Exhibit D

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In re: TikTok, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation 

Honorable John Z. Lee

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OVERVIEW

Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP (“BFA” or the “Firm”) is a boutique powerhouse 

firm that has recovered more than $16 billion for its clients since its founding in 

2014. The Firm focuses solely on affirmative litigation in highly significant

matters, including consumer, securities and antitrust actions both in the United 

States and abroad. We represent a wide range of domestic and foreign clients, 

including some of the largest institutional investors and asset managers in the 

world as well as small businesses and individual consumers. We have offices in 

New York, California and Toronto, Canada and litigate in state and federal courts 

through the country.

Three unique aspects of our firm distinguish BFA from others: (1) our selectivity 

in choosing cases; (2) the high quality lawyering our diverse team provides; and 

(3) a commitment to our clients’ needs ahead of our own. Because of this, BFA 

enjoys a reputation as a highly ethical, discerning, and sophisticated boutique 

firm.

First, we are extremely selective in the cases we choose to litigate, and the 

strength of our litigation skills is second to none. Our clients’ reputations are at 

stake in every case they pursue, and we guard their reputations zealously. As a 

result, we are often asked by our clients to serve as the dissenting voice when our

peers are recommending a case we do not like. We only recommend cases that fit 

within our clients’ objectives and do so very seldomly. 

We strive for quality and not quantity in every aspect of our practice. This allows 

us to dedicate a significant amount of resources to each individual case. Complex 

litigation requires a substantial investment of money, time, and resources. It is 

only with dedicated resources that a well-thought-out litigation strategy can be 

executed forcefully and effectively. We don’t spread ourselves too thin and 

instead strive to take cases deep into litigation. Our results, discussed below, show 

that we obtain outsized settlements and reflect the high quality of our work 

product.

Second, we strive to provide our clients with objective, comprehensive counsel, 

including about whether or not participation in specific litigation serves the best 

interests of the client. We have a strong commitment to candid and unvarnished 

advice, made possible through our independence from litigation funding. In 

addition, BFA provides advice on multiple other aspects such as the development 

of the law and the risk of fee-shifting provisions, as well as the reputational risk, if 

any, of participating in any particular litigation. 

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Third, BFA’s attorneys have decades of experience litigating complex, high 

profile cases of import. We launched BFA in large measure to break away from 

many of the standard practices of the more established and larger plaintiffs’ firms. 

We do not hold an “inventory” of cases (which effectively includes weak ones) to 

ensure a steady cash-flow stream over the years. The high quality of our lawyers

and successful case resolutions allows us to carry out that strategy. 

In sum, we are distinguished by our candid counsel, deep experience, and proven 

results.

CONSUMER LITIGATION HIGHLIGHTS

Lesley Weaver has been appointed to leadership positions in some of the most

significant consumer actions of recent years: In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” 

Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, which resulted in 

settlements totaling greater than $15 billion, In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel 

Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability, which resulted in a settlement

of $307.5 million, and In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile 

Litigation, which is currently pending. These, and additional matters, are 

described below.

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales 

Practices, and Products Liability Litigation

• MDL No. 2672

• Northern District of California, No. 3:15-md02672

Total Settlements:

$15 Billion

Background: This landmark case resolved claims against Volkswagen, Audi and 

Porsche in connection with the widely-reported news that the companies had 

installed emission systems created to avoid regulator detection and defraud 

customers who believed they were buying Volkswagen and Audi vehicles with 

“clean diesel” engines. VW admitted that it installed these “defeat devices,” which 

eliminated the emissions reduction during normal driving, and only allowed for 

reduced fuel emissions when the automobiles were being tested. More than 500 

federal lawsuits have been filed and consolidated into one complaint against the 

automaker for its “dirty diesel” vehicles.

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BFA’s Role: Judge Charles R. Breyer appointed Ms. Weaver to the Plaintiffs’ 

Steering Committee, which, along with lead counsel, has been described as the 

“dream team” prosecuting this high-profile emissions scandal. Judge Breyer 

selected Ms. Weaver from a field of 150 of the nation’s finest attorneys. Ms. 

Weaver’s leadership position in the case included spearheading the investigation 

that ultimately uncovered German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH’s significant 

role in multiple schemes to place software in vehicles purposefully designed to 

evade emissions laws. She also led the investigation into additional claims 

relating to defeat devices in certain gas vehicles, resulting in an additional $96.5

million settlement for the Class.

Result: Lead Counsel and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee have achieved 

settlements for Plaintiffs worth approximately $15 billion, the largest automotive 

class action recovery in history. This includes a $14.7 billion dollar settlement on 

behalf of eligible owners of Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter TDI cars, who were 

offered a buyback of their cars. In accordance with the consent decree, $2.7 

billion of the settlement will be allocated to projects to reduce nitrogen oxides 

emissions, with a focus on improving air quality in areas that “bear a 

disproportionate share of the air pollution burden within their jurisdiction.” As the 

Justice Department's top environmental attorney John Cruden has highlighted, this 

focus on remediation in low income and minority communities is “unique,” and a 

significant response to the disproportionate pollution burden felt by these 

communities.

Recently, on October 4, 2019, Judge Breyer granted preliminary approval of a 

$96.5 million settlement for more than 100,000 consumers who purchased or 

leased certain gasoline-powered Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, and Bentley 

vehicles that were initially labeled and marketed with overstated fuel economy 

and understated carbon dioxide emissions.

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In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing, 

Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

• MDL No. 2777

• Northern District of California, No. 3:17-md02777

Total Settlements:

$307.5 Million

Background: The class alleges that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles deliberately 

cheated on emission testing of 2014-2016 model Dodge and Jeep trucks marketed

and sold as environmentally friendly “eco-diesel” vehicles. The case has settled 

for $307.5 million in cash in addition to extended warranties for consumers.

BFA’s Role: Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Northern 

District of California appointed Ms. Weaver as one of nine members of the 

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. Ms. Weaver played a key role in litigating the 

action, including taking depositions and coordinating with experts.

