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Paul Geller

 
Partner - Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP
 
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Company Name : Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP
 
Company Website : www.lcsr.com
 
Company Address : 655 W Broadway
Ste. 1900, San Diego, CA,
United States,
 
Paul Geller Profile :
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Paul Geller Biography :

Paul J. Geller received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Florida, where he was a member of the University Honors Program. Mr. Geller then earned his Juris Doctor degree, with Highest Honors, from Emory University School of Law. At Emory, Mr. Geller was an Editor of the Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif legal honor society, and was awarded multiple American Jurisprudence Book Awards for earning the highest grade in the school in a dozen courses.



After spending several years representing blue chip companies in class action lawsuits at one of the largest corporate defense firms in the world, Mr. Geller became a founding partner and head of the Boca Raton offices of the national class action boutiques Cauley Geller Bowman & Rudman, LLP and Geller Rudman, PLLC. In July 2004, through a merger of the firms, Mr. Geller opened the Boca Raton, Florida office of Coughlin Stoia.



In May 2005, Mr. Geller was selected by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's top "40 Under 40" - an honor bestowed upon 40 of the country's top lawyers under the age of 40. The NLJ had previously compiled its "40 Under 40" list in July 2002; Mr. Geller is the only lawyer in the country that was selected for inclusion both in 2002 and again in 2005. In July 2006, as well as July 2003, Mr. Geller was featured in Florida Trend magazine as one of Florida's "Legal Elite." Mr. Geller has also been featured in the South Florida Business Journal as one of Florida's top lawyers, and was named one of the nation's top 500 lawyers by Lawdragon in August 2006. In June 2007, Mr. Geller was selected by Law & Politics as one of Florida's top lawyers.



Mr. Geller is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell (the highest rating available) and has served as lead or co-lead counsel in a majority of the securities class actions that have been filed in the southeastern United States in the past several years, including cases against Hamilton Bancorp ($8.5 million settlement); Prison Realty Trust (co-lead derivative counsel; total combined settlement of over $120 million); and Intermedia Corp. ($38 million settlement). Mr. Geller recently served as one of the court-appointed lead counsel in cases involving the alleged manipulation of the asset value of some of the nation's largest mutual funds, including Hicks v. Morgan Stanley & Co.; Abrams v. Van Kampen Funds, Inc.; and In Re Eaton Vance Sec. Litig. ($51.5 million aggregate settlements).



Mr. Geller is also heavily involved in corporate governance litigation. For example, Mr. Geller recently represented a shareholder of Applica Inc. who was concerned with allegedly reckless acquisitions made by the company. Mr. Geller and his partners secured a settlement that required Applica to establish a new independent Acquisitions Committee charged with conducting due diligence and approving future acquisitions, even though such a committee is not required by SEC regulations. In another corporate governance lawsuit, Mr. Geller and his co-counsel challenged the independence of certain members of a Special Committee empaneled by Oracle Corp. to look into certain stock sales made by its Chairman and CEO, Larry Ellison. After Delaware Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine issued an Order agreeing that the Special Committee was "fraught with conflicts," The Wall Street Journal called the decision "one of the most far-reaching ever on corporate governance."



Mr. Geller has also successfully represented consumers in class action litigation. He recently settled Kehoe v. Fidelity Fed., a consumer class action alleging privacy violations filed in the Southern District of Florida, for $50 million. He was personal counsel to the lead plaintiff in Stoddard v. Advanta, a case that challenged the adequacies of interest rate disclosures by one of the nation's largest credit card companies ($11 million settlement), and was personal counsel to one of the lead plaintiffs in the American Family Publishers sweepstakes litigation, which alleged that the defendant misled consumers into thinking they would win a lottery if they purchased magazine subscriptions ($38 million settlement).



Mr. Geller is currently representing Emergency Room physicians in Florida who are suing four of the nation's largest HMOs for improper payment calculations. The four related cases have been through numerous appeals. After Mr. Geller's most recent appellate victory in the case, he was presented an award by the America Law Media's Daily Business Review and named one of the 2006 "Florida's Most Effective Lawyers."



During the past few years, several of Mr. Geller's cases have received regional and national press coverage. Mr. Geller has appeared on CNN Headline News, CNN Moneyline with Lou Dobbs, ABC, NBC and FOX network news programs. Mr. Geller is regularly quoted in the financial press, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and BusinessWeek.



Mr. Geller has been or is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Practicing Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association (former Member of Bar Grievance Committee) and the South Palm Beach County Bar Association (former Co-Chair of Pro Bono Committee).

 
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