Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
More informationWith offices in Radnor, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP is one of the largest and most successful plaintiff-side shareholder litigation firms. It acts on behalf of states attorneys’ general offices and public and private entities, among them municipalities, state agencies, mutual fund managers, sovereign wealth funds, and multi-employer welfare funds. The corporate governance and M&A department handles matters in state and federal courts across the country, as well as being highly active in Delaware. Lee Rudy, Daniel Albert and Eric Zagar, who are all based in the Radnor office, are the key partners. Rudy, who practices in the area of corporate governance litigation with a focus on transactional and derivative cases, and Albert, who has a strong track record in recovering substantial damages for breaches of fiduciary duties, are preparing for a trial arising from a class action related to Discovery, Inc.’s 2022 acquisition of AT&T. Newly promoted partner Grant Goodhart also plays a key role in that matter. Darren Check, who manages the firm’s portfolio monitoring and claims filing service, SecuritiesTracker, also stands out for his role in key matters.
Key clients
- AP7 – Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund
- Norges Bank Investment Management
- British Airways Pension Trustees Limited
- SEB Investment Management AB
- Industriens Pensionsforsikring A/S
- AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB
- Principal Global Financial Group
- Franklin Templeton Investments
- Nationwide Investment Funds
- Nordea Investment Funds (Luxembourg)
- Arkansas Teacher Retirement System
- Equity-League Pension & Health Trust Funds
- United Food & Commercial Workers 464(a) Benefit Funds
- Lebanon County Employees' Retirement Fund
- Teamsters Local Union No. 142 Pension Fund
- Laborers Joint Pension Trust for Southern Nevada
- Iron Workers District Council (Philadelphia & Vicinity) Retirement and Pension Plan
- Cleveland Bakers & Teamsters Fund
- Orange County Employees’ Retirement System
- Naventi Fonder
- Universal Investments
Work highlights
Won a $612 million jury verdict for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stockholders in three-week retrial of matter against the the Federal Housing Finance Agency arising from its post-financial crisis breach of good faith and fair dealing.
- Representing the Bucks County Employees Retirement Fund (of Pennsylvania), securing a $167.5 million cash resolution for CBS Corporation in sprawling litigation over the merger of CBS and Viacom.
Representing the Hollywood Firefighters’ Pension Fund, the City of Miramar Retirement Plan and Trust Fund for General Employees, and City of Miramar Management Retirement Plan, along with an individual in litigation over the merger between MSGE and MSG Networks Inc.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Lee Rudy, Eric Zagar, Daniel Albert