In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile 

Litigation

• MDL No. 2843

• Northern District of California, No. 3:18-md02843

Case Status:

Pending

Background: This high profile case seeks redress for Facebook users in the U.S 

and U.K. whose private content was unlawfully shared with thousands of third 

parties. The detailed complaint documents Facebook’s violations of consumer 

fraud and privacy laws in allowing third party apps, including Cambridge 

Analytica, to bundle and sell Facebook users’ private information without their 

knowledge or consent. In September 2019, Judge Chhabria of the Northern 

District of California largely denied Facebook’s motion to dismiss, finding 

Facebook’s argument that plaintiffs have no right to allege a breach of privacy 

based upon Facebook’s sharing of their information with third parties “could not 

be more wrong.” 

BFA’s Role: In a contested and highly competitive field, Judge Chhabria of the 

Northern District of California appointed Ms. Weaver as Co-Lead Counsel for 

Plaintiffs.

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Julie Treppa v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

• Superior Court of California, County of 

Alameda, No. RG19039655

Case Status:

Pending

Background: The class alleges that Honda knowingly marketed and sold the 

Acura RDX, model years 2019 and 2020, with a defective infotainment system. 

The infotainment system freezes up on a regular basis, displays error messages 

and repeatedly resets. The defective system constitutes a safety risk, with system 

error messages and interruptions distracting the driver and preventing the driver 

from using the car’s purported safety features, such as the backup camera.

BFA’s Role: BFA is acting as co-lead counsel in this action in California Superior 

Court, County of Alameda on behalf of California consumers who purchased or 

leased a defective vehicle.

U.S. ANTITRUST LITIGATION HIGHLIGHTS

In re German Automotive Manufacturers Antitrust 

Litigation

• MDL No. 2796

• Northern District of California, No. 3:17-md2796

Case Status:

Pending

Background: BFA was one of the first law firms to file suit against German 

automobile manufacturers. The action claims that Audi, BMW, 

Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Volkswagen engaged in a 20-year cartel to 

suppress the development of technology in their automobiles from 1996 until at 

least 2015, as admitted by Daimler and VW to European regulators. The cartel 

allowed the car manufacturers to reduce research and development costs amongst 

themselves, while charging customers premiums for their supposed “quality and 

innovation” and suppressing alternatives that would have been provided by real 

competition. The European Commission, the antitrust regulatory body for the 

European Union, has issued an order determining liability and fines in excess of 

billions of dollars against the manufacturers are expected.

BFA’s Role: Judge Charles R. Breyer appointed Lesley Weaver to the Plaintiffs’ 

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Steering Committee from a field of 38 applicants. Ms. Weaver is leading the 

investigation in Germany, as well as interfacing with economic and technical 

experts.

In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation

• Northern District of California, No. 5:18-cv00198

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, leading Japanese manufacturers of 

inductors such as Murata and Panasonic Corp., colluded to fix, inflate, or stabilize

the price of inductors from at least 2003 until the summer of 2014, in violation of 

Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Inductors are electronic components that 

work to regulate and store energy in a circuit and are found in thousands of 

products that rely on electronic circuits for power, such as computers, cars, and 

televisions. There is a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice 

pending.

BFA’s Role: Judge Edward J. Davila appointed Lesley Weaver as Co-Lead Class 

Counsel, noting that “the efforts expended by BFA and Hausfeld to promptly 

identify and investigate the claims, coupled with the extensive amount of 

resources which they have available to expend on this case, renders them superior 

to represent the putative class.”

In re Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation

• District of Columbia, No. 1:15-mc-01404

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege a conspiracy by the four largest commercial air 

passenger carriers in the United States—American Airlines, Inc., Delta Airlines, 

Inc., Southwest Airlines Co., and United Airlines, Inc.—to fix prices for domestic 

air passenger transportation services in violation of the Sherman Act by colluding 

to limit capacity on their respective airlines. Plaintiffs have settled for $15 million 

with Defendant Southwest Airlines and $45 million with Defendant American 

Airlines. 

BFA’s Role: BFA is a key part of Plaintiffs’ nonparty discovery committee and 

has led meet and confer negotiations with dozens of nonparties, resulting in the 

production of some of Plaintiffs’ best evidence.

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In re Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation

• MDL No. 2867

• Northern District of Illinois, No. 1:18-cv-0678

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege a price fixing cartel facilitated by an anticompetitive 

information exchange between and among certain major television station owners 

and operators to artificially inflate the prices of broadcast television spot 

advertisements.

BFA’s Role: BFA acts as counsel for One Source Heating & Cooling, LLC and is 

an integral member of the litigation team.

In re Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation

• MDL No. 2626

• Middle District of Florida, No. 3:15-md-02626

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege claims for horizontal and vertical conspiracies in 

violation of state and federal antitrust laws due to unilateral pricing policies of 

four leading contact lens manufacturers. Plaintiffs have settled with Defendant 

CooperVision, Inc. for $3 million.

BFA’s Role: BFA is leading discovery efforts against the largest manufacturer, 

Johnson & Johnson.

In re Mexican Government Bonds Antitrust 

• S.D.N.Y., No. 1:18-cv-02830

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege that Defendant broker-dealers have fixed auctions 

for securities issued by the Mexican government and manipulated the bid-ask 

spread in transactions to U.S.-based investors, causing U.S.-based investors to pay 

artificially inflated prices for their Mexican government bonds. 

BFA’s Role: BFA represents Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority and is 

assisting the team litigating the case in the Southern District of New York.

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In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust 

Litigation

• MDL No. 2670

• Southern District of California, No. 3:15-md02670

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege defendants entered into a conspiracy involving 

packaged seafood product in violation of the Sherman Act and state antitrust law.

BFA’s Role: BFA is part of a critical discovery effort against a key defendant.

In re Blood Plasma Antitrust Litigation

• MDL No. 2109

• Northern District of Illinois, No. 1:09-cv-07666

Total Settlements:

$128 Million

Background: Plaintiffs allege that Defendants participated in a multi-year 

conspiracy to restrict output and fix prices of Ig and Albumin in the United States.

This matter ultimately settled for $128 million.

BFA’s Role: Ms. Weaver played a significant role, including deposing the Chief 

Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of one of the main defendants.

