Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP

What Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP does

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP is a privately held, San Diego-headquartered consumer protection class action law firm that litigates in state and federal courts across the United States on behalf of individuals, insurance policyholders, homeowners, employees, small businesses, and investors who have been harmed by corporate wrongdoing. The firm's practice spans false advertising, defective products, data breaches, insurance and mortgage fraud, employment violations, and consumer privacy, with marquee settlements including Toyota truck-frame rust ($3.4 billion in benefits for 1.5 million vehicle owners), Skechers Shape-Ups ($45 million), P&G Align ($45.6 million), Schiff Move Free Advanced ($50 million), and Reebok Easytone ($25 million).

The firm is structured as a limited liability partnership controlled by three co-founding partners—Timothy G. Blood (Managing Partner), Leslie E. Hurst, and Thomas J. O'Reardon II—plus one additional partner (Paula R. Brown) and two associates (James M. Davis and Adam Bucci), for a total of six attorneys and seven total employees. Underlying technology consists of standard legal practice and case management tooling; there are no proprietary AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or developer-facing products. The firm has historically served as court-appointed class counsel on some of the largest consumer-protection settlements in the country and maintains co-counsel relationships with peer firms (Morgan & Morgan, Carlson Lynch, Bonnett Fairbourn, Futscher Law) and government enforcers (FTC, San Diego City Attorney's Office).

The business model is a pure contingency-fee professional services model: clients pay no upfront fees, and the firm earns a percentage (typically 20-33%) of class-action settlements and court-awarded attorneys' fees, subject to court approval. Marketing and distribution are conducted via a sales-led motion combining direct consumer engagement (website contact forms, case inquiry submissions), attorney referrals, court appointments as class counsel, and earned media coverage in national outlets (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NPR, ABC). The firm also operates a secondary office in Los Angeles. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP

Legal name

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP

Website

https://bholaw.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP is a privately held, San Diego-based consumer protection class action law firm that represents millions of consumers, policyholders, homeowners, employees, and small businesses in state and federal courts nationwide on a contingency-fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fees: Class action litigation typically operates on contingency fee arrangements where the firm receives a percentage (typically 20-33%) of settlements or court awards. No upfront fees are charged to class members. In some cases, the firm also receives court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP is a consumer protection class action law firm that litigates on behalf of individuals, policyholders, homeowners, employees, small businesses, and investors who have been harmed by corporate wrongdoing. Cases focus on false advertising, defective products, data breaches, insurance fraud, loan and credit card fraud, employment violations, and consumer privacy, pursued in state and federal courts nationwide. Legal services are delivered on a contingency-fee basis, with the firm earning a court-approved percentage of any recovery.

Product overview

Blood Hurst & O'Reardon, LLP is a consumer protection class action law firm that provides legal representation services rather than a technology product. The firm's service offering is a single unified legal practice focused on complex class action litigation, including false advertising, defective products, data breaches, insurance fraud, mortgage/loan fraud, and employment violations. The firm has achieved significant settlements including Toyota ($3.4 billion), P&G Align probiotic ($45.6 million), Schiff Move Free Advanced ($50 million), Skechers Shape-Ups ($45 million), and Reebok Easytone ($25 million).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consumer Protection Class Action Litigation Services Full-service representation of consumers, policyholders, homeowners, employees, small businesses, and investors in consumer protection class actions filed in state and federal courts throughout the country, on a contingency-fee basis.
• False Advertising Class Action Litigation Representation of consumers in class actions against manufacturers and sellers of dietary supplements, footwear, yogurt/probiotics, vehicles, and other consumer products for false or deceptive marketing claims (e.g., Skechers, Reebok, P&G Align, Schiff Move Free Advanced, Dannon Activia, Toyota, Suunto).
• Insurance Fraud and Policyholder Class Action Litigation Representation of insurance policyholders in class actions involving race discrimination by insurers, vanishing premium cases, and other fraudulent or unfair insurance practices.
• Consumer Privacy and Data Breach Class Action Litigation Representation of consumers in class actions concerning unlawful collection of personal information and inadequate data breach notification, including California state-law privacy claims.
• Loan, Mortgage, and Credit Card Fraud Class Action Litigation Representation of borrowers in class actions against banks and lenders for improper mortgage servicing, HAMP TPP collections, credit card fraud, and related lending abuses.
• Employment Class Action Litigation Representation of employees in class actions for employment law violations, including wage-and-hour claims and other workplace wrongdoing.

Quantifiable outcome

• $3.4 billion in Toyota settlement benefits for 1.5 million vehicle owners
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Futscher Law PLLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• Nicholas & Tomasevic LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• Morgan & Morgan PAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• O'Brien Law Firm PCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint PCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• Samuel Issacharoff (NYU)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel relationship in the P&G Align probiotic false advertising class action litigation.
• Barnow & Associates PCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia rusty truck frame class action settlement.
• Milligan Law OfficesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia rusty truck frame class action settlement.
• Roberts Law Firm PAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia rusty truck frame class action settlement.
• Monteleone & Mccory LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in the Toyota Tacoma, Tundra, and Sequoia rusty truck frame class action settlement.
• Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-counsel in the Reckitt Benckiser Move Free Advanced glucosamine supplement false advertising class action.
• San Diego City AttorneycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRepresented San Diego City Attorney Mara W. Elliott in the Experian data breach case and enforcement actions under California's unfair competition law. Firm serves as co-counsel with the government in consumer protection matters.
• Federal Trade CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTimothy Blood worked with the Federal Trade Commission to obtain record-setting recoveries for consumers, including in the In re Skechers Toning Shoes case which resulted in the largest consumer recovery in a false advertising action in FTC history.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Motley Rice: Major plaintiff firm with active consumer protection, securities, and mass-tort class action practices. Comparable in pursuit of large aggregate settlements and reliance on court-appointed counsel roles.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll: Leading plaintiff-side firm with strong consumer protection and civil litigation practices. Comparable case types (false advertising, financial fraud, data privacy) and court-appointed class counsel engagements.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: Nationally recognized consumer protection and mass-tort class action firm. Directly comparable in practice focus (false advertising, defective products, data privacy), California roots, and contingency-fee model, but with significantly larger headcount.
• Carlson Lynch Sweet Kilpela & Carpenter: Mid-sized consumer class action firm that has partnered with BHO on the Schiff Move Free Advanced litigation. Comparable in case profile (supplement false advertising) and boutique operating model.
• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro: Plaintiff-side firm known for consumer class actions, particularly against automotive and tech defendants. Directly comparable in case profile (Toyota truck-frame settlement involved similar firms) and contingency-fee model.
• Baron & Budd: Plaintiff firm with deep consumer protection and environmental litigation practices. Comparable in contingency model and class action orientation, though with different geographic concentration.
• Bonnett Fairbourn Friedman & Balint: Consumer protection class action firm that has served as BHO co-counsel on multiple matters (e.g., P&G Align). Directly comparable in case types (false advertising, consumer fraud) and contingency economics.

Emerging players

• Susman Godfrey: Elite trial firm with growing consumer class action and contingency-fee practice. Less direct overlap than the plaintiff-side peers but pursues similar high-value, contingency-driven complex litigation mandates.

Broad incumbents

• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd: One of the largest plaintiff-side securities and consumer class action firms in the U.S. and former employer of all three BHO co-founders. Highly comparable practice mix and case type, but operates at materially larger scale and headcount.
• Morgan & Morgan: Large plaintiff firm with national consumer protection and class action practice that has co-counseled with BHO on the P&G Align matter. Comparable in consumer class action work but far broader practice scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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