Mr Eric Zagar > 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 Eric Zagar
Work Department
Shareholder Derivative Actions; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation; Securities Fraud Litigation; Corporate Governance
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Zagar co-manages the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Shareholder Derivative Litigation Group, which has excelled in the highly specialized area of prosecuting cases involving claims against corporate officers and directors.
Mr. Zagar has served as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous shareholder derivative actions nationwide and has helped recover billions of dollars in monetary value and substantial corporate governance relief for the benefit of shareholders.
Memberships
Mr. Zagar is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, California and New York; USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; USDC, Northern District of California; USDC, Central District of California; USDC, Eastern District of California; USDC, Southern District of California; USDC, Western District of Tennessee; USDC, District of Colorado; USDC, Western District of Michigan; USCA, Third Circuit; USCA, Fourth Circuit; USCA, Fifth Circuit; USCA, Seventh Circuit; USCA, Ninth Circuit; USDC, Northern District of Ohio; Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Education
Washington University in St. Louis, B.A. 1992; University of Michigan School of Law, J.D. 1995
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: plaintiff
Based near Philadelphia and San Francisco, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP specializes in plaintiff-side cases, currently counting more than 350 institutional investors around the world as its clients. The firm, which ‘handles serious cases and is in them for the long haul‘, has its centre of gravity in this space in the Pennsylvania office, where Lee Rudy, Daniel Albert and Eric Zagar are the lead partners. Rudy and Zagar acted for plaintiffs in a case against Cardinal Health’s directors and officers regarding the distribution of opioids, which ultimately settled for $124m. The same partners worked with Darren Check as co-lead counsel in a derivative action brought on behalf of Tesla and its minority stockholders challenging the company’s $2bn acquisition of SolarCity. The case is currently on appeal in Delaware Supreme Court. The firm also has a strong bench of associates, among them Grant Goodhart and Maria Starling, who play essential roles in many of the firm’s most high-profile cases.