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About our Firm: top Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP has represented investors and consumers in federal and state courts throughout the United States for sixteen years. Based in Los Angeles, California and with offices in New York, New York and San Francisco, California, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has developed expertise prosecuting securities fraud, antitrust and complex commercial litigation. As Lead Counsel or as a member of Plaintiffs’ Counsel Executive Committees, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has recovered in excess of $1 billion for parties wronged by corporate fraud and malfeasance. The firm’s efforts on behalf of individual investors have been the subject of articles in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times.
Appointed as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel by federal judges throughout the United States, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has achieved significant recoveries for class members, including:
In re Mercury Interactive Securities Litigation, USDC N.Cal. 05-3395, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP was co-Lead Counsel for the Class and recovered in excess of $117 million.
In re Lumenis, Ltd. Securities Litigation, USDC Southern District of New York, Case No.02-CV-1989, in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel and achieved a settlement valued at over $20 million.
In re Heritage Bond Litigation, USDC Central District of California Civil Action No. 02-ML-1475-DT, where as co-Lead Counsel, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg has already recovered in excess of $24 million dollars for defrauded investors and continues to pursue additional defendants.
In re ECI Telecom Ltd. Securities Litigation, USDC Eastern Virginia Civil Action No. 01-913-A, in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP served as sole Lead Counsel and recovered almost $22 million for defrauded ECI investors.
Yaldo v. Airtouch Communications, State of Michigan, Wayne County, Case No. 99-909694-CP in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as co-Lead Counsel and achieved a settlement valued at over $32 million for defrauded consumers.
In re Infonet Services Corporation Securities Litigation, USDC Central California, Case No. CV 01-10456 NM, a securities fraud case in which as co-Lead Counsel, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg achieved a settlement of $18 million.
In re Musicmaker.com Securities Litigation, USDC C.Cal. 00-02018, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP was sole Lead Counsel for the Class and recovered in excess of $13 million.
In re ESC Medical Systems, Ltd. Securities Litigation, USDC Southern New York 98 Civ. 7530, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP served as sole Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement valued in excess of $17 million.
In re Lason, Inc. Securities Litigation, USDC Eastern Michigan 99 76079, in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP was Co-Lead Counsel and recovered almost $13 million for defrauded Lason stockholders.
In re Inso Corp. Securities Litigation, USDC Massachusetts 99 10193, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement valued in excess of $12 million.
In re National TechTeam Securities Litigation, USDC Eastern Michigan 97-74587, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement valued in excess of $11 million.
In re Ramp Networks, Inc. Sec. Litig, USDC Northern California, Case No. C-00-3645 JCS, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of nearly $7 million.
In re Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd. Securities Litigation, USDC Eastern District of New York, Case No. 02-1510 CPS, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of $20 million.
Taft v. Ackermans (KPNQwest Securities Litigation), USDC Southern District of New York, Case No. 02-CV-07951, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement worth $11 million.
Ree v. Procom Technologies, Inc., USDC Southern District of New York, Case No. 02CV7613,
a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of $2.7 million.
Capri v. Comerica, Inc., USDC Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 02CV60211 MOB, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of $6.0 million.
Tatz v. Nanophase Technologies Corp., USDC Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 01C8440, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of $2.5 million.
In re Livent, Inc. Noteholders Litigation, USDC Southern District of New York, Case No. 99 Civ 9425, a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of over $27 million.
Plumbing Solutions Inc. v. Plug Power, Inc., USDC Eastern District of New York, Case No. CV 00 5553 (ERK) (RML), a securities fraud class action in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel for the Class and achieved a settlement of over $5 million.
Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP filed the initial landmark antitrust lawsuit against all of the major Nasdaq market makers and served on Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s Executive Committee in In re Nasdaq Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation, USDC Southern District of New York, 94 C 3996 (RWS), MDL Docket No. 1023, which recovered $900 million for investors in numerous heavily traded Nasdaq issues.
In addition, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP serves as Class Counsel in In Re Real Estate Associates Limited Partnership Litigation, USDC Central California, 98-7035 DDP, in which plaintiffs’ Counsel achieved a $184 million jury verdict after a complex six week trial in Los Angeles, California, and eventually settled the litigation for $83 million.
