Stanley D. Bernstein

In 2008, Lawdragon Magazine selected partner Stanley D. Bernstein as one of the “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation,” fewer than twenty of whom represent plaintiffs. Lawdragon selected him as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in 2007 and one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America in 2006. Super Lawyer Magazine selected him as a Super Lawyer in the Fall of 2007 and 2008. A 1980 graduate of the New York University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics, he is a frequent lecturer on directors and officers liability, class action practice and securities law issues at continuing legal education seminars, insurance seminars, and educational programs for corporate directors.

Mr. Bernstein was lead counsel in In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation, which resulted in a 2008 U.S. settlement with a minimum cash value of $130 million, and a contingent value of more than $180 million. A related European settlement, which the firm was substantially responsible for obtaining, resulted in a $350 million benefit for investors worldwide. Mr. Bernstein is also the court-appointed chair of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, a coordinated litigation of over 300 securities class actions, and has been lead counsel in scores of other securities class actions. He has tried many cases in state and federal court, and has successfully argued appeals on behalf of shareholders to the Delaware Supreme Court and the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Bernstein has also been lead counsel in many of the leading securities cases enforcing and expanding the rights of shareholders, including: In re Sears, Roebuck Derivative Litigation and In re Archer Daniels Midlands Corp. Derivative Litigation (pioneering cases which improved corporate governance at both companies); In re Bankers Trust Securities Litigation ($58 million, representing a 100% recovery of losses); and Shapiro v. Quickturn Design Systems (successfully tried in Delaware Chancery Court and affirmed by Delaware Supreme Court, invalidating anti-takeover device). He has litigated scores of cases enforcing shareholder rights in the Delaware Chancery Court, where most important corporate governance litigation is conducted.

 Mr. Bernstein is also active in the firm’s anti-trust practice, and is one of the co-lead counsel in In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation.

He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Florida, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

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