In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation

• MDL No. 2420

• Northern District of California, No. 4:13-md02420

Total Settlements:

$64.5 Million

Background: Plaintiffs allege that defendants and their co-conspirators engaged in 

an unlawful conspiracy to fix the prices of lithium ion battery cells, affecting the 

prices indirect purchasers paid for lithium ion batteries and lithium ion 

products. Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs have settled their claims for $19.5 million 

from Sony Corp., $39 million from LG Chem Ltd., $3.45 million from Hitachi 

Maxwell Ltd., and $2.5 million from NEX Corp.

BFA’s Role: BFA represents the cities of Palo Alto and Richmond, California.

Result: On October 27, 2017, the Court gave final approval to the settlement 

between the IPPs and Hitachi Maxell, NEC Corporation, and LG Chem. The 

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settlement is worth $45 million, bringing the total settlements with IPPs to $64.5 

million.

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U.S. SECURITIES LITIGATION HIGHLIGHTS

BFA partners have represented lead plaintiffs in more than a dozen securities class

actions in the last decade, including seven since the Firm was founded, as 

described below. 

Alexandre Pelletier v. Endo International PLC, et al.

• Eastern District of Pennsylvania, No. 17-cv-5114

• Clients: Park Employees’ Annuity and Benefit 

Fund of Chicago

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege that Endo International made materially false and 

misleading statements that concealed the fact that the company and its wholly 

owned subsidiary Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc. engaged in anticompetitive 

practices, including choosing not to compete and to instead dramatically increase 

generic drug prices in lock-step with so-called competitors.

BFA’s Role: BFA is sole Lead Counsel for Court-Appointed Lead Plaintiff Park 

Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (“Chicago Park Employees”). 

Status: The Court appointed Chicago Park Employees as Lead Plaintiff and 

approved its choice of BFA as Lead Counsel on June 19, 2018. BFA filed an 

amended complaint on August 3, 2018.

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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, et al v. Teva 

Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. et al.

• District of Connecticut, No. 17-cv-00558

• Clients: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board 

and Anchorage Police and Fire Retirement 

System

Case Status:

Pending

Background: Plaintiffs allege that the company and its senior management made 

materially false and misleading statements that concealed that Teva had engaged 

in a multi-year scheme to exponentially increase generic drug prices by over 

1000% across over 50 drugs. Often, these increases were in lock-step with socalled competitors. 

BFA’s Role: BFA is sole Lead Counsel for Court-appointed Lead Plaintiff 

Ontario Teachers’ and named plaintiff Anchorage Police and Fire Retirement 

System.

Status: The Court appointed Ontario Teachers’ as Lead Plaintiff and approved its 

choice of BFA as Lead Counsel on July 11, 2017. BFA filed an amended 

complaint on June 22, 2018.

In re MF Global Holdings Ltd. Securities Litigation

• Southern District of New York, No. 11-cv07866

• Client: Alberta Investment Management Corp. 

(AIMCo)

Total Settlements:

$234.3 Million

Background: This litigation arose from MF Global’s dramatic bankruptcy in 

October 2011. Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants misrepresented the company’s 

risk controls, liquidity position, and exposure to European sovereign debt, and 

failed to properly account for its deferred tax assets.

BFA’s Role: BFA represented Court-appointed Co-Lead Plaintiff AIMCo. 

Partners Javier Bleichmar and Dominic Auld represented AIMCo in this case 

since its inception in November 2011, and served as Court-appointed Co-Lead 

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Counsel for the putative class since January 2012. When BFA launched in August 

2014, the Court approved AIMCo’s selection of BFA to serve as Co-Lead 

Counsel for the putative class, continuing the core litigation team’s representation.

Status: Lead Counsel achieved five partial settlements worth a total of just over 

$234 million on behalf of investors: (1) a $74 million settlement with Goldman 

Sachs and certain other underwriters of the company’s securities; (2) a $64.5 

million settlement with former officers and directors, including MF Global’s 

former CEO Jon Corzine; (3) a $65 million settlement with auditor 

PricewaterhouseCoopers; (4) a $29.825 million settlement with Jefferies and other 

underwriters of the final bond offering issued during the Class Period; and (5) a 

separate $932,828 settlement with another underwriter defendant associated with 

that last offering. These settlements represent a recovery of approximately 35% of 

the alleged damages – an excellent result, particularly in light of the issuer’s 

bankruptcy.

These settlements were achieved after years of hard fought litigation. Following 

the Court’s ruling sustaining the Complaint and denying Defendants’ six motions 

to dismiss in their entirety, Co-Lead Counsel reviewed millions of documents 

produced by Defendants and third-parties, and conducted more than 50 

depositions of former employees of MF Global and other key witnesses, including 

four days of testimony from former CEO Jon Corzine. The Court granted 

Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification on October 14, 2015, which assisted in 

achieving the settlements.

In re Genworth Financial Inc. Securities Litigation

• Eastern District of Virginia, No. 14-cv-00682

• Client: Alberta Investment Management Corp. 

(AIMCo)

Total Settlement:

$219 Million

Background: Plaintiffs alleged that Defendants misrepresented the profitability of 

the company’s core business and reported false financial results by grossly 

understating long-term care insurance reserves. When Genworth announced a 

$531 million charge to its reserves, the company’s stock price fell more than 55% 

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– wiping out billions in market capitalization – and credit rating agencies 

downgraded the company and its corresponding debt to “junk” status.

BFA’s Role: BFA represented Court-appointed Co-Lead Plaintiff AIMCo. In 

November 2014, the Court approved AIMCo’s selection of BFA to serve as CoLead Counsel for the putative class.

Notably, BFA secured one of the most thoroughly-reasoned, investor-oriented 

decisions after the then-recent decision in Omnicare v. Laborers District Council 

Construction Industry Pension Fund, 135 S. Ct. 1318 (2015).1 The District Court 

ruled that Lead Plaintiffs had sufficiently pled that Defendants’ statements were 

intended to mislead investors and to provide false assurances regarding the 

company’s reserves. The District Court also largely sustained allegations that 

Defendants falsely certified that the company’s internal controls were adequate.