The firm currently serves as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in numerous securities fraud and consumer fraud actions throughout the United States, including, among others:
Shah v. Morgan Stanley Co.,
USDC Southern New York Case No. 03 Civ. 8761 (RJH)
Lapin v. Goldman Sachs,
USDC Southern New York Case No. 03-0850-KJD
In re Heritage Bond Litigation,
USDC Central District of California, Case No. 02-ML-1475-DT
Payne v. IT Group, Inc.,
USDC Western District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 02-1927
Oscar Private Equity Investments v. Holland (Allegiance Telecom Securities Litigation),
USDC Northern District of Texas, Case No. 3:-CV-2761-H
Winer Family Trust v. Queen (Pennexx Securities Litigation),
USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Case No. 2:03-cv-04318 JP
In re ADC Telecommunications Inc. Securities Litigation,
USDC District of Minnesota, Case No. 03-1194 (JNE/JGL)
Porter v. Conseco, Inc.,
USDC Southern Indiana, Case No. 02-1332 SEB
In re Simon Transportation Services, Inc. Securities Litigation,
USDC Utah, Case No. 2:98 CV 0863 K
The firm has also recently acted as Class Counsel in obtaining substantial benefits for shareholders in a number of actions, including:
In re F & M Distributors Securities Litigation,
Eastern District of Michigan, Civ. No. 95 CV 71778 DT (Executive Committee Member) ($20.25 million dollar settlement)
James F. Schofield v. McNeil Partners, L.P. Securities Litigation,
Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC 133799
Resources High Equity Securities Litigation,
Los Angeles Superior Court, Case No. BC 080254
The firm has served and currently serves as Class Counsel in a number of antitrust class actions, including:
In re Nasdaq Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation,
USDC Southern District of New York, 94 C 3996 (RWS), MDL Docket No. 1023
In re Brand Name Prescription Drug Antitrust Litigation,
USDC Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Master File No. 94 C 897
Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP has been responsible for obtaining favorable appellate opinions which have broken new ground in the class action or securities fields or which have promoted shareholder rights in prosecuting these actions. Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP successfully argued the appeals in Silber v. Mabon I, 957 F.2d 697 (9th Cir. 1992) and Silber v. Mabon II, 18 F.3d 1449 (9th Cir. 1994), which are the leading decisions in the Ninth Circuit regarding the rights of opt-outs in class action settlements. In Rothman v. Gregor, 220 F.3d 81, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP won a seminal victory for investors before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which adopted a more favorable pleading standard for investors in reversing the District Court’s dismissal of the investors’ complaint. After this successful appeal, Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP then recovered millions of dollars for defrauded investors of the GT Interactive Corporation. The firm recently argued Falkowski v. Imation Corp., 309 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002), as amended, 320 F.3d 905 (9th Cir. 2003) and favorably obtained the substantial reversal of a lower court’s dismissal of a cutting edge, complex class action brought to seek redress for a group of employees whose stock options were improperly forfeited by a giant corporation in the course of its sale of the subsidiary at which they worked. The revived action is currently proceeding in the California state court system.
The firm is also involved in the representation of individual investors in court proceedings throughout the United States and in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange, and Pacific Stock Exchange. Mr. Glancy has successfully represented litigants in proceedings against such major securities firms and insurance companies as A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Morgan Stanley, PaineWebber Incorporated, Prudential Insurance Company, Prudential Securities, Inc., and Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc.
One of firm's unique skills is the use of "group litigation" - the representation of groups of individuals who have been collectively victimized or defrauded by large institutions. This type of litigation brought on behalf of individuals who have been similarly damaged often provides an efficient and effective economic remedy that frequently has advantages over the class action or individual action devices. The firm has successfully achieved results for groups of individuals in cases against major corporations such as Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Inc., and Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
The Firm's Partners:
Lionel Z. Glancy: top LIONEL Z. GLANCY, a graduate of University of Michigan Law School, is the founding partner of the firm. After serving as a law clerk for United States District Judge Howard McKibben, he began his career as an associate at a New York law firm concentrating in securities litigation. Thereafter, he started a boutique law firm specializing in securities litigation, and other complex litigation, from the Plaintiff’s perspective. He has established a distinguished career in the field of securities litigation over the last fifteen years, having appeared and been appointed lead counsel on behalf of aggrieved investors in securities class action cases throughout the country. He has appeared and argued before dozen of district courts and a number of appellate courts. His efforts have resulted in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement proceeds for huge classes of shareholders. Well known in securities law, he has lectured on its developments and practice, including having lectured before CLE seminars and law schools.
