dana statsky smith  

Dana Statsky Smith received her bachelor’s degree in 2002 from Binghamton University (B.A., Environmental Studies, with a concentration in Public Policy, Administration and Law), graduating cum laude, and received her J.D. in 2005 from Fordham University School of Law, where she was a member of the International Law Journal, and where she served as a legal intern in a non-profit legal clinic, the Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc.

Ms. Smith is currently working on several antitrust and consumer class action litigation matters, including:  In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-MD-2002 (E.D. Pa.); Four In One Co. v. SK Foods, L.P., No. 08-CV-3017 (E.D. Cal.); A&R Body Specialty v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., No. 07-CV-0929 (D. Conn.); and was a member of the trial team in the consumer fraud action, Artie’s Auto Body Inc. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., No. 08-CV-03-019161415 (Conn. Super. Ct.), in which the Firm won a $14.7 million jury verdict.  She is also currently working on 35-41 Clarkson LLC v. New York City Housing Authority, 11-CIV-6770 (S.D.N.Y.), in which the Firm represents a class of landlords denied due process rights to address the New York City Housing Authority’s failure to pay mandated rent increases and failure to reimburse rents owed retroactively pursuant to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations; the action seeks both damages and equitable relief on behalf of the putative class.  Ms. Smith has also been involved in several securities fraud class actions that were successfully prosecuted on behalf of aggrieved investors, such as In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation, No. 04-374 (JAP) (D.N.J.) (minimum value to the class of U.S. shareholders of $138.3 million with a potential value of more than $180 million, in addition to a $350 million European settlement which the Firm substantially brought about).

Ms. Smith is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and New Jersey.  She is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.