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Steven W. Pepich received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Utah State University in 1980 and his Juris Doctor degree from De Paul University in 1983. Mr. Pepich is admitted to practice before the courts of California including the District Court for the Southern, Central, Eastern and Northern Districts of California. Mr. Pepich has been engaged in a wide variety of civil litigation, including consumer fraud, mass tort, royalty, civil rights, human rights, ERISA and employment law actions, as well as many securities and corporate litigations. He was part of the plaintiffs' trial team in Mynaf v. Taco Bell Corp., which settled after two months of trial on terms favorable to two plaintiff classes of restaurant workers for recovery of unpaid wages. He was also a member of the plaintiffs' trial team in Newman v. Stringfellow where, after a nine-month trial in Riverside, California, all claims for exposure to toxic chemicals were ultimately resolved for $109 million.
Mr. Pepich has also participated in the successful prosecution of numerous securities fraud class actions, including: Gohler v. Wood, No. 92-C-181 ($17.2 million recovery); In re Advanced Micro Devices Sec. Litig., No. C-93-20662-RPA(PVT) ($34 million recovery); In re Catalyst Semiconductor Sec. Litig., No. C-93-2096 ($15 million recovery); In re Gupta Corporation Sec. Litig., No. C-94-1517 ($6 million recovery); In re Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Sec. Litig., No. C-95-707 ($65 million recovery); and In re Boeing Sec. Litig., No. C-97-1715Z ($92 million recovery). Mr. Pepich is a member of the American Bar Association, the San Diego Bar Association and the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego. Mr. Pepich co authored with William S. Lerach Personal Liability Considerations of Officers and Directors in the Takeover Context, CEB, Business Law Institute, April 1986, and New Diligence Considerations in the Context of the Federal Securities Laws, CEB Fourth Annual Securities Institute, May 1986.
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