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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.
Schleicher v. Wendt, USDC Southern Indiana, Case No. 02-1332 SEB, where Glancy Binkow & Goldberg, as Lead Counsel, recovered more than $41 million for investors in Conseco, Inc. common stock.
Lapin v. Goldman Sachs, USDC Southern New York, Case No. 03-0850-KJD, in which Glancy Binkow & Goldberg served as Co-Lead Counsel and recovered $29 million for investors.
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)
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
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)
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, 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. In Schleicher v Wendt, Mr. Binkow successfully argued the seminal Seventh Circuit case on class certification, in an opinion authored by Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook. He has prepared and/or argued appeals before the Ninth Circuit, Seventh 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. was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 16, 1965.
Mr. Binkow earned his degree in English Literature from the University of Michigan in 1988 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.
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. 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, merger & acquisition, and consumer cases throughout the country in both State and Federal court as well as represented defrauded investors at FINRA arbitrations. Marc supervises the firm’s consumer class action department.
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.
Recent successes with the firm include: In re Magma Design Automation, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 05-2394 (N.D.Cal.) ($13,500,000.00 cash settlement for shareholders); ( In re Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 08-cv-0099 (D.N.J.) ($4,000,000.00 cash settlement for shareholders); In re Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 09-5416 (C.D.Cal.) ($3,000,000.00 cash settlement for shareholders); In re Youbet.com, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, Case No. BC426144 (L. A. Sup. Ct.) (settlement provided supplemental disclosures to shareholders in this merger action); Burth v. MSC Software Corp., et al., Case No. 30-2009-00282743 (Orange Cty. Sup. Ct.) (settlement provided supplemental disclosures to shareholders in this merger action)Shin et al., v. BMW of North America, 2009 WL 2163509 (C.D.Cal. July 16, 2009) (after defeating a motion to dismiss, the case settled on very favorable terms for class members including free replacement of cracked wheels); Payday Advance Plus, Inc. v. MIVA, Inc., Case No. 06-1923 (S.D.N.Y.) ($3,936,812 cash settlement for class members); Villefranche v. HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A., Case No. 09-3693 (C.D.Cal.) (after defeating a motion to dismiss, the case resulted in 100% recovery to class members).
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).
The following represent just a few of the cases that Marc is currently litigating in a leadership position:
In re Toyota Motor Corp. Hybrid Brake Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, MDL 02172 (C.D. Ca.), Co-Lead Counsel
In re Stec, Inc. Derivative Litigation, Case No. 10-00667 (C.D. Ca.), Co-Lead Counsel
Sabbag v. Akeena Solar, Inc., et al., Case No. 10-002735 (N.D. Ca.), Co-Lead Counsel
Conroy v. Citibank, N.A., et al., Case No. 10-4930 (C. D. Cal.), Co-Lead Counsel
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. 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.
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.
Ex Kano S. Sams II: top EX KANO S. SAMS II earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California Los Angeles in 1993. Mr. Sams earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law in 1996, where he served as a member of the UCLA Law Review. Since graduating from UCLA Law School, he has dedicated his entire career exclusively to representing plaintiffs in large-scale class action and complex civil litigation matters.
After law school, Mr. Sams practiced class action civil rights litigation on behalf of plaintiffs in cases involving employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and sexual harassment. Subsequently, Mr. Sams was a partner at Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (currently Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP), where his practice focused on securities and consumer class actions. While at Coughlin Stoia and its predecessor, he worked in the firm’s San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices.
Mr. Sams has served as lead counsel in dozens of securities class actions throughout the country. In one securities fraud class action that he actively litigated, Mr. Sams assisted in a successful appeal before a Fifth Circuit panel that included former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor sitting by designation, in which the court vacated the lower court’s denial of class certification, reversed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment, and issued an important decision on the issue of loss causation in securities litigation: Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Flowserve Corp., 572 F.3d 221 (5th Cir. 2009). The case eventually settled for $55 million. Mr. Sams also worked on a securities fraud class action where lead counsel obtained a settlement that represented approximately 78% of the likely recoverable damages in the case. He has also led large litigation teams in securities class actions and has prepared massive summary judgment oppositions, drafted and argued numerous motions, worked closely with expert witnesses, and has taken and defended dozens of depositions.