Status: On March 10, 2016, Genworth announced a proposed settlement of $219 

million, the largest ever securities class action recovery achieved in Virginia, and 

as much as 44% of recoverable damages available at trial. BFA and AIMCo 

sought and achieved a significant contribution from the company beyond 

available insurance; despite significant liquidity issues, the company paid $69 

million, and the remaining $150 million was funded by insurance.

The settlement was reached after 15 months of intense and complex litigation.

The Eastern District of Virginia is known as the “rocket docket” for its rapid 

disposition of cases and strict adherence to scheduled deadlines. In December 

2014, Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint and, in February 2015, 

Defendants filed a motion to dismiss. Partner Joseph Fonti successfully argued 

against the motion on April 28, 2015, and the securities fraud claims were 

sustained on May 1, 2015. Lead Plaintiffs filed their motion for class certification 

on December 3, 2015; fact discovery closed on January 15, 2016; and expert 

 1 The decision in Omnicare clarified the legal standard about pleading statements by defendants that are deemed to 

be opinions, rather statements of fact. The Supreme Court sought to limit liability for opinion statements, making it 

more difficult for plaintiffs to sustain their allegations. The decision secured in Genworth, on behalf of BFA’s 

client AIMCo, ruled that certain categories of statements around accounting reserves were not opinions, and 

therefore actionable.

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discovery closed on February 11, 2016. In effect, BFA conducted two to four 

years of litigation in just 15 months. This effort included more than 

20 depositions, extensive trial preparation, and full briefing on motions for class 

certification and summary judgment. At the time of settlement, BFA attorneys 

were preparing for trial, which was scheduled to begin on May 9, 2016.

In re Weatherford International Securities Litigation

• Southern District of New York, No. 12-cv02121

• Client: Anchorage Police and Fire Retirement 

System

Total Settlement:

$120 Million

Background: Plaintiffs alleged that Weatherford, one of the world’s largest oil and 

gas servicing companies, issued false financial statements that misled investors 

about its tax structure and internal controls. The company allegedly overstated its 

earnings by more than $900 million and was forced to issue three restatements 

due to its failure to comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

BFA’s Role: BFA represented Court-appointed Co-Lead Plaintiff Anchorage in 

this case, and BFA partner Javier Bleichmar represented Anchorage continuously 

since the case was filed in March 2012.

Status: In June 2015, the company agreed to settle all claims for $120 million of 

out-of-pocket cash, with no available insurance, or approximately 30% of

recoverable damages. Achieving this settlement required more than three years of 

intense litigation, including defeating Defendants’ motion to dismiss in its 

entirety; obtaining class certification; completing fact discovery, after more than 

20 depositions and the review of more than eight million pages of documents;

filing four expert reports; and preparing for expert discovery and summary 

judgment.

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In re Computer Sciences Corp. Securities Litigation

• Eastern District of Virginia, No. 11-cv-00610

• Client: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

Total Settlement:

$97.5 Million

Background: Plaintiffs alleged that the company and two of its executive officers 

misrepresented (i) a multi-billion dollar contract with the United Kingdom’s 

National Health Service, and (ii) that the company’s internal controls were 

adequate.

BFA Role: BFA partners Javier Bleichmar, Joseph A. Fonti, and Dominic Auld 

represented Court-appointed Lead Plaintiff Ontario Teachers’ at all stages of this 

case. Upon the founding of the Firm, the Court approved Ontario Teachers’ 

selection of BFA as counsel, continuing the team’s representation.

Status: On September 2013, the Court granted final approval to the $97.5 million 

settlement. At that time, the settlement was the second largest all cash recovery 

ever achieved in the Eastern District of Virginia, and represented as much as 38% 

of recoverable damages at trial.

In re Celestica Inc. Securities Litigation

• Southern District of New York, No. 07-cv00312

• Client: New Orleans Employees’ Retirement 

System

Total Settlement:

$30 Million

Background: Plaintiffs alleged false and misleading statements relating to a 

significant corporate restructuring plan, earnings, profitability, and financial 

outlook. When Celestica ultimately disclosed the truth, its stock price dropped 

50%, reducing market capitalization by $1.3 billion.

BFA’s Role: BFA partners Joseph Fonti and Erin Woods represented Lead 

Plaintiffs in this litigation. Notably, Joseph was successful in arguing before the 

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, securing an investor-oriented 

interpretation of the pleading standard for scienter. Joseph also successfully 

argued in favor of Plaintiffs’ class certification and summary judgment motions 

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before the District Court, securing the first lower court decision after Halliburton 

Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2398 (2014) in favor of investors on 

the issue of class-wide reliance.

Status: In April 2015, Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary approval of a 

proposed $30 million settlement resolving all claims against the company and 

officer defendants. The final approval hearing was held on July 28, 2015 and, later 

that day, the Court approved the $30 million settlement.

TEAM PROFILES

LESLEY WEAVER

Partner Oakland

• Email: lweaver@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 455 4004

• www.bfalaw.com/lesley-weaver

Lesley Weaver leads the Firm’s Antitrust and Consumer Litigation Practice. 

Lesley joined BFA as a partner in 2016, opening the Firm’s California office. In 

her twenty-year career, Lesley has focused primarily on cases that protect the 

public interest, consumers, and public entities. She has substantial leadership 

experience litigating complex antitrust and consumer-oriented class litigation, and 

has been appointed to leadership positions in some of the largest class actions in 

the country. In 2018, Lesley was honored as a “California Lawyer of the Year” 

(“CLAY”) for for her work in In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales 

Practices, and Products Liability Litigation and was recognized as a “Plaintiff 

Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal (2018). In 2017 and 2018, she was 

named a “Super Lawyer” in the field of Class Action & Mass Torts Attorneys.

In July 2018, Judge Chhabria of the Northern District of California appointed 

Lesley as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy 

User Profile Litigation. This high profile case seeks redress for Facebook users in 

the U.S and U.K. whose content specifically marked private was shared with 

thousands of third parties with no oversight and for the purpose of creating 

revenue for Facebook only. The more than four hundred page complaint 

documents how Facebook violated consumer fraud and privacy laws in allowing 

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hundreds of third party apps, including Cambridge Analytica, to bundle and sell 

Facebook users’ private information without their knowledge or consent.

