In Memoriam: Murielle Steven Walsh 

In 1998, Murielle was hired as an associate at Pomerantz by then-Managing Partner, Stanley M. Grossman, who became one of her valued mentors.

Murielle rose through the ranks at Pomerantz to become a Senior Partner as well as the Firm’s Administrative Partner, earning her ascent through successful prosecution of corporate wrongdoing.

Murielle led the Firm’s groundbreaking securities class action against Wynn Resorts, alleging that Wynn management covered up a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct by Steve Wynn while publicly denying that Wynn had engaged in any wrongdoing. In January 2025, the Court granted final approval to a $70 million settlement on behalf of defrauded investors. This is one of the largest— if not the largest—securities class actions tied solely to #MeToo-related allegations.

By litigating this case through to its highly successful resolution, Murielle and her team paved the way for addressing #MeToo allegations via securities litigation and demonstrated that corporate accountability in this area is indeed important to investors.

Murielle received many well-deserved awards for her legal work over the years. Most recently, she was named, for the second time, an Elite Woman of the Plaintiffs’ Bar by the National Law Journal. When Law360 crowned her a 2024 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar, it published an article that is worth the read both for Murielle’s description of her path to the law and a description of her by an admiring colleague outside of Pomerantz. Murielle led the Firm’s groundbreaking securities class action against Wynn Resorts, alleging that Wynn management covered up a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct by Steve Wynn while publicly denying that Wynn had engaged in any wrongdoing. In January 2025, the Court granted final approval to a $70 million settlement on behalf of defrauded investors. This is one of the largest— if not the largest—securities class actions tied solely to #MeToo-related allegations.