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Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP

1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10019
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Work +1 212 554 1400
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Fax +1 212 554 1444
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www.blbglaw.com
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San Diego, New York, New Orleans

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Litigation

Within Mass tort and class action: plaintiff representation – securities, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP is a first tier firm,

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP fields some 55 attorneys from offices in California, Louisiana, New Jersey and the headquarters in New York. The firm has an excellent reputation for robust representation in the field of fraud and securities law, and is particularly recommended for litigation on behalf of institutional investors such as pension funds. Clients of the firm include the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, and Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado. The firm is absolutely fearless in its targets and has taken on such major corporations as Lehman brothers, Citigroup, Ambac, and MBIA, which are represented by major law firms including Sidley Austin LLP and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Recent instructions have included a number of cases connected with the sub-prime crisis and ongoing cases are in train against sub-prime lenders including American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation, Fremont General Corporation, New Century Financial Corporation, and Washington Mutual. Multimillion-dollar securities litigation successes during 2009 included settlement of actions against Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Delphi and HealthSouth. In the latter case, including settlements with the corporation’s former auditors, recoveries amounted to $445m. Founding partner Max Berger and Mark Lebovitch led in a securities class action against Merrill Lynch which was settled for $150m by Bank of America following the takeover of Merrill in 2009. Other highly effective litigators include Chad Johnson, Steven Singer and Salvatore Graziano.

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