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Pomerantz is pleased to announce that Partner Murielle Steven Walsh has been recognized as a 2024 Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar by Law360, capping off a year in which Murielle notched significant victories on behalf of investors in several major securities class action litigations.
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been named the 2024 Plaintiff Litigator of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. “I am honored to receive the Plaintiff Litigator of the Year award from Benchmark Litigation,” said Emma. “I also wish to congratulate my fellow nominees who represented a diverse and talented group of litigators.” The award was announced on March 13th at an event in New York City.
Read MorePomerantz continues to rack up accolades, with several attorneys featuring prominently in the 2024 edition of the Benchmark Litigation guide.
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been recognized as an MVP in Securities Litigation by Law360, an honor awarded to a select few attorneys who have “distinguished themselves from their peers by securing hard-earned successes in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals."
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been named to the National Law Journal’s 2023 list of Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Trailblazers, which honors attorneys who have had a significant impact in their practice area, serving as “agents of change.” Emma successfully took on financial behemoth Deutsche Bank AG in a securities class action alleging that the Bank habitually exempted its high-net worth clients, including former financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as Russian oligarchs reportedly engaged in criminal activities, from any meaningful due diligence. For example, Deutsche Bank continued “business as usual” with Epstein even after learning that 40 underage girls had come forward…
Read MoreFor the third year in a row, Pomerantz is shortlisted for European Pensions’ Law Firm of the Year Award. This award recognizes a firm that “stands out in its dedication to understanding the complexities of pensions legislation and works with its clients to see them through the legal maze.” Pomerantz was previously awarded European Pensions’ inaugural Thought Leadership Award in 2020 in recognition of the Firm’s innovative and insightful thought leadership related to “challenges facing European pension funds today.” In honoring Pomerantz’s thought leadership, European Pensions recognized that the Firm had “demonstrated the possibility to make a real, material difference to the pension fund space.” Pomerantz’s long…
Read MoreJeremy Lieberman, Pomerantz’s Managing Partner, and Jennifer Pafiti, Partner and Head of Client Services, were named to Lawdragon’s list of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America for 2023. Lawdragon’s list “celebrates attorneys who shaped the legal industry in the past year and beyond.” Jeremy led the securities class action litigation against Brazil’s largest oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, which arose from a decades long, multi-billion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme. In 2018, Pomerantz, as sole Lead Counsel, achieved a historic $3 billion settlement for the Class – the largest securities class action settlement in a decade, the largest settlement ever in a securities class action involving…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been shortlisted for Benchmark Litigation’s 2023 Plaintiff Litigator of the Year award. Benchmark’s annual awards recognize and honor “the country's most distinguished litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the last twelve months.” In September 2022, Emma scored a major victory for investors by securing a settlement to end a securities litigation against Deutsche Bank AG., The complaint alleges that Deutsche Bank represented that it had robust anti-money-laundering and Know Your Customer policies, when, in reality, it either failed to properly monitor or gave exemptions to high-risk, high-wealth customers…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to be shortlisted for Plaintiff Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. Benchmark’s annual awards honor “the country's most distinguished litigators and their firms for their exemplary work over the last twelve months.” In 2020, Pomerantz won Benchmark Litigation’s Plaintiff Firm of the Year award. Michael Rafalowich, Benchmark’s Managing Editor, cited the Firm’s historic $3 billion settlement with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.–Petrobras and precedent-setting success in securities litigation against Perrigo Co. plc as key factors for bestowing this honor on Pomerantz. The Firm’s Petrobras litigation was also recognized as a Benchmark National Impact Case in 2019. In 2022, for the third year running, Benchmark…
Read MoreFor the third year running, Pomerantz has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as one of the top plaintiffs’ securities litigation firms in the United States. Benchmark has also honored individual Pomerantz partners as litigation stars. Following Benchmark’s “most comprehensive” review of the litigation market to date, featuring a reportedly record-breaking number of firms vying for rankings, Benchmark praised Pomerantz’s “prodigious capacity for cases and its tenacity to keep pursuing them.” Specifically, Benchmark cited the “eye-popping $3 billion settlement” with…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Michael Grunfeld was, for the third year in a row, named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under List. The list honors the “best and brightest law firm partners who stand out in their practices,” aged 40 or younger, who handle “high-stakes or precedent-setting” major cases. Honorees have established themselves in their respective practice areas, distinguishing themselves through a track record of superior recent case work, and earned exceptional feedback from peers and clients during Benchmark Litigation’s research review. Michael has played a leading role in some of Pomerantz’s most significant class action litigations, including its case against Yahoo!…