On April 27, 2018, Judge Edward J. Davila appointed Lesley as interim Co-Lead 

Counsel in In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation, representing a class of purchasers 

of inductors, a passive electronic component that is a key element of electronic 

circuits found in smart phones, laptops, computers, and other consumer electronic 

devices.

In June 2017, Judge Edward M. Chen appointed Lesley to the Plaintiffs’ Steering 

Committee in In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, 

and Products Liability Litigation. Lesley worked closely with technical experts in 

that matter to determine if proposed fixes to the subject vehicles inflict additional 

damages upon class members. In May 2019, Plaintiffs secured final approval of a

settlement of $307.5 million in cash as well as extended warranties.

In December 2017, Judge Charles R. Breyer appointed Lesley to the Plaintiffs’ 

Steering Committee in In re German Automotive Manufacturers Antitrust 

Litigation. Consumers and suppliers allege that German automakers engaged in a 

20-year cartel—the single largest known automobile cartel in U.S. and European 

history—to suppress the development of technology in their automobiles.

In 2015, Judge Charles R. Breyer appointed Lesley to the Plaintiffs’ Steering 

Committee in In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and 

Products Liability Litigation. Lesley’s leadership position in this litigation 

included spearheading the investigation that ultimately uncovered German auto 

supplier Robert Bosch GmbH’s significant role in multiple schemes to place 

software in vehicles purposely designed to evade emissions laws. Plaintiffs in the 

Volkswagen litigation have recovered approximately $15 billion for class 

members and the environment, the largest automotive class action recovery ever.

She represents the Cities of Palo Alto and Richmond, California in a municipal 

subclass in In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation. In In re Automotive 

Parts Antitrust Litigation, Lesley represented Oakland County, Michigan; 

Traverse City, Michigan; the Village of Northport, New York; Mecklenburg 

County, North Carolina; and Richmond, California in the case against 

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manufacturers of wire harnesses that settled on a non-class basis far in excess of

the entities’ actual damages.

Lesley recently represented the National Black Farmers’ Association (“NBFA”), 

pro bono, in challenging the terms of the proposed merger between BB&T and 

SunTrust Bank. On April 25, 2019, she testified on behalf of the NBFA at the 

joint public hearing held by the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation advocating for terms that will better serve small farmers.

As a condition of securing merger approval from the Department of Justice, the 

banks have since agreed to sell off 28 branches in regions that BFA identified.

In addition, Lesley has extensive experience representing sophisticated 

institutional investors in landmark securities actions. Some of those cases include 

In re Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation ($400 million 

settlement); In re Cavanaugh Securities Litigation (including an appeal to the 

Ninth Circuit concerning the method of selecting lead plaintiff and lead counsel 

after the enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 

(“PSLRA”)); In re Cardinal Health Inc. Securities Litigation ($600 million 

settlement); and In re Cisco Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation ($99 million 

settlement).

Lesley’s extensive trial experience has spanned her career. In October 2014, 

Lesley tried an internet privacy case against a Chinese-owned, California-based 

internet site, recovering 100 percent of economic damages and a $15 million 

punitive damages jury verdict, as well as significant injunctive relief. Her first trial

was in 1998 before the Honorable Vaughn Walker on behalf of Amanda Buritica, 

a U.S. citizen born in Colombia who was unlawfully detained by U.S. Customs at 

San Francisco International Airport; that case resulted in the largest verdict at the 

time under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Lesley is committed to public service through volunteer efforts, and currently 

serves on the Advisory Council of the East Bay Community Law Center, as well 

as the Executive Committee of the Securities Section for the Bar Association of 

San Francisco. She is a past Co-Chair of the San Francisco LGBT Community 

Center, a past Co-Chair of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, a past 

National Chair of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and a past Vice 

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President and Director of the Board of the Frameline Film Festival. She has 

previously served on the boards of Women Lawyers of Alameda County, Equality 

California, the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, and the 

Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club. She also is a member of the National 

Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA).

Lesley holds degrees from the University of Bonn (Germany) and Harvard 

College, and received a J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School (1997). 

She attended high school at Haderslev Katedraleskole in Denmark. She speaks 

German and Danish, and is proficient in French.

Lesley is admitted to practice in California (1997), the U.S. Court of Appeals for 

the Ninth Circuit (1998), and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District 

(1997) and the Eastern, Central, and Southern Districts of California (1998) and 

the Eastern District of Michigan (2019).

JAVIER BLEICHMAR

Partner

New York

• Email: jbleichmar@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1341 

• www.bfalaw.com/javier-bleichmar

Javier Bleichmar leads BFA’s U.S. Case Evaluation and U.S. Securities Litigation 

teams. He brings a long career of litigation success to his prosecution of largescale fraud class actions on behalf of investors. Javier has nearly two decades of 

experience and has been “recommended” in the field of securities litigation by The 

Legal 500. 

Javier was the lead attorney on the team that litigated In re MF Global Holdings 

Ltd. Securities Litigation on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta 

and MF Global investors, in connection with the company’s dramatic collapse on 

October 31, 2011. Judge Marrero in the Southern District of New York sustained 

the complaint in its entirety, and the plaintiffs secured several settlements totaling 

more than $234 million, resolving claims against MF Global’s former officers and 

directors, several underwriter defendants, and MF Global’s outside auditor. 

Javier similarly led the team that prosecuted In re Weatherford International 

Securities Litigation on behalf of the Anchorage Police & Fire Retirement System 

and Weatherford investors. The case alleged that Weatherford, which made three 

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restatements of its audited financial statements totaling approximately $1 billion, 

misled investors about the company’s tax accounting. After more than three years 

of intense litigation, including 22 depositions and complex expert testimony, the 

plaintiffs secured a $120 million settlement.

In addition to driving daily litigation, Javier is a successful appellate advocate. 

After Javier argued before the Eighth Circuit in Public Pension Fund Group v. KV 

Pharmaceutical, Co., the Eighth Circuit reversed an earlier dismissal and clarified 

the standard governing pharmaceutical companies’ disclosures relating to 

notifications by the Food and Drug Administration.

