Partner Emma Gilmore to be Featured Speaker at PLI’s “Securities Litigation 2021: From Investigation to Trial” Program
Pomerantz Partner Emma Gilmore will be a featured speaker at the Practising Law Institute’s upcoming “Securities Litigation 2021: From Investigation to Trial” online program. Recognizing that the landscape of securities litigation is constantly evolving, PLI’s program will take participants through the process — “from the initial government investigation to the filing of the civil cases to either settlement or trial.”
The course will teach:
• How to approach the initial investigation and work with state and federal regulators in the interests of your clients
• How to assess the civil complaints and coordinate multi-district actions
• How to litigate the case through the pleadings, discovery, class certification and summary judgment
• How to approach mediation and settlement of a securities action
• How to try a securities litigation or arbitration
• How to approach and assess ethical issues associated with complex securities litigation
Emma played a leading role in Pomerantz’s class action case in the Southern District of New York against Brazil’s largest oil company, Petrobras, arising from a multi-billion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme, in which the Firm was sole Lead Counsel. In a significant victory for investors, Pomerantz achieved a historic $3 billion settlement with Petrobras. This is not only the largest securities class action settlement in a decade but is the largest settlement ever in a class action involving a foreign issuer, the fifth-largest class action settlement ever achieved in the United States, and the largest settlement achieved by a foreign lead plaintiff. The biggest instance of corruption in the history of Brazil had ensnared not only Petrobras' former executives but also Brazilian politicians, including former president Lula da Silva and one-third of the Brazilian Congress.
In 2020, Emma was named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation — an honor bestowed on only seven plaintiffs’ lawyers in the U.S. this year. Also in 2020, Emma was designated as a 2020 Super Lawyer®, and received recognition from both the National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal honoring her as a “Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer”. Emma was honored by Law360 in 2018 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 is the first woman plaintiff attorney to receive this outstanding award since it was initiated in 2011. Emma was also honored in 2018 and 2019 as a Super Lawyer®. She has been recognized by Lawdragon as one of the top 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in both 2019 and 2020.
Join Emma and other faculty members — including leading practitioners, government officials, and judges — for this informative deep dive into all the issues that arise during the course of complex securities litigation.
“Securities Litigation 2021: From Investigation to Trial”
March 29, 2021 — 9:00am EDT
Register now: https://www.pli.edu/programs/securities-litigation