Mr. Glancy was born in Windsor, Canada on April 4, 1962. Mr. Glancy earned his undergraduate degree in political science in 1984 and his J.D. in 1986, both from the University of Michigan. He was admitted to practice in California in 1988, and in Nevada and before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit in 1989. Peter A. Binkow: top PETER A. BINKOW, a partner in Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 16, 1965. Mr. Binkow earned his degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan in1988 and attended law school at the University of Southern California (J.D., 1994). Mr. Binkow joined the Law Offices of Lionel Z. Glancy upon graduation and became a partner in 2002.
Mr. Binkow has prosecuted lawsuits on behalf of consumers and investors in state and federal courts throughout the United States. He served as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel in many class action cases, including In re Mercury Interactive Securities Litigation ($117.5 million recovery), In re Heritage Bond Litigation ($28 million recovery), In re National Techteam Securities Litigation ($11 million recovery for investors), In re Credit Acceptance Corporation Securities Litigation ($2.5 million recovery), In re Lason Inc. Securities Litigation ($12.68 million recovery), In re ESC Medical Systems, Ltd. Securities Litigation ($17 million recovery), In re GT Interactive Securities Litigation ($3 million recovery) and many others. Mr. Binkow has prepared and/or argued appeals before the Ninth Circuit, Sixth Circuit and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Mr. Binkow is admitted to practice before the state of California, the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Michael Goldberg: top MICHAEL GOLDBERG specializes in federal securities, federal and state antitrust, and consumer fraud class action lawsuits. He has successfully litigated numerous cases which resulted in multi-million dollar recoveries for investors, consumers and businesses.
Mr. Goldberg was born in New York on April 27, 1966. He earned his BA degree in 1989 from Pitzer College - The Claremont Colleges, and his J.D. degree in 1996 from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After graduation from law school, Mr. Goldberg joined the Law Offices of Lionel Z. Glancy and became a partner of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP in 2003. He was admitted to both the California and Florida bars in 1997 and is admitted to practice in numerous courts. Susan G. Kupfer: top SUSAN G. KUPFER, a partner of Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, joined the firm in 2003, where she established its antitrust practice. She is a native of New York City and received her A.B. degree from Mount Holyoke College in 1969 and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1973. She did graduate work at Harvard Law School. In 1977, she was named Assistant Dean and Director of Clinical Programs at Harvard, where she supervised that program of legal practice and taught its related academic components: Introduction to Advocacy (a NITA-style workshop), Lawyering Process and Professional Responsibility.
For much of her legal career, she has been a professor of law. She subsequently taught at Hastings College of the Law, Boston University School of Law, Golden Gate University School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law. From 1991 to 2002, she was a lecturer on law at University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall, teaching Civil Procedure and Conflict of Laws. Her areas of academic expertise are Civil Procedure, Federal Courts, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, Legal Ethics and Jurisprudence. Her publications include articles on federal civil rights litigation, legal ethics and jurisprudence. She has also taught various aspects of practical legal and ethical training, including trial advocacy, negotiation and legal ethics, to both law students and practicing attorneys.
She previously served as corporate counsel to The Architects Collaborative in Cambridge and San Francisco and was the executive director of the Massachusetts Commission on Judicial Conduct. She returned to the practice of law in San Francisco with Morgenstein & Jubelirer and Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo before joining the Glancy Firm. Her practice is concentrated in antitrust, securities and consumer complex litigation. She has been a member of the lead counsel team which achieved significant settlements in the following cases: In re Sorbates Antitrust Litigation ($96.5 million settlement), In re Pillar Point Partners Antitrust Litigation ($50 million settlement), In re Critical Path Securities Litigation ($17.5 million settlement).