Javier is active in educating investors on developing trends in the law, particularly 

the ability of global investors to participate in securities matters outside the United

States. Through these efforts, many of his clients were able to join the 

organization representing investors in the first ever securities class action 

settlement, under then-recently enacted Dutch law, against Royal Dutch Shell. He 

also provides thought leadership as a regular contributor on securities law issues 

in the New York Law Journal. He most recently co-authored “IndyMac Leaves 

Uncertain Landscape for Opt-Out Litigation” and “The Evolving Legacy of Fait v. 

Regions Financial.”

Prior to founding the Firm, Javier was a Partner of Labaton Sucharow LLP. He 

previously practiced at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where he 

was actively involved in In re Williams Securities Litigation, which resulted in a 

$311 million settlement for investors, as well as significant securities matters 

involving Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Conseco, Inc.; and Biovail Corp. Javier 

began his legal career at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He also is an active member of the 

National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA).

Javier earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from 

Columbia University School of Law (1998), where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone 

Scholar. During law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Denny 

Chin, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York. Javier is a 

native Spanish speaker and fluent in French.

Javier is admitted to practice in New York (1998), the U.S. Supreme Court 

(2010), and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2010), Eighth

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Circuit (2010), Ninth Circuit (2010), Tenth Circuit (2013), and Eleventh Circuit 

(2011). He is also admitted in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and 

Eastern Districts of New York (1999).

JOSEPH A. FONTI

Partner New York

• Email: jfonti@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1342

• www.bfalaw.com/joseph-fonti

Joseph A. Fonti leads the Firm’s U.S. Securities Litigation and Claims Filing 

teams. He has nearly twenty years of experience in prosecuting complex 

litigations on behalf of institutional investors. His commitment to clients, 

advocacy skills, and litigation results have earned him recognition as a Law360

“Rising Star.” He also has been "recommended" in the field of securities litigation 

by The Legal 500.

Joseph served as co-lead counsel in In re Genworth Financial Inc. Securities 

Litigation, in the notoriously fast-paced jurisdiction of the Eastern District of 

Virginia, known as the “rocket docket.” In defeating the defendants’ motion to 

dismiss, he secured one of the first opinions favorable for investors following the 

Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Omnicare matter. Joseph led the litigation 

to a remarkable recovery for the class, securing a settlement of $219 million, the 

largest ever securities class action recovery in Virginia. 

Joseph previously achieved notable success in the Eastern District of Virginia as 

the lead lawyer in a fraud litigation on behalf of Computer Science Corp. 

shareholders. After prevailing at class certification, and only four weeks before 

trial, Joseph and his team secured a $97.5 million settlement – at the time the 

second largest cash securities settlement in that court’s history.

Joseph’s career also is marked by significant successes in the area of auditor 

liability and stock options backdating. While representing investors in a class 

action against HealthSouth Corp., which settled for $671 million, Joseph played a 

significant role in recovering $109 million from outside auditor Ernst & Young 

LLP – one of the largest ever recoveries against an auditing firm. He also 

contributed to securing a $173.5 million settlement in a class action against 

Broadcom Corp. relating to options backdating - at the time the second-largest 

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cash settlement in such a case. That also was the only such case in which claims 

against the auditors were sustained.

Joseph has achieved notable success as an appellate advocate. His argument in In 

re Celestica Inc. Securities Litigation resulted in the Second Circuit’s reversal of 

an earlier dismissal, turning the tide of then-recent decisions by realigning 

pleading standards in favor of investors. He also was instrumental in the advocacy 

before the Ninth Circuit in In re Broadcom Corp. Securities Litigation, where the 

appellate victory marked the first occasion a court sustained allegations against an 

outside auditor related to options backdating.

Joseph represents several of Canada’s largest pension systems and asset managers. 

He led the prosecution of securities class action against NovaGold Resources Inc., 

which resulted in the largest class settlement under Canada’s securities laws at the 

time. He also provides thought leadership on issues particularly relevant to these 

clients. For example, he recently co-authored "Cross-Listed Securities Cases 

Present Challenges” in the National Law Journal, addressing interpretations of the 

Supreme Court’s Morrison decision in light of modern financial markets. 

Prior to founding the Firm, Joseph was a Partner of Labaton Sucharow LLP. He 

also practiced securities litigation at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP 

and began his legal career at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he represented 

Fortune 100 corporations and financial institutions in complex securities litigation 

and in multifaceted SEC investigations and trials. He also is a member of the 

National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA).

Joseph earned a B.A., cum laude, from New York University and a J.D. from New 

York University School of Law (1999), where he was a member of the Marden 

Moot Court. He is admitted to practice in New York (2000), the U.S. Supreme 

Court (2007), and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2010), Ninth 

Circuit (2007), and Tenth Circuit (2013). He also is admitted in the U.S. District 

Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (2001).

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DOMINIC J. AULD

Partner Toronto

• Email: dauld@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1344

• www.bfalaw.com/dominic-auld

Dominic J. Auld leads BFA’s Non-U.S. Litigation team. He has more than a 

decade of experience in representing and advising institutional clients in largescale securities and investment-related lawsuits. Dominic has been named a 

“Super Lawyer” in the field of securities litigation by Super Lawyer awards and 

has been “recommended” in the field of securities litigation by The Legal 500.

Dominic is responsible for BFA's outreach to pension systems, asset managers, 

and sovereign wealth funds outside the United States – regularly advising clients 

in Europe, Australia, Asia, and across his home country of Canada.

Dominic and his team have served as liaison counsel to global investors in many 

shareholder and investor litigations outside the United States, including class and 

collective actions against Olympus Corp. (Japan); OZ Minerals Ltd. (Australia); 

Fortis (Belgium and the Netherlands); Vivendi Universal (France); and 

Volkswagen AG (Germany).

Dominic is sought after as a commentator on topics such as corporate governance, 

shareholder activism, fiduciary duty, corporate misconduct, and international class 

and collective litigation. He has been a regular speaker and panelist at law and 

investment conferences, including past events such as the Canadian Foundation 

for Advancement of Investor Rights (FAIR Canada) and Osgoode Hall Law 

School conference on public and private securities enforcement and investor 

recovery in Toronto, the IMF Bentham shareholder class action conference in 

Sydney, and the Annual International Bar Association meeting in Dubai. 

