Emma Gilmore honored as one of the Top 250 Women Litigators by Benchmark Litigation

Pomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation in 2020 by Benchmark Litigation. She is one of only seven plaintiffs’ lawyers in the country to earn a place on the list. Benchmark Litigation chose the honorees after an extensive, months-long research process that “culminated in the selection of the most distinguished women in the world of litigation. These women have earned their place amongst the leading female litigators by participating in some of the most impactful litigation matters in recent history as well as by earning the hard-won respect of their peers and clients.”

 Emma, alongside Managing Partner Jeremy Lieberman, led Pomerantz’s high-profile securities class action against Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil giant. Pomerantz achieved the largest class action settlement in a decade: $3 billion. It is also the largest settlement ever involving a foreign issuer, the largest class action settlement in history not involving a restatement of financial reports, and the fifth largest class action settlement ever achieved in the United States.

 Judge Rakoff commented that “the lawyers in [Petrobras] are some of the best lawyers in the United States, if not in the world,” and found that “class counsel’s performance was in many respects exceptional, with the result that, as noted, the class is poised to enjoy a substantially larger per share recovery than the recovery enjoyed by numerous large and sophisticated plaintiffs who separately settled their claims.”

 Emma is regularly invited to speak about recent trends and developments in securities litigation. She was selected to serve on the New York City Bar Association’s Securities Litigation Committee for a three-year term that began in August 2019. In that capacity she helps shape law and public policy by, among other things, drafting reports, commenting and testifying on legislation, or submitting briefs.

 Emma was named a 2020 Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer by both the National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal. In 2018, Emma was honored as an MVP in Securities Litigation, part of an “elite slate of attorneys [who] have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.” Only up to six attorneys nationwide are selected each year as MVPs in Securities Litigation. Emma was the first woman plaintiff attorney to receive this outstanding award since it was initiated in 2011. Emma was also honored in 2019 and 2018 as a Super Lawyer® in the New York Metro area and has been recognized by Lawdragon 500 as one of the top Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.