Jeffrey D. Lerner

Jeffrey D. Lerner received his bachelor’s degree in 1998 from Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., History), and received his J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 2003, where he was a member of the Temple Law Review.  Mr. Lerner is the author of "Encouraging Litigation at the Expense of Our Children:  The Inapplicability of Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act," published in the Summer 2003 Volume of the Temple Law Review.  76 Temp. L. Rev. 381 (2003).

Mr. Lerner is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers of securities for allegedly misleading investors, including:  In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law and Insurance Litigation, No. 08-CV-11117 (S.D.N.Y.), in which the Firm represents investors who lost millions of dollars in hedge funds that invested with Bernard L. Madoff; In re Xerox Securities Litigation, No. 99-CV-2374 (D. Conn.); and In re Fannie Mae Securities Litigation, No. 04-CV-1639 (D.D.C.).  Mr. Lerner has also been involved in several securities fraud class actions that were successfully prosecuted on behalf of aggrieved investors, such as In re Bellsouth Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-2142 (N.D. Ga.) ($35 million); In re TASER International Securities Litigation, No. C05-0115 (D. Ariz.) ($20 million); and In re NTL, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-3013 (S.D.N.Y.) ($9 million).

Before joining the Firm, Mr. Lerner was associated with Miller Faucher and Cafferty (now Cafferty Faucher LLP) in Philadelphia, where he represented plaintiffs in antitrust, consumer, and employment class actions.

Mr. Lerner is admitted to the Bars of the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.