Dominic is the author of various articles of interest to the Firm’s client base, 

including a recent analysis of shareholder remedies in Japan in Law360, and a 

piece regarding custodian bank fees and their impact on pension funds globally in 

Nordic Regions Pensions and Investment News magazine. He is quoted frequently 

in publications including The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York 

Times, USA Today, The Times of London, The Evening Standard, The Guardian, 

and The Daily Mail, and trade publications such as Global Pensions, OP Risk and 

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Regulation, The Lawyer, Investments and Pensions Europe, Professional 

Pensions, and Benefits Canada. He also was interviewed by Corporate Counsel

for a feature article on rogue trading.

Prior to founding the Firm, Dominic was a Partner of Labaton Sucharow LLP. He 

also practiced securities litigation at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann 

LLP, where he began his career as a member of the team responsible for 

prosecuting the landmark action In re WorldCom Inc. Securities Litigation, which 

resulted in a settlement of more than $6 billion. 

Dominic has years of experience working directly with institutional clients 

affected by securities fraud. For example, he worked extensively with the Ontario 

Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as it led securities actions In re Nortel Networks 

Corp. Securities Litigation, In re Williams Securities Litigation, and In re Biovail 

Corp. Securities Litigation – cases that recovered a total of more than $1.7 billion 

for investors.

Dominic earned a B.A. from Queen’s University in Canada and a J.D. from Lewis 

and Clark Law School (1998). He is admitted to practice in New York (1998), and 

in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 

(2011).

PETER BORKON

Partner Oakland 

• Email: pborkon@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4007

• www.bfalaw.com/peter-borkon

Peter Borkon is a partner and Co-Director of Institutional Investor Relations at 

BFA. Over his more than twenty-year career, Peter has prosecuted complex civil 

cases including large-scale securities fraud class actions on behalf of institutional 

and individual investors. In addition to his litigation successes, he maintains a 

counseling practice on issues of financial fraud and fiduciary law.

Peter played a pivotal role in bringing corporate governance claims against 

McKesson Corporation related to its participation in the opioid crisis that is 

gripping the nation. He co-drafted the complaint that in May of 2018 Northern 

District of California Judge Claudia Wilken upheld as demonstrating that any 

demand the board take action to rectify the alleged wrongdoing would be futile. 

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Peter’s other high-profile corporate governance cases include serving as a lead 

team member in the In re Pacific Gas & Electric (San Bruno Explosion) case 

which resulted in a significant payment to the corporation and cutting edge 

corporate governance reforms for the board of directors and operations at the gas 

operating company. 

Peter’s career as an advocate also includes litigating securities class action cases 

like In re Homestore.com Securities Litigation on behalf of the California State 

Teachers Retirement System and Homestore.com investors, in connection with the

company’s 2001 financial fraud. After multiple rounds of motions to dismiss and 

summary judgment Judge Pechman, sitting by designation in the Central District 

of California, approved settlements totaling over $100 million, to resolve claims 

against Homestore.com and its auditor PWC.

Peter also had a key role in prosecuting In re Charles Schwab YieldPlus Fund 

Securities Litigation, on behalf of fund investors. The case alleged that Charles 

Schwab Corporation and the fund's underwriters deceived investors about the 

underlying risk in the fund, which was sold as a cash alternative, but in fact was 

deeply invested in highly speculative and risky mortgage-related structured debt, 

according to the complaint. After three years of intense litigation, including 

dozens of depositions, motions for summary judgment and contentious

negotiations during which Schwab changed counsel, the parties announced a $235 

million settlement. Peter was also the lead lawyer in Nallagonda v. Osiris 

Therapeutics, Inc., spearheading an investigation and prosecution that resulted in 

a 2018 settlement that is valued between 36% and 86% recovery of losses for 

defrauded investors.

Peter also has decades of experience serving institutional investors as an advisor. 

He developed his prior firm’s Portfolio Monitoring and Case Evaluation practice. 

He regularly provides institutional investor clients with educational programs and 

brings his years of teaching experience to every advisory engagement. Peter 

regularly speaks on issues of importance to institutional investors like corporate 

governance, fiduciary duty, open records acts, Environmental Social and 

Governance (ESG) investment and the intersection of those principles with federal 

and state securities laws.

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Peter’s broad involvement in public service through volunteer enterprises includes 

his current service on the San Francisco AIDS Foundation’s Board of Directors 

where he is a member of that Board’s Audit Committee. He is a past Co-Chair of

the AIDS Legal Referral Panel’s Board of Directors and a past Co-Chair of the 

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom’s Judicial Nominations and 

Endorsements Committee. He also is a member and frequently speaks at 

conferences of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA) 

and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS).

Peter is also a Director at the Northern District of California’s Federal Practice 

Program Board, an At-Large Member of the Ninth Circuit’s Circuit Executive 

Committee and a past Co-Chair of the Lawyer Representatives of the Northern 

District of California to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (2017).

Peter holds degrees from DePauw University (1992), the Southern Illinois 

University School of Law (1996) and a Certification in Corporate Governance 

from the Institute for Executive Education at New York University School of 

Law.

Peter is admitted to practice in Illinois (1996) and California (2001), the U.S. 

Supreme Court (2003), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2001) and 

Third Circuit (2017), and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of

California (2001), the Central District of California (2001), the Northern District 

of Illinois (2009), the District of Colorado (2003), the Eastern District of 

Wisconsin (2003), and the Western District of Wisconsin (2003).

Nancy A. Kulesa

Partner New York

• Email: nkulesa@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1343

• www.bfalaw.com/nancy-kulesa

Nancy Kulesa has extensive experience in complex litigation in federal and state 

courts, including securities litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

of 1974 (ERISA) litigation, consumer fraud litigation, mergers and acquisitions 

cases and antitrust litigation.

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Nancy represents public pension funds, Taft-Hartley funds, and other institutional 

investors in securities class actions and derivative litigation. She has nearly two 

decades of assisting clients in identifying material losses in their securities 

portfolios caused by corporate wrongdoing. Nancy consults with institutional 

investors to help them monitor litigation and to evaluate opportunities for 

recovery. She also assists clients in evaluating whether to pursue an opt-out and 

in determining whether such action is likely to maximize recovery.