She is a member of the Massachusetts and California State Bars and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern districts of California, the District of Massachusetts, the First and Ninth Circuits Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court. She was named one of Northern California’s Super Lawyers of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006 in antitrust litigation.
She is currently serving in leadership positions in the following cases:
In re Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. Antitrust Litigation, U.S.D.C., Central District of California, MDL 1891, No. 07-5107, Interim Co-Lead Counsel
In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation, U.S.D.C., District of Kansas, No. 2:04-md-01616, Co-Lead Counsel.
In re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation, U.S.D.C., District of Nevada, No. 2:03-cv-01431, Co-Lead Counsel.
Sullivan et al v. DB Investments, Inc., et al., U.S.D.C, District of New Jersey, No. 3:04-cv-02819, Counsel for Reseller Subclass.
of Counsel:
Robin Bronzaft Howald: top ROBIN BRONZAFT HOWALD, a native of Brooklyn, New York, returned home in 2001 to open the firm's New York City office. Mrs. Howald graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College in 1980, with a B.A. in psychology. In 1983, she received her J.D. from Stanford Law School, where she served as an Articles Editor for the Law Review. In addition to her current focus upon securities fraud and consumer class action matters, during her 20-year career, Mrs. Howald has handled cases in many different practice areas, including commercial disputes, professional malpractice, wrongful termination, bankruptcy, patent and construction matters. As outside counsel for the City of Torrance, California, she also handled a number of civil rights and land use matters, as well as a ground-breaking environmental action concerning Mobil Oil's Torrance refinery. Mrs. Howald has experience in pre-trial and trial procedure and has successfully prosecuted post-trial motions and appeals.
Mrs. Howald is a member of the bar of both California (1983) and New York (1995), and is admitted to practice in all federal judicial districts in California, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court. She co-authored "Potential Tort Liability in Business Takeovers" (California Lawyer, September 1986), was a speaker and contributing author at the Eighth Annual Current Environmental and Natural Resources Issues Seminar at the University of Kentucky College of Law (April 1991), and served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Los Angeles County Small Claims Court (1996-1997). Married in 1985, Mrs. Howald and her husband have two sons. An avid runner, Mrs. Howald has completed ten marathons.
Neal A. Dublinsky: top NEAL A. DUBLINSKY was born in Flushing, New York on January 15, 1963. He earned his undergraduate degree from Yeshiva University in 1984, graduating summa cum laude, (highest-ranking graduate of his class) and was the recipient of the Dean Isaac Bacon Award for Excellence in the Humanities. Mr. Dublinsky earned his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1987 where he participated in the Consumer Protection Clinical Program under renowned Professor Anthony G. Amsterdam. Mr. Dublinsky was admitted to the state bar of California in 1988.
Mr. Dublinsky played a strong part in the Firm’s successful resolution of the aforementioned matters of In re ESC Medical Systems, Ltd. Securities Litigation, USDC Southern District of New York, Case No. 98 Civ. 7530 and In re Lason, Inc. Securities Litigation, USDC Eastern District of Michigan, Case No. 99 76079. The published opinions in which Mr. Dublinsky has played a primary role include: City of Sterling Heights Police and Fire Retirement System v. Abbey Nat., PLC, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2006 WL 846261 (S.D.N.Y., Mar 31, 2006) (NO. 05 CIV. 2141 (DC)); Falkowski v. Imation Corp., 309 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002), as amended, 320 F.3d 905 (9th Cir. 2003); Falkowski v. Imation Corp., 132 Cal.App.4th 499, 33 Cal.Rptr.3d 724 (Cal.App. 2005), reh. den. (Sep 27, 2005), rev. den. (Nov 30, 2005), and; Mirpuri v. ACT Mfg., Inc., 212 F.3d 624 (1st Cir. 2000). In addition, he played a primary role in Caprin v. Simon Transportation Services, Inc., 99 Fed.Appx. 150 (not selected for publication), 2004 WL 326995 (10th Cir. 2004). He also was an important participant in Rothman v. Gregor, 220 F.3d 81 (2nd Cir. 2000) and Shah v. Meeker, 435 F.3d 244 (2nd Cir. 