Focus on complex securities litigation. Clients include institutional investors, including some of the world's largest public and private pension funds with tens of billions of dollars under management.Played instrumental role in the Firm’s appointments as lead counsel in some of the largest securities matters to arise out of the financial crisis, such as actions against Morgan Stanley, Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, Countrywide ($624 million settlement), and Bear Stearns ($275 million settlement with Bear Stearns Companies, plus a $19.9 million settlement with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Bear Stearns' outside auditor).Focus Areas: Securities Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Litigation involving the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) of 1995.