Read MoreAfter winning European Pensions’ inaugural Thought Leadership Award in 2020 and being shortlisted in 2021, Pomerantz has again been shortlisted for the Thought Leadership Award in 2022. Further, for the second year in a row, the Firm has also been shortlisted for the organization’s Law Firm of the Year Award. The Law Firm of the Year Award recognizes a firm that “stands out in its dedication to understanding the complexities of pensions legislation and works with its clients to see them through the legal maze.” The Thought Leadership Award honors a firm, pension fund or association that is “leading the way” with…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to be included on the shortlist for Plaintiff Firm of the Year in Benchmark Litigation’s East Coast Awards for 2022. Benchmark’s annual awards recognize the nation’s most distinguished firms and litigators for their work over the previous twelve months. Pomerantz was honored by Benchmark as Plaintiff Firm of the Year in 2020. In announcing the award, Michael Rafalowich, Benchmark’s Managing Editor, cited our historic $3 billion settlement with Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.–Petrobras and precedent-setting success in securities litigation against Perrigo Co. plc as key factors for bestowing this honor on Pomerantz. The Petrobras litigation…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Managing Partner Jeremy A. Lieberman has been honored as a Top 100 New York Metro Super Lawyer, leading the Firm’s 24 attorneys recognized for their excellence by Super Lawyers® this year. Super Lawyers® – a division of Thomson Reuters – rates outstanding lawyers through a selection process that includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations, recognizing attorneys who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Founded in 1936, Pomerantz, the oldest law firm in the world dedicated to…
Read MoreCorporate Counsel magazine honored Jennifer Pafiti, Pomerantz’s Partner and Head of Client Services, with an award for Collaborative Leadership in their 2021 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards. The awards recognize attorneys — general counsel, in-house leaders and law firm partners — who have “demonstrated a commitment to advancing the empowerment of women in law.” Dedicated to honoring women who champion other women and promote diversity in the legal industry, the WIPL award winners are…
Read MoreLawdragon has named 14 Pomerantz attorneys to their list of the top 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America for 2021. According to Lawdragon, these lawyers are “the best in the nation – many would say the world – at representing plaintiffs in securities and other business litigation, antitrust, whistleblower claims and increasingly complex financial litigation and data privacy invasions.” Founded in 1936 by Abe Pomerantz, the legendary “dean of the plaintiffs’ bar,” Pomerantz is the oldest law firm in the world…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partner Emma Gilmore has been named one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation for 2021 by Benchmark Litigation. To identify the “most distinguished women in the world of litigation,” Benchmark pursued a months-long research process that involved one-on-one interviews, client feedback surveys and in-depth investigations into individual litigators’ professional activities. To earn a place among the leading female litigators in the U.S., these attorneys…
Read MoreOn July 29, 2021, European Pensions announced the shortlisted nominees for their 2021 awards, including nominations for Pomerantz in the Law Firm of the Year and Thought Leadership categories. The Law Firm of the Year Award recognizes the firm that “stands out in its dedication to understanding the complexities of pensions legislation and works with its clients to see them through the legal maze.” The Thought Leadership…
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Partners Michael Grunfeld and Austin P. Van were, for the second year in a row, named to Benchmark Litigation’s 40 & Under Hot List for 2021. The list honors the most notable, up-and-coming litigation partners in the United States, ages 40 years or younger, who have played significant roles in some of their firms’ “most noteworthy recent cases and have earned praise from clients and peers regarding the quality of their work.”
Read MorePomerantz is proud to announce that Of Counsel Omar Jafri and associate Daryoush Behbood have been recognized by the National Law Journal as Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar in 2021. In this new category in its Elite Trial Lawyers competition, the National Law Journal honored a select group of lawyers under the age of 40 who “demonstrated repeated success in cutting-edge work on behalf of plaintiffs over the last 18 months [and] possess a solid track record of clients wins over the past three to five years.”
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