Stephanie M. Beige has devoted her entire career to representing plaintiffs in complex class action litigation, focusing on high-stakes antitrust litigation, securities litigation, shareholder class actions, and consumer litigation. She has been named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine for her work in securities litigation and has been selected to the New York Metro “Super Lawyers Top Women List” in 2016-2024.  Ms. Beige has also been recommended by The Legal 500 (2013, 2015-2016, 2019-2024).

Ms. Beige is Chair of the firm’s antitrust practice and is part of the team litigating an antitrust class action against the largest providers of dental insurance in the U.S. in In re Delta Dental Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.) and is a member of the Litigation Team in In re Juul Direct Purchaser Antitrust Action (N.D. Ca.) (a generic drug antitrust class action).  Ms. Beige also represented plaintiffs in In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ohio) ($400 million settlement).

Ms. Beige has also been involved in the successful prosecution of numerous class actions on behalf of aggrieved investors. Notably, she was a member of the team representing the State of New Jersey, Department of Treasury, Division of Investment, as co-lead plaintiff in In re Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) where a $400 million recovery was obtained for investors. The litigation was brought against the world’s largest insurance broker, Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., in connection with the company’s improper practice of steering its clients to insurance companies that agreed to pay it billions of dollars in contingent commissions.  Ms. Beige also represented investors who lost millions of dollars in hedge funds that invested with Bernard L. Madoff in In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law and Insurance Litigation, (S.D.N.Y.) ($100 million settlement), one of the few cases that successfully obtained a recovery for victims of Madoff’s infamous Ponzi scheme.

Ms. Beige also represented the Mississippi Public Employees’ Retirement System in In re Cigna Corp. Securities Litigation (E.D. Pa.), a securities class action which settled on the eve of trial for $93 million dollars.  Other successes include:  In re TASER International Securities Litigation (D. Ariz.) ($20 million recovery); Rush v. Footstar, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) ($19.3 million recovery); In re SeeBeyond Technologies Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.) ($13.1 million recovery); Ferreira v. Funko, Inc., et al. (C.D. Ca.) ($7 million recovery); and In re Stellantis N.V., Securities Litigation (E.D.N.Y.) ($5 million recovery).

Ms. Beige also litigated an individual action on behalf of the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association (“PERA”) against Wells Fargo Bank and affiliates arising from defendants’ mismanagement of PERA’s securities lending program.  Ms. Beige was instrumental in the negotiation of a $50 million recovery for PERA – obtained on the eve of trial – representing over 65% of PERA’s damages.

Ms. Beige is currently representing consumers in consumer class actions against Walmart Inc. and Target, Corp. alleging unfair and deceptive business practices by the companies by placing false price advertisements on shelf signs and price displays throughout its stores nationwide.  The cases allege violations of state consumer protection statutes and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

Ms. Beige received her bachelor’s degree in 1996 from Dowling College, graduating magna cum laude, and received her J.D. in 2000 from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, graduating summa cum laude, where she was a member of the Touro Law Review.

Ms. Beige is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York and admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second and Seventh Circuits and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Colorado, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.