2006). Kevin F. Ruf: top KEVIN F. RUF was born in Wilmington, Delaware, December 7, 1961. Mr. Ruf graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984 with a B.A. in Economics and earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan in 1987. Mr. Ruf was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1988. Mr. Ruf was an associate at the Los Angeles firm Manatt Phelps and Phillips from 1988 until 1992, where he specialized in commercial litigation and was a leading trial lawyer among the associates there. In 1993 he joined the firm Corbin & Fitzgerald in order to gain experience in criminal law. There he specialized in white collar criminal defense work, including matters related to National Medical Enterprises, Cynergy Film Productions and the Estate of Doris Duke. Mr. Ruf joined Glancy, Binkow & Goldberg in 2001 and has taken a lead trial lawyer role in many of the firm's cases. In 2006, Mr. Ruf argued before the California Supreme Court in the case Smith v. L'Oreal and achieved a unanimous reversal of the lower court rulings; the case established a fundamental right of all California workers to immediate payment of all earnings at the conclusion of employment. In 2007, Mr. Ruf took an important case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, convincing the Court to affirm the lower court's certification of a class action in a fraud case (fraud cases have traditionally faced difficulty as class actions because of the requirement of individual reliance). Mr. Ruf has extensive trial experience, including jury trials, and considers his courtroom and oral advocacy skills to be his strongest asset as a litigator. Mr. Ruf currently acts as the Head of the Firm's Labor and Consumer Practice, and has extensive experience in Securities cases as well. Mr. Ruf also has experience in real estate law and has been a Licensed California Real Estate Broker since 1999. Sylvie Kulkin Kern: top SYLVIE KULKIN KERN has been a commercial litigator for more than twenty years. She began her legal career as a law clerk to Justice John Holmdahl of the California Court of Appeal, First District, and then practiced law in San Francisco at Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior (1985-1988); Brobeck Phleger & Harrison (1988-1993); and Morrison & Foerster LLP (1995-2004), where she was Of Counsel on the firm's securities litigation team. In addition to her work in the securities field and her current focus on antitrust litigation, Ms. Kern has handled numerous complex commercial cases in state and federal court in the transportation, insurance, banking, real estate, and telecommunications industries, at both the law-and-motion and appellate stages.
Originally from France, Ms. Kern graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1973, Magna cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with dual degrees in French and Political Science. She obtained her master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1975, and a law degree from Hastings College of the Law, where she served on the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, in 1983. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Kern served as a Foreign Service officer with the United States Agency for International Development, managing foreign aid programs in El Salvador and Haiti. She speaks French, Spanish and Italian, and has lived or traveled in over thirty countries.
Frederick W. Gerkens, III: top FREDERICK W. GERKENS, an of counsel to Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, graduated from Fordham University Law School (cum laude, 1997) with an LL.M. in Corporate, Banking, and Finance law. Mr. Gerkens received his J.D. degree from New York Law School (cum laude, 1995) and an M.B.A. from Temple University (1978). Mr. Gerkens received his undergraduate degree from Temple University (B.A. Psychology, cum laude) in 1975. Mr. Gerkens also is a Certified Public Accountant (New York, 1980).
Since graduating law school, Mr. Gerkens was employed at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Market Regulation, and thereafter practiced principally in securities class actions, complex commercial litigation, and employment law and was a partner at another prominent class action litigation firm.
Prior to law school, Mr. Gerkens was employed at a major Wall Street investment firm as director of financial reporting and manager of regulatory reporting (1985-1992). Prior to that, Mr. Gerkens was an auditor employed by recognized public accounting firms, with mostly financial institution clientele (1978-1985).
