Jeremy Lieberman and Jennifer Pafiti Named to Lawdragon’s “500 Leading Lawyers in America” List
Pomerantz is proud to announce that, out of a field of more than 10,000 contenders, Lawdragon has honored the Firm’s Managing Partner Jeremy A. Lieberman and Partner and Head of Client Services Jennifer Pafiti as two of the “500 Leading Lawyers in America” for 2021, an elite group of attorneys who “kept showing up” when they were needed and are “shaping the world we're moving into.”
Jeremy Lieberman led the litigation of In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, a closely-watched securities class action arising from a multi-billion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme involving Brazil’s largest oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, in which Pomerantz was sole Lead Counsel. The biggest instance of corruption in the history of Brazil ensnared not only Petrobras' former executives but also Brazilian politicians, including former president Lula da Silva and one-third of the Brazilian Congress. In January and February 2018, Jeremy achieved a historic $3 billion settlement for the Class. This is not only the largest securities class action settlement in a decade but is the largest settlement ever in a securities class action involving a foreign issuer, the fifth-largest securities class action settlement ever achieved in the United States, the largest securities class action settlement achieved by a foreign Lead Plaintiff, and the largest securities class action settlement in history not involving a restatement of financial reports.
Jeremy won a Distinguished Leader award from the New York Law Journal and was named a Leading Lawyer by The Legal 500. Among the client testimonials posted on The Legal 500’s website: “Jeremy Lieberman led the case for us with remarkable and unrelenting energy and aggression. He made a number of excellent strategic decisions which boosted our recovery.” Jeremy was honored as Benchmark Litigation’s 2019 Plaintiff Attorney of the Year. In 2018, Jeremy was honored as a Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar by Law360 and as a Benchmark Litigation Star. The Pomerantz team that Jeremy leads was named a 2018 Securities Practice Group of the Year. Jeremy has been honored as a Super Lawyers® “Top-Rated Securities Litigation Attorney” from 2016 through 2019 – a recognition bestowed on no more than 5% of eligible attorneys in the New York Metro area. The Legal 500, in honoring Pomerantz as a Leading Firm for 2016 and 2017, stated that in New York, “Jeremy Lieberman is super impressive – a formidable adversary for any defense firm.”
Jennifer Pafiti is a dual qualified U.K. solicitor and U.S. attorney. She takes an active role in complex securities litigation, representing clients in both class and non-class action securities litigation while also serves the Firm’s Head of Client Services, spearheading the Firm’s PomTrack portfolio monitoring service which monitors over $6 trillion in assets for some of the largest and most influential institutional investors worldwide. Jennifer was an integral member of the Firm’s litigation team for In re Petrobras Securities Litigation, helping to secure a significant victory for investors in this case at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, when the court rejected the heightened ascertainability requirement for obtaining class certification that had been imposed by other Circuit courts such as the Third and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals. Jennifer is also involved in the litigations of Dabe v. Calavo Growers, Flynn v. Sientra, Inc., Isensee v. KaloBios, Robb v. FitBit, Inc., Monachelli v. Hortonworks, Inc., Plumley v. Sempra Energy, and Greenberg v. Sunrun, Inc., in which the Firm is Lead Counsel.
In January 2020, Jennifer was named as a 2020 Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers®, an award given only to the top 2.5% of attorneys in the region. Also in 2020, Benchmark Litigation recognized Jennifer as a Future Star. In September 2019, Lawdragon recognized Jennifer as a Leading Plaintiff Financial Attorney. Also in 2019, she was honored by Super Lawyers® as a Southern California Rising Star in Securities Litigation, named in Benchmark Litigation’s exclusive 40 & Under Hot List of the best young attorneys in the United States, and in June 2019 was recognized by Los Angeles Magazine as one of Southern California’s Top Young Lawyers. In 2018, Jennifer was recognized as a Lawyer of Distinction, an honor bestowed upon less than 10% of attorneys in any given state. She was honored by Super Lawyers® in 2017 as both a Rising Star and one of the Top Women Attorneys in Southern California. In 2016, the Daily Journal selected Jennifer for its prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” list of the best young attorneys in California.