Mr Andrew Zivitz > 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 Andrew Zivitz
Work Department
Securities Fraud Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Zivitz concentrates his practice in the area of securities litigation. Mr. Zivitz has achieved extraordinary results in securities fraud cases. His work has led to the recovery of more than $1 billion for damaged clients and class members.
Mr. Zivitz has represented dozens of major institutional investors in securities class actions and private litigation. He is skilled in all aspects of complex litigation, from developing and implementing strategies, to conducting merits and expert discovery, to negotiating resolutions. Mr. Zivitz has served as lead or co-lead counsel in many of the largest securities class actions in the U.S., including cases against Bank of America, Celgene, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, JPMorgan, Pfizer, Tenet Healthcare, and Walgreens.
Mr. Zivitz’s extensive courtroom experience serves his clients well in trial situations, as well as pre-trial proceedings and settlement negotiations. He served as one of the lead plaintiffs’ attorneys in the only securities fraud class action arising out of the financial crisis to be tried to a jury verdict, has handled a Daubert trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and successfully argued dispositive motions before federal district and appeals courts throughout the country.
Before joining Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, Mr. Zivitz worked at the international law firm Drinker Biddle and Reath, primarily representing defendants in large, complex litigation. His experience on the defense side of the bar provides a unique perspective in prosecuting complex plaintiffs’ litigation.
Memberships
Mr. Zivitz is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey; United States Supreme Court; USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; USDC, District of New Jersey; USCA, Second Circuit; USCA, Sixth Circuit; USCA, Seventh Circuit; USCA, Ninth Circuit; USCA, Tenth Circuit; USCA, Eleventh Circuit.
Education
University of Michigan, B.A., with distinction 1992; Duke University School of Law, J.D. 1995
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.