Mr. Gerkens is a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation Section), the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Gerkens played a prominent role in prosecuting several securities class actions to successful conclusion, resulting in settlements to the respective shareholder classes, including In re BankOne Shareholders Litig., No. 00-CV-0880 (N.D. Ill.); In re UNUMProvident Sec. Litig., No. 99-CV-301 (D. Me.); In re Allied Products Sec. Litig., No. 99-CV-3597 (N.D. Ill.); In re Laidlaw Stockholders Litig., No. 3:00-CV-0855-17 (D.S.C.); In re Alliance Pharm. Corp. Sec. Litig., No. 01-CV-1674 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Warnaco Group, Inc. Sec. Litig. (II), No. 01-CV-3346 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Rediff Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 01-CV-3020 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Sec. Litig., M21-83 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Global Crossing, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 02-CV-0910 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Amazon.com, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. C-01-0358-L (W.D. Wash.); In re Harnischfeger, Inc. Sec. Litig., Nos. 98-C-0524, 99-C-0598 (E.D. Wis.); In re American Bank Note Holographics, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 99-C-0598 (S.D.N.Y.); and In re Avista Corp. Sec. Litig., No. CV-02-0328 (E.D. Wash.).
Mr. Gerkens is admitted to practice in New York (1995), the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Bradley J. Hillis: top BRADLEY J. HILLIS graduated from the University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1988), where he was a member of Moot Court Honor Board. He received a B.A. from The Colorado College and M.A. in history from the University of Washington. Mr. Hillis is a member of the bars of New York, Massachusetts and Washington State, the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Washington and Massachusetts, and the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the First and Ninth Circuits. He is the author of "Electronic Court Filing and the Internet," The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process (volume 2:2, Winter 2000). He has previously worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the King County Prosecutor's Office, in Seattle, Washington, and was a member of the Advisory Board of Findlaw.com. Ilana Kohn: top ILANA KOHN was born in Encino, California, on October 7, 1967. She earned her undergraduate degree from Mills College in 1993, with honors, and her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1999, with honors. Ms. Kohn was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1999, and is admitted to practice before the Northern, Central and Eastern Districts of California. Ms. Kohn specializes in class actions on behalf of defrauded investors and consumers. Prior to her class action work, Ms. Kohn was an associate in the San Francisco office of Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis, where she specialized in commercial litigation. Since joining the firm in 2003, Ms. Kohn has been involved in the prosecution of the Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a coordinated proceeding of over 300 class action lawsuits based on market manipulation in initial public offerings during the high technology boom of the late 90s. Jala Amsellem: top JALA AMSELLEM has been engaged in the private practice of civil ligation for over ten years. She has handled a broad variety of cases in the areas of corporate commercial, family law, personal injury and entertainment litigation. Jala is also a former legal writing professor who taught legal skills for twelve years. In her last academic position she was the Associate Director of the legal writing program at The George Washington School of Law. Recently, Jala founded The Bar Coach, a company dedicated to assisting bar takers pass the California Bar Exam.
Jala received her undergraduate degree from New York University in 1982 and her J.D. from Touro Law School in 1985. At Touro, Jala was the Senior Editor of the law review.
Jala is admitted to the bars of California, New York, New Jersey, Michigan and the District of Columbia. Katharine A. Kates: top KATHARINE A. KATES, Of Counsel to the Firm in San Francisco, graduated from Hastings College of the law (1991, with honors) where she was a member of the Hastings Law Journal. She received a B.A. (1985, with high honors) and an M.A. (1988) in the History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. After obtaining her law degree, Ms. Kates practiced at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in San Francisco. Ms. Kates was a staff attorney at the United States District Court for the Central District of California, then joined the Los Angeles litigation boutique O'Neill Lysaght & Sun and later, Murphy Rosen & Cohen. Prior to focusing on antitrust litigation, Ms. Kates' experience included complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense, with a particular emphasis on securities matters. Kathleen Styles Rogers: top Kathleen Styles Rogers, Of Counsel to the Firm in San Francisco, graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1985 where she served as first Articles Editor of the Santa Clara Computer and High-Technology Law Journal. She received her B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara (1982, with honors). Ms. Rogers practiced antitrust law with the Furth Firm for over ten years, was a partner in a complex litigation firm in Menlo Park with former Congressman Paul N. McCloskey, Jr., and for six years was Senior Counsel to MCI, Inc.
Ms. Rogers’ practice is concentrated on antitrust and consumer complex litigation. She served as Class Counsel for the Food Purchasers Class in In re Microcrystalline Cellulose Antitrust Litigation ($50 million settlement) and was a member of the team responsible for successful challenge to jurisdictional motions contributing to settlement of JCCP Coordinated Natural Gas Anti-Trust Cases I,II,III and IV ($160 million settlement), in addition to serving on the Lead Counsel team in In re Graphics Processing Units Antitrust Litigation. Steering Committee in In re Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) Antitrust Litigation and Discovery Committee in In re Endosurgical Products Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation.
