Stanley D. Bernstein

Stanley D. Bernstein was named one of the 500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in 2007 and one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America in 2006 by Lawdragon Magazine, and he was named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine in the Fall of 2007. In 2008, Lawdragon named him one of the “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation,” only seventeen of whom represent plaintiffs. A 1980 graduate of the New York University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Journal of International Law and Politics, Mr. Bernstein is a frequent lecturer on directors and officers liability, class action practice, and securities law issues at seminars sponsored by Practising Law Institute, The American Conference Institute, the New York City Bar Association, the National Association of Corporate Directors, AIG Insurance, and other organizations. Before forming Bernstein Liebhard LLP, Mr. Bernstein practiced securities and commercial litigation at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Gelberg & Abrams, and Kreindler & Kreindler.

Mr. Bernstein is lead counsel in In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation, vice chair of the Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee in In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, and has 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 that improved corporate governance at both companies); In re Bankers Trust Securities Litigation (largest recovery ever on behalf of defrauded securities sellers - $58 million); and Shapiro v. Quickturn Design Systems (successfully tried in Delaware Chancery Court and affirmed by Delaware Supreme Court, invalidating anti-takeover device).

He has been lead counsel in scores of securities class actions and is one of the most active litigators in the nation on behalf of shareholder rights in the Delaware Chancery Court, where most important corporate governance litigation is conducted. 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. He is admitted to the Bars of the States of New York and Florida.