Zachary Wallace

Associate Attorney at CaseyGerry
San Diego, CA

About Zachary Wallace

Zachary Wallace is an associate civil trial attorney at CaseyGerry. Before joining the firm, he spent 12 years as a Deputy District Attorney in the San Diego County District Attorney's Office, where he tried more than 50 cases to jury verdict and rose to become one of the top prosecutors in the Sex Crimes and Human Trafficking Unit. He was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the San Diego County Deputy District Attorney Association in 2021.

He also served on the DA's Legislative Committee, assisting state legislators with drafting and testifying on proposed laws. In 2024, his writing on the use of Evidence Code section 1108 in sexual assault prosecutions was published in the California District Attorneys Association manual used by prosecutors statewide. He earned his J.D. from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2013 and his B.A. in Political Science from UC San Diego in 2010.

Proven verdicts and settlements at CaseyGerry

These results are credited to CaseyGerry. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$393.5 millionSettlement

In multidistrict litigation before Judge Andrew J. Guilford, CaseyGerry served as class counsel in a $393.5 million settlement resolving allegations that Wells Fargo secretly loaded unnecessary collateral protection insurance onto auto loan accounts, pushing hundreds of thousands of borrowers into delinquency and causing roughly 27,000 wrongful vehicle repossessions.

U.S. District Court, Central District of California (8:17-ml-02797) · 2019Class ActionsRead the full story →
$117.5 millionSettlement

As court-appointed lead plaintiffs' counsel, Morgan & Morgan's John Yanchunis negotiated the $117.5 million settlement resolving claims from Yahoo's 2013-2016 data breaches, the largest theft of personal data in history, touching roughly 3 billion accounts worldwide. Judge Lucy Koh approved the fund in 2020 after rejecting an earlier version as inadequate.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose) · 2020Class ActionsRead the full story →
$47 millionSettlement

Gayle Blatt of CaseyGerry served as court-appointed co-lead counsel in a multidistrict proceeding against 23andMe, securing a $46.75 million settlement for approximately 6.9 million customers whose genetic ancestry profiles and personal data were stolen in a 2023 credential-stuffing attack.

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (MDL 3:24-md-03098) · 2026Class ActionsRead the full story →
$15 millionSettlement

Gayle Blatt of Casey Gerry served on the plaintiffs' leadership committee in the consolidated MDL arising from the 2011 hack of Sony's PlayStation Network, which exposed the personal data of approximately 77 million accounts, resulting in a $15 million class settlement.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (MDL 11-md-2258) · 2014Class ActionsRead the full story →
$10.8 millionSettlement

A Navy veteran lost his right leg and the use of his arm after a Navy-operated van triggered a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 5; CaseyGerry secured a $10.8 million settlement, described as the largest federal vehicle-collision settlement in San Diego history.

U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (San Diego) · 2022Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of California Hastings College of the Law
J.D., 2013
University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate, 2010

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.