Nabilah Hossain is a Partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy LLP, specializing in complex civil litigation. Her representative work includes prosecuting claims against PG&E related to the Kincade and Dixie wildfires, as well as a derivative action on behalf of the Fire Victim Trust against former PG&E officers and directors. That litigation resulted in a recovery of $117 million for the Fire Victim Trust, in addition to cash and stock valued at $13.5 billion. Nabilah also represents consumers in class action matters against major corporations, including Tesla and insurance companies.
Before joining the firm, Nabilah served for eight years as an Assistant District Attorney at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where she was a member of the Homicide and Sex Crimes Units. She developed extensive trial experience as a criminal prosecutor, trying 19 cases to verdict and handling prosecutions involving murder, sexually motivated assaults, conspiracy, fraud, identity theft, and other serious offenses. Nabilah earned her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and her undergraduate degrees from New York University, and completed externships with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, and the federal judiciary in the Eastern District of New York. She is a graduate of the American Association for Justice’s 2023 Leadership Academy, serves on the board of the San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association, has been recognized as a Northern California “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, and frequently lectures on trial advocacy, evidence, and trauma-informed interviewing.
