Berman Tabacco

With a sizable presence in California and Massachusetts, Berman Tabacco has, since it was established over 40 years ago, gained an excellent reputation for its ability to cater to institutional investors across a range of securities and antitrust class actions. Founder of the firm’s San Francisco office Joseph Tabacco and office managing partner Nicole Lavallee have excellent ties with state-wide public pension plans. Tabacco and Lavallee recently successfully settled a high-profile securities fraud case, complicated by the fact that the defendants were based in Greece and the trustee in bankruptcy for the defendant company attempted to release all the class members’ securities fraud claims through the bankruptcy proceedings. Boston-based Leslie Stern co-heads the overarching team alongside Lavallee, and as well as litigating matters is also responsible for evaluating new cases for clients.