Mr Gregory Castaldo > Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP > Radnor, United States > Lawyer Profile
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Offices
280 KING OF PRUSSIA ROAD
RADNOR, PA 19087
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Mr Gregory Castaldo
Work Department
Securities Fraud Litigation; Global Securities Litigation; Fiduciary Litigation; Direct and Opt-Out Actions; Antitrust and Unfair Business Practices; Whistleblower Representation; Corporate Governance Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Castaldo is a master litigation strategist with over 20 years experience in complex securities fraud cases. Institutional investors trust Mr. Castaldo’s judgment in developing and executing successful litigation plans, from initial claim identification and investigation, all the way through resolution. As a result, he handles many of the firm’s most significant cases in both state and federal courts.
Mr. Castaldo has represented several of the world’s largest pension funds in cases against Bank of America related to its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, Tenet Healthcare, and Duke Energy. In 2014, he won a rare plaintiff’s victory in a full jury trial against China’s Longtop Financial Technologies in the Southern District of New York.
Memberships
Mr. Castaldo is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; USCA, Second Circuit.
Education
Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania, B.A.; Loyola Law School, J.D.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: plaintiff
‘The team is very strong in litigation and takes good care of its clients’, says a client of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP in Radnor, Pennsylvania. The firm has a 28-partner practice, one of the largest in this area of law. David Kessler and Darren Check are the most prominent partners in the practice, though there is a deep bench of experienced litigators, among them Gregory Castaldo, Sharan Nirmul and Richard Russo, Jr., who are assisting Check and Kessler in a lead counsel role for Sjunde AP-Fonden and Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund in a securities fraud class action concerning alleged misrepresentations made by General Electric and its former Chief Financial Officer regarding the use of factoring to conceal cash flow problems that existed within GE Power. Jennifer Joost also helped Sjunde AP-Fonden in a major case against Kraft Heinz Company, while Matthew Mustokoff and Andrew Zivitz is handling a case for AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB concerning Celgene’s misrepresentations and omissions about two billion-dollar drugs, Otezla and Ozanimod. Emerging partner talent Naumon Amjed focuses on new matter developments with a focus on analyzing securities class action lawsuits, opt-out actions, SEC whistleblower actions, breach of fiduciary duty cases, data breach actions and oil and gas litigation.