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Laura H. Posner is a Partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC of New York City. She is a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection and Ethics & Fiduciary Counseling practice groups. Ms. Posner has recovered billions on behalf of defrauded investors. Her notable successes include 5 of the top 100 securities fraud class action settlements of all time.
(212) 220-2925
lposner@cohenmilstein.com
Laura S. Stein is Of Counsel in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Philadelphia office. Since 1995, she has practiced in the areas of securities class action litigation, complex litigation and legislative law. Laura has served as one of the firm's and the nation's top asset recovery experts with a focus on minimizing losses suffered by shareholders due to corporate fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty.
(215) 988-9546
LStein@rgrdlaw.com
Daniel Shmilovich has been the Executive Director of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP) since 2006. Since 2004 Dan has managed Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd’s (RGRD) Pennsylvania office, and works in institutional investor relations and outreach. Dan was born in Petach Tikvah, Israel and grew up in Philadelphia, PA.
(215) 988-9546
dan@ilep.org
In Memoriam, 1932-2023
An accomplished trial and appellate lawyer and partner with Labaton Sucharow of New York, Edward Labaton devoted his 50 years of practice to representing a full range of clients in class action and complex litigation matters in state and federal court. He was the recipient of the Alliance for Justice’s 2015 Champion of Justice Award. Edward was the co-founder of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP).
In Memoriam, 1939-2020
Sandra Stein was Of Counsel in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Philadelphia office. There she concentrated her practice in securities class action litigation, legislative law, and antitrust litigation. She served as Counsel to United States Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Sandra was the co-founder of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP).
Marc I. Gross has been with Pomerantz LLP of New York City for more than four decades, serving as its Managing Partner from 2009 to 2016. He currently serves in the role of Senior Counsel, and has led numerous securities lawsuits against high profile companies. Marc is also valued by foreign investors for his expertise, having addressed a number of overseas forums and conferences.
(212) 661-1100
migross@pomlaw.com
Senior Vice Presidents
Michael Barry is a director at Grant & Eisenhofer of Wilmington, Deleware, focusing on corporate governance and securities litigation. For over seventeen years, he has represented institutional investors in litigation relating to securities fraud, corporate fiduciary responsibilities, shareholder proposals under SEC Rule 14a-8, and corporate governance generally.
(302) 622-7065
mbarry@gelaw.com
Javier Bleichmar leads BFA’s U.S. Case Evaluation and U.S. Securities Litigation teams. He brings a decades-long career of litigation success to his prosecution of large-scale securities class and shareholder actions on behalf of institutional investors.
(212) 789-1341
jbleichmar@bfalaw.com
Darren J. Check is a partner of the firm, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP of Radnor, Pennsylvania. He concentrates his practice in the area of shareholder litigation and client relations, manages the Firm’s Portfolio Monitoring Department, and works closely with the Firm’s Case Evaluation Department.
(610) 822-2235
dcheck@ktmc.com
As Chair of the firm’s Securities & Financial Fraud practice group and a senior partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office, Daniel Chiplock focuses his practice on financial and consumer fraud cases. He has played an active role in most of the firm’s financial cases over the last two decades.
(212) 355-9500
dchiplock@lchb.com
Thomas Curry is a Director at Saxena White and manages the Firm’s Delaware office and corporate governance litigation team. He represents institutional and individual investors in a wide variety of corporate governance and shareholder rights matters, with a particular focus on disputes arising under Delaware corporate law and litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
(302) 485-0480
tcurry@saxenawhite.com
Jonathan Gardner serves as the Managing Partner of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and as a member of its Executive Committee. He is based in the Firm’s New York office. Jonathan helps direct the growth and management of the Firm.
(212) 907-0839
jgardner@labaton.com
Carol V. Gilden is a Partner in Cohen Milstein's Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice group. She represents public pension funds, Taft-Hartley pension and health and welfare funds, and other institutional investors in securities class actions, derivative litigation and opt-out litigation, as well as provides advice regarding foreign securities litigation. A former SEC Enforcement attorney, Ms. Gilden is a nationally recognized securities litigator and has spearheaded some of the most novel securities disputes in the financial markets, resulting in aggregate recoveries in excess of several billion dollars for investors.
(312) 629-3737
cgilden@cohenmilstein.com
Salvatore J. Graziano is partner at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP of New York. He is widely recognized as one of the top securities litigators in the country, having served as lead trial counsel in a wide variety of major securities fraud class actions, recovering billions of dollars on behalf of institutional investors and hedge fund clients.
