maintains a commitment to pro bono work, and has represented individuals in asylum matters, survivors of abuse, and public school districts seeking CARES Act funding.

Kartik is fluent in French, Hindi, and Telugu. 

EDUCATION

New York University School of Law, J.D., Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, 2017

McGill University, Master of Science in Bioresource Engineering, 2013

McGill University, Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, 2012

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

AFFILIATIONS

NYU Law's Law Alumni Association, Board Director (2024 - Present) 

WHAT OTHERS SAY

American Bar Association 

  • Regional Finalist, 9th Best Oralist, 2016-17 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition

Super Lawyers

  • Rising Star, New York Metro (Class Action/Mass Torts), 2020

Experience

Antitrust/Competition

  • In re DPP Beef Litigation – Representing direct purchaser plaintiffs in class action suit alleging the world's largest meat processing and packing companies conspired to suppress the price of cattle and increase the price of beef in the United States to generate higher profit margins. 
  • In re Manufactured Home Lot Rents Antitrust Litigation – Hausfeld is co-lead counsel in an antitrust case filed on behalf of a putative nationwide class of manufactured home residents against nine community management companies and a market data provider, Datacomp Appraisal Systems Inc. The Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants conspired to exchange competitively sensitive information and fixed the price of rents at manufactured home lots across the country from at least 2019 through the present.