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.); and In re Railroad Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, No. 07-mc-0489 (D.D.C.), 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 recently won a $14.7 million jury verdict.  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 (U.S. settlement with a minimum cash value of $130 million, and a contingent value of more than $180 million as well as an additional $28.34 million secured in connection with a related European settlement of $350 million, which the Firm was substantially responsible for obtaining).

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..