(212) 554-1538
sgraziano@blbglaw.com
James W. Johnson is a partner in the New York office of Labaton Sucharow and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. A recognized leader in his field, Jim focuses on complex securities fraud cases. In representing investors who have been victimized by securities fraud and breaches of fiduciary responsibility, Jim's advocacy has resulted in record recoveries for wronged investors.
(212) 907-0859
jjohnson@labaton.com
Gregg S Levin is a member of the law firm Motley Rice LLC of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. With more than three decades of legal experience, he represents domestic and foreign institutional investors and union pension funds in corporate governance, directorial misconduct, and securities fraud matters.
(843) 216-9512
glevin@motleyrice.com
Matthew L. Mustokoff is a Partner of the firm, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP of Radnor, Pennsylvania. He is an accomplished securities and corporate governance litigator who has represented clients at the trial and appellate level in numerous high-profile cases involving a wide array of matters, including financial fraud, market manipulation, corporate takeovers, unfair trade practices, and patent infringement.
(484) 270-1456
mmustokoff@ktmc.com
Chris Ritchie is Executive Managing Director of Huntington Bank’s National Settlement Team, serving clients coast-to-coast. As the leader of the team, Chris has extensive experience working with law firms, claims administrators, and regulatory agencies in the class action, mass tort, and settlement administration industry.
(215) 568-2328
chris.ritchie@huntington.com
Darren Robbins is a founding partner of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP of San Diego. Over the last two decades, he has served as lead counsel in more than 100 securities class actions and has recovered billions of dollars for injured shareholders. Darren has obtained significant recoveries in a number of actions arising out of wrongdoing related to the issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities, including the case against Goldman Sachs ($272 million recovery).
(619) 231-1058
darrenr@rgrdlaw.com
Robert Rothman is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Melville office and a member of the Firm’s Management Committee. He has recovered well in excess of $1 billion on behalf of victims of investment fraud, consumer fraud, and antitrust violations.
(631) 367-7100
RRothman@rgrdlaw.com
Ned Weinberger is a partner in the Delaware office of Labaton Sucharow LLP and is chair of the Firm’s Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Litigation Practice. An experienced advocate of shareholder rights, Ned focuses on representing investors in corporate governance and transactional matters, including class action and derivative litigation. Highly regarded in his practice, Ned has been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA in the Delaware Court of Chancery and was named "Up and Coming," for the three consecutive years.
(302) 573-6938
nweinberger@labaton.com
Junior Vice Presidents
Jake Bissell-Linsk is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP. Jake focuses his practice on securities fraud class actions. He has litigated federal securities class actions in jurisdictions across the country at both the District Court and Appellate Court level.
(212) 907-0731
jbissell-linsk@labaton.com
Rebecca Boon has been litigating securities fraud and shareholder rights actions for fifteen years, recovering billions of dollars for the firm’s institutional investor clients. Rebecca has advanced equality in the workplace by co-founding the Beyond #MeToo working group and leading landmark recoveries that have resulted in important social change among industries.
(212) 554-1594
Rebecca.Boon@blbglaw.com
Douglas Cuthbertson is a partner in Lieff Cabraser’s New York office with a practice focused on domestic and international consumer fraud cases, digital privacy, and securities fraud. His work has included digital privacy litigation, including against Google, Disney, Viacom, and others.
(212) 355-9500
dcuthbertson@lchb.com
Michael Grunfeld joined Pomerantz in July 2017 as Of Counsel and was elevated to Partner in 2019. He has extensive experience in securities, complex commercial, and white-collar matters in federal and state courts around the country. He has played a leading role in some of the Firm’s significant class action litigation, including its case against Yahoo!, Inc.
(212) 661-1100
mgrunfeld@pomlaw.com
Jonathan D. Lamet has extensive experience in litigating direct securities actions and derivative actions involving publicly traded companies. Recently, Mr. Lamet was a member of litigation teams that successfully recovered a $180 million derivative settlement for shareholders of FirstEnergy Corp. and a $79.5 million derivative settlement for shareholders of Goldman Sachs Inc.
(561) 206-6740
jlamet@saxenawhite.com
Caitlin Moyna is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer, with over 20 years of experience in U.S. and foreign securities fraud class action and opt-out litigation, shareholder derivative actions, merger litigation, and international arbitration. She is also Co-Director of the Grant & Eisenhofer ESG Institute.
(646) 722-8513
cmoyna@gelaw.com
Ross Shikowitz focuses his practice on investigating, analyzing and prosecuting complex securities matters on behalf of institutional investors. For over a decade, Ross has been advising many of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional investors concerning their rights and potential legal claims arising out of securities-related matters.
(212) 789-1349
rshikowitz@bfalaw.com