Mr. Sams has also successfully represented consumers in class action litigation. Mr. Sams worked on nationwide litigation and a trial against major tobacco companies and in statewide tobacco litigation that resulted in a $12.5 billion recovery for California cities and counties in a landmark settlement. He also was a principal attorney in a consumer class action against one of the largest banks in the country that resulted in a recovery of over 80% of the compensatory damages and a change in the company’s business practices. Additionally, Mr. Sams has also handled several complex environmental matters. Mr. Sams participated in settlement negotiations on behalf of national environmental organizations along with the United States Department of Justice and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office that resulted in a consent decree requiring the company to conduct wide-ranging remediation measures to ameliorate the effects of air and water pollution and to pay civil penalties. He also participated in discovery and trial preparation in an unfair business practices action that led to a favorable settlement near the eve of trial providing for monetary relief for a public water provider against the threat of groundwater contamination.
Mr. Sams is admitted to practice law in the State of California. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits and before the district courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California, the Northern District of Illinois, the Eastern District of Michigan, and the District of Colorado. Mr. Sams is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the John M. Langston Bar Association, and the Consumer Attorneys of California
Associates:
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. 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). Robert V. Prongay: top ROBERT V. PRONGAY is an associate in the Firm’s Los Angeles office, where he focuses on the investigation, initiation, and litigation, of complex securities cases brought on behalf of institutional and individual investors.
Mr. Prongay earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Southern California in 2005 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2008. While attending law school, Mr. Prongay worked as a summer associate at the Firm, and interned for a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Prongay is admitted to the State Bar of California, as well as the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California. Coby Marie Turner: top COBY MARIE TURNER joined Glancy Binkow and Goldberg in 2010. Coby was a Regent’s Scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and holds a B.A. in Business Economics and Political Science. She received her J.D. from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. During law school, Coby was an editor of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program, the President of the International Law and Relations Organization, and an extern for Mental Health Advocacy Services in Los Angeles, California. Coby was admitted to the California State Bar in 2009. Louis Boyarsky: top LOUIS BOYARSKY joined Glancy Binkow & Goldberg in 2010. Louis received his JD/MBA from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University’s Graduate School of Business. While in law school, Louis served as a staff writer for the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review. The Law Review published his article: Stealth Celebrity Testimonials of Prescription Drugs: Placing the Consumer in Harm’s Way and How the FDA has Dropped the Ball. Additionally, while in law school, Louis externed for the Honorable Suzanne H. Segal, magistrate judge for the Central District of California.
Louis is a member of the St. Thomas More Legal Honor Society, the Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Honor Society and the Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society.
Louis is admitted to practice before the state of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Casey E. Sadler: top CASEY E. SADLER is a native of New York, New York. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Gould School of Law, Mr. Sadler joined Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP in 2010. While attending law school, Mr. Sadler externed for the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, spent a summer working for P.H. Parekh & Co, one of the leading appellate law firms in New Delhi, India, and was a member of USC's Hale Moot Court Honors Program. Mr. Sadler holds a B.A. in Political Science from Emory University and was admitted to the State Bar of California in December 2010. Elizabeth M. Gonsiorowski: top Elizabeth M. Gonsiorowski graduated with honors from Vassar College, where she received a BA in Cognitive Science. As a student at Brooklyn Law School, she interned with the Honorable Ramon Reyes in the Eastern District of New York. After graduating from Brooklyn Law in 2008, she was awarded a fellowship to work with the World Intellectual Property Organization at the United Nations. She is admitted to practice in California, New York and New Jersey.
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