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Jeff Westerman

 
Partner - Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
 
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Company Name : Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
 
Company Website : www.milberg.com
 
Company Address : One Pennsylvania Plz.
49th Fl., New York, NY,
United States,
 
Jeff Westerman Profile :
Partner - Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP
 
Jeff Westerman Biography :

Profile Title: Partner Location: Los Angeles Telephone: 213.617.1200 Fax: 213.617.1975 Admitted: California, 1980 Education: B.A., Northwestern University, 1977 elected to two senior honor societies J.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1980; Law Review Practice Areas Securities Litigation Mr. Westerman’s practice is primarily in the areas of securities fraud actions, shareholder derivative actions and corporate mergers and acquisition litigation. He has served as lead or co-lead counsel in cases resulting in significant corporate governance changes and shareholder recoveries totaling more than $340 million, and recently argued Pioneer Electronics v. The Superior Court of Los Angeles County (Olmstead), Case No. S133794 which resulted in a 7-0 decision from the California Supreme Court regarding plaintiff’s right to contact potential class members. He was named one of California’s Top 30 Securities Litigators by the Daily Journal in 2005. Mr. Westerman has also been the moderator or speaker for programs on complex litigation, developments in class action practice, settlements, the Sarbanes-Oxley Corporate Responsibility Act, shareholder derivative actions and trends in business litigation. Mr. Westerman was a member (2001-2003) and Co-Chair (2002-2003) of the Central District of California Attorney Delegation to the United States Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. He serves on the Central District of California, U.S. Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel (2003-present) and the standing committee on Attorney Discipline (2004-present). He is also a member of the Central District of California Attorney Settlement Officer Panel (1998-present). Mr. Westerman is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Executive Committee for the Litigation Section. He is Chair of the Section’s Complex Courts Bench-Bar Committee, and sits on the Bench-Bar Civil Courts Committee. Mr. Westerman was the president of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers 2004-2005; a member of the Board of Governors (1997-2005), Treasurer (2001-2002), Secretary (2002-2003) and Vice President (2003-2004). He is currently on the Boards of the Los Angeles Federal Bar Association and the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles.He served as Judge Pro Tem in the Los Angeles Small Claims Court in 1987-1988, 1990, 1992-1993 and 1996-1997. He is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and served on the California State Bar Task Force on Complex Litigation, and Chair of the Judicial Education Subcommittee (1997). Mr. Westerman was named one of the Lawdragon’s 3000 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America.Milberg Weiss in the Press Los Angeles Daily Journal Presents Top 30 Securities Litigators in California Featuring Jeff Westerman, Managing Partner of Milberg Weiss's Los Angeles Office

 
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