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Profile Title: Partner Location: New York Telephone: 212.594.5300 or 800.320.5081Fax: 212.868.1229 Washington State, 1999 Education: B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1987 magna cum laude J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, 1990 with high honors; Member Albany Law Review Practice Areas Securities LitigationLabor and Employment Litigation Lori G. Feldman protects the rights of shareholders, retirees, and current and former 401(k) participants in federal courts across the nation. From 2000 through mid-2005, she served as Managing Partner of the Firm’s Seattle Office. While she is now practicing in the Firm’s New York Office, Ms. Feldman continues to maintain close ties to Washington State and the Pacific Northwest. Ms. Feldman is a daughter of retired public employees and understands the importance of protecting the investments of all workers and their families against corporate fraud. In 2002-2003 and 2004-2005, she was named a "Rising Star of Washington Law" by her fellow practitioners in Seattle. Rising Stars are considered to be Washington’s top lawyers under the age of 40.In addition to lecturing on class action practice, she has served as Co-Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington.Ms. Feldman’s representative recoveries exceed $100 million. Recently, she recovered millions of dollars for class members in litigation involving ConAgra Foods, Inc. (D. Neb.), Amazon.com (W.D. Wash.), Paradigm Medical Industries (D. Utah), SpectraLink Corporation (D. Colo.) and Cutter & Buck (W.D. Wash.). She is currently representing shareholders in litigation involving, among several others, Beazer Homes (N.D. Ga), BP plc and BP (Alaska) (D. Alaska), China Life (S.D.N.Y.), Washington Mutual, Inc. (W.D. Wash.), Select Medical (E.D. Pa.), Rhythms Net Connections (D. Colo.), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (N.D. Cal.), and Digimarc Corporation (D. Oregon). She is also currently representing current and former participants of retirements plans in, among others, ERISA litigation involving General Electric (N.D.N.Y.), Fremont General Corp. (C.D. Cal.), and Boston Scientific Corp. (D. Mass.).Ms. Feldman’s zealous advocacy has resulted in important reported decisions by courts in complex class actions, including but not limited to Gebhardt v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., 335 F.3d 824 (8th Cir. 2003) (important loss causation and materiality appellate court ruling); In re Rhythms NetConnections Securities Litigation, 300 F. Supp. 2d 1081 (D. Colo. 2004) (denying motion to dismiss); Kerns v. SpectraLink Corp., No. 2-D-263, 2003 U.S. Dist. Lexis 11711 (D. Colo. July 1, 2003) (granting class certification); and In re Secure Computing Corp., 184 F. Supp. 2d 980 (N.D. Cal. 2001) (denying motion to dismiss). | 