Stephanie M. Beige
Stephanie M. Beige received her bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Dowling College, graduating cum laude, and received her J.D. in 2000 from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, graduating summa cum laude, where she was a member of theTouro Law Review.
During her career, Ms. Beige has been involved in the successful prosecution of numerous class actions on behalf of aggrieved investors, including: In re Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 04-CV-8144 (CM) (S.D.N.Y.) ($400 million recovery); In re Cigna Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-8088 (E.D. Pa.) ($93 million recovery); In re Triton Energy Ltd. Securities Litigation, No. 98-CV-0256 (E.D. Tex.) ($49.5 million recovery); In re TASER International Securities Litigation, No. C05-0115 (D. Ariz.) ($20 million recovery); Rush v. Footstar, Inc., No. 02-CV-9130 (S.D.N.Y.) ($19.3 million recovery); In re SeeBeyond Technologies Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-5330 (C.D. Cal.) ($13.1 million recovery); In re Mutual Funds Investment Litigation, No. MDL-1586 (D. Md.) ($3.3 million cash settlement in addition to significant corporate governance reforms); and Kwait v. Berman, No. 5306-CC (Del. Ch.) (obtaining significant amendments to a voting agreement agreed to by RiskMetrics Group, Inc.’s interested shareholders in connection with a proposed merger, as well as additional disclosures concerning the proposed merger).
Ms. Beige is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers for allegedly misleading investors, including In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law and Insurance Litigation, No. 08-CV-11117 (S.D.N.Y.) (settlement in excess of $100 million), in which the Firm represents investors who lost millions of dollars in hedge funds that invested with Bernard L. Madoff. Ms. Beige is also active in the Firm’s antitrust practice, most recently representing clients in the consolidated antitrust litigation, In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-CV-4883 (N.D. Ill.).
Ms. Beige was co-author of “Recent Class Action Developments,” PLI Class Action Litigation: Prosecution & Defense Strategies 2004, July 29-30, 2004, at 31-58.
Before joining the Firm, Ms. Beige was associated with a prominent Manhattan plaintiffs’ class action firm, where she represented plaintiffs in securities class actions and mass tort actions.
Ms. Beige is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York. She is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the District of Colorado, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
