Pomerantz LLP

History:  Pomerantz LLP is one of the most respected law firms in the United States dedicated to representing investors. The firm was founded in 1936 by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, widely regarded as a legal pioneer and “dean” of the plaintiffs’ securities bar, who helped secure the right of investors to bring class and derivative actions.

Leadership:  Today, led by managing partner Jeremy A Lieberman, the firm maintains the commitments to excellence and integrity passed down by Abe Pomerantz.

Results:  In 2018, Pomerantz achieved a historic $3bn settlement for defrauded investors as well as precedent-setting legal rulings, in In re Petrobras Securities Litigation. Pomerantz consistently shapes the law, having won landmark decisions that expanded and protected investor rights and initiated historic corporate governance reforms, including securing the rights of US and foreign institutions that purchased BP shares abroad to bring common law claims in US court.

Global expertise:  Jennifer Pafiti, partner and head of client services, is dually qualified to practice in the United States and United Kingdom. Our Paris office is headed by French lawyer, Nicolas Tatin, Pomerantz’s director-business development consultant for France, Benelux, Monaco and Switzerland. Attorneys Eitan Lavie and Orly Guy head our Tel Aviv office. In addition to the firm’s in-house teams, Pomerantz utilizes an extensive network of prominent law firms in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the Middle East, so that we are ready to assist clients, wherever they are situated, in recovering monies lost due to corporate misconduct and securities fraud. Our team of attorneys is collectively fluent in English, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Taiwanese and Ukranian.

Practice:  Pomerantz protects, expands, and vindicates shareholder rights through our securities litigation services and portfolio monitoring program. The firm represents some of the largest pension funds, asset managers and institutional investors around the globe, monitoring assets of over $6.8 trillion, and growing. Pomerantz’s practice includes corporate governance, antitrust, and strategic consumer litigation.

Recognition:  In 2021, Jeremy Lieberman and Jennifer Pafiti were honored by Lawdragon as among the 500 Leading Lawyers in the United States, and Pomerantz was ranked as a top plaintiffs’ firm by both The Legal 500 and Chambers USA. In 2020, Pomerantz was named Plaintiff Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation, received European Pensions’ Thought Leadership Award; the New York Law Journal honored Jeremy Lieberman as a Distinguished Leader. In 2019, Jeremy Lieberman was named Plaintiff Attorney of the Year by Benchmark Litigation, and Pomerantz received Benchmark Litigation’s National Case Impact Award for In re Petrobras Securities Litig. In 2018, Pomerantz was a Law360 Securities Practice Group of the Year and a finalist for the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers award; Jeremy Lieberman was named a Law360 Titan of the Plaintiffs’ Bar and a Benchmark Litigation Star. Among other accolades, many of our attorneys have been chosen by their peers, year after year, as Super Lawyers® Top-Rated Securities Litigation Attorneys and Rising Stars.

Pomerantz is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris and Tel Aviv.