Associates:
Marc L. Godino: top MARC L. GODINO has extensive experience successfully litigating complex, class action lawsuits as a plaintiffs' lawyer. Marc has played a primary role in cases resulting in settlements of more than $100 million. He has prosecuted securities, derivative, ERISA, and consumer cases throughout the country in both State and Federal court as well as represented defrauded investors at NASD arbitrations.
While an associate with Stull Stull & Brody, Marc was one of the two primary attorneys involved in Small v. Fritz Co., 30 Cal. 4th 167 (April 7, 2003) in which the California Supreme Court created new law in the state of California for shareholders that held shares in detrimental reliance on false statements made by corporate officers. The decision was widely covered by national media including The National Law Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the New York Law Journal, among others and was heralded as a significant victory for shareholders.
Other published decisions include: In re 2TheMart.com Securities Litigation, 114 F.Supp 2d 955 (C.D.Ca 2002); In re Irvine Sensors Securities Litigation, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18397 (C.D.Ca 2003); Brown v. Computerized Thermal Imaging Inc., 2002 WL 31109563 (D.Or. 2002).
Marc received his undergraduate degree from Susquehanna University with a bachelor of science degree in Business Management. He received his J.D from Whittier Law School in 1995.
Marc is admitted to practice before the state of California, the United States District Courts for the Central, Northern and Southern Districts of California, the District of Colorado, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Richard A. Maniskas: top RICHARD A. MANISKAS specializes in shareholder litigation. His practices focuses on the investigation and initiation of securities and shareholder class actions, shareholder derivative suits, and shareholder suits challenging management misconduct in connection with corporate takeovers and disputed contests for corporate control.
Mr. Maniskas received his juris doctor from Widener University School of Law and his BA from the University of Pittsburgh. While in law school, Mr. Maniskas served as Internal Editor of the Widener Journal of Public Law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Maniskas was an attorney at Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP. Mr. Maniskas also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Vincent A. Cirillo (deceased), President Judge Emeritus, Superior Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Maniskas is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, the United States Supreme Court, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Dale MacDiarmid: top DALE MacDIARMID is a native of Los Angeles, California. He holds a B.A. in Journalism (with Distinction) from the University of Hawaii, and a J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law, where he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Trial Advocacy Honors Program. He is admitted to practice in California, before the United States District Courts for the Southern, Central and Northern Districts of California and the District of Colorado. Dale is a member of Kappa Tau Alpha, the national journalism honor society, and before joining Glancy Binkow & Goldberg he was a writer and editor for newspapers and magazines in Honolulu and Los Angeles. Kara M. Wolke: top KARA M. WOLKE graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.B.A. in Economics from The Ohio State University in 2001. Kara earned her J.D. (with honors) from Ohio State in May, 2005, where she was active in Moot Court and received the Dean’s Award for Excellence for each of her three years. In 2005, she was a finalist in a national writing competition co-sponsored by the American Bar Association and the Grammy® Foundation. (7 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 411). Kara joined Glancy Binkow & Goldberg in the fall of 2005 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in January, 2006. Andy Sohrn: top ANDY SOHRN joined Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP in 2006. He was admitted to the California Bar in January 2006 after receiving his J.D. from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law in May 2005. While attending law school, Andy was the Managing Editor of the Pacific Basin Law Journal, participated in Moot Court and was a Teaching Assistant for the Lawyering Skills program. He also holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University (class of 2002). Katherine Den Bleyker: top KATHERINE DEN BLEYKER joined Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP in 2007. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law (class of 2007). While in law school, Katherine received the Fordham Legal Writing Award, and her note on military blogging and the First Amendment, 17 Fordham Intell. Prop. Media & Ent. L.J. 401, was nominated for best student-written work. She was also a member of the Moot Court editorial board, an extern for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz (D.N.J.), and an extern at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Katherine is a member of the California and New York bars, and is admitted to practice in all federal judicial districts in California, as well as the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
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