Nancy has been counsel in numerous high-profile securities fraud litigations 

which have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for shareholders including:

• In re CIT Group Securities Litigation, 1:08-06613 (S.D.N.Y.) ($75 million)

• Klugmann v. American Capital Ltd., 09-cv-0005 (D. Md.) ($18 million)

• In re Nuvelo, Inc. Securities Litigation, 07-cv-4056 (N.D. Cal.) ($8.9 

million)

• Bauer v. Prudential, Inc., 09-cv-1120 (JLL) (D. NJ) ($16.5 million)

• Carlson v. Xerox Corporation, 3:00CV01621 (ATW) (D Conn) ($750 

million)

• Fragala v. 500.com Ltd., 2:15-cv-01463-MMM (C.D. Cal.) ($2.5 million)

Nancy represented a Taft-Hartley Fund in the historic settlement with TwentyFirst Century Fox, Inc., regarding allegations surrounding workplace harassment 

incidents at Fox News which resulted in a $90 million derivative settlement and 

wide-ranging corporate governance reforms at the company.

Nancy has also represented consumers in complex, class action litigation 

involving false advertising and defective product claims including serving as 

court-appointed Lead Counsel in Logan Landes, et al, v. Sony Mobile 

Communications, et al., 17-cv-02264-JFB-SIL (EDNY) which resulted in 

settlement relief to consumers valued at over $6 million. In that litigation, the 

Honorable Joseph F. Bianco recognized the high quality of her work, “The quality 

of the representation, as I noted, has been extremely high, not just in terms of the 

favorable outcome in terms of the substance of the settlement, but in terms of the 

diligence and the hard work that has gone into producing that outcome.

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Prior to joining BFA, Nancy was a partner at a well-established national securities 

litigation firm where she represented investors in securities class actions and 

created and directed the firm’s Portfolio Monitoring Services practice. Nancy has 

experience in representing corporations seeking antitrust clearance of mergers and 

acquisitions and has also handled commercial litigation matters and contractual 

disputes.

Nancy frequently speaks on topics related to securities litigation and investor 

rights at educational forums for public pension funds and Taft-Hartley funds.

She is a member of the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement 

Systems (“NCPERS”), International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans 

(“IFEBP”), Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems 

(“TEXPERS”), Florida Public Pensions Trustees Association (“FPPTA”), 

Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (“MAPERS”) and 

Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (“IPFFA”). Nancy serves as an Officer 

to the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys (NASCAT) as 

Treasurer.

ERIN WOODS

Partner New York

• Email: ewoods@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1353

• www.bfalaw.com/erin-woods

Erin Woods leads the Firm’s outreach to institutional investors in the United 

States, advising public pension funds and other entities on securities, antitrust, and 

consumer litigation. She also is a member of the Firm’s U.S. Case Evaluation 

team.

Erin has more than ten years of experience in securities law and the class action 

industry. Prior to joining BFA, Erin was a Director of Business Development for 

the Garden City Group, where she provided both plaintiff and defense counsel 

comprehensive, accurate, and practical approaches to class action and mass tort 

settlement administration.

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Erin worked with the BFA attorneys as an associate at Labaton Sucharow LLP

prior to joining the Garden City Group, litigating securities class actions such 

as In re Celestica Inc. Securities Litigation ($30 million settlement); In re 

NovaGold Resources Inc. Securities Litigation ($26.6 million cross-border 

settlement) – at the time the largest ever class recovery under Canada’s securities 

laws; and two related cases against OppenheimerFunds ($100 million settlement).

Erin earned a B.A. from Villanova University and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law 

School (2008). She is admitted to practice in New York (2009), the U.S. Courts of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2010) and Second Circuit (2011), and the U.S. 

District Court for the Southern District of New York (2009). She also is a member 

of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA), the American 

Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association.

KENDRA SCHRAMM

Of Counsel New York

• Email: kschramm@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1358 

• www.bfalaw.com/kendra-schramm

Kendra Schramm is a highly valued litigator with more than six years of 

experience prosecuting complex securities class actions. Kendra is a key member 

of the Firm’s Non-U.S. Litigation and Claims Filing teams. She also assists the 

Client Reporting and Data Analysis team in assessing clients’ loss exposure in 

both domestic and international matters.

Kendra acts as liaison counsel to institutional investors in securities and 

investment-related actions across the globe – including in Australia, Europe, and 

Japan. She provides highly pragmatic advice to sophisticated clients on the risks 

of participation in these cases, which often require a formal decision to pursue a 

claim. She is instrumental to BFA’s outreach to institutional clients outside the 

United States. In addition, Kendra recently co-authored "A Look at Shareholder 

Remedies in Japan” in Law360, commenting on the evolving Japanese litigation 

regime.

Prior to joining the Firm, Kendra was an associate at Labaton Sucharow LLP, 

where she was a member of the team that recovered more than $1 billion in total 

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settlements in the landmark securities class action against American International 

Group and numerous related defendants. She also was instrumental in prosecuting 

the complex securities litigation against the Federal National Mortgage 

Association (Fannie Mae), which successfully alleged that investors’ losses were 

caused by the defendants’ misstatements and misconduct, rather than the recent 

financial crisis, and recovered $170 million.

Kendra earned a B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law 

School (2011), where she was an Associate Managing Editor of the Journal of 

Law & Policy. During law school, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable 

Elizabeth S. Stong, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge for the Eastern District of New 

York. She is admitted to practice in New York (2012), New Jersey (2012), the 

U.S. Supreme Court (2014), and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District 

of New York (2012) and the District of New Jersey (2012).

ROSS SHIKOWITZ

Of Counsel New York

• Email: rshikowitz@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1349

• www.bfalaw.com/ross-shikowitz

For nearly a decade, Ross Shikowitz has been advising many of the world’s 

largest and most sophisticated institutional investors concerning their rights and 

potential legal claims arising out of securities-related matters. He is a senior 

member of the firm’s Client Monitoring and Case Evaluation Group in which he, 

together with a team of attorneys and financial analysts, develops and 

recommends legal strategies to the firm’s clients. For his dedication to investors, 

Ross has consistently been named by Super Lawyers as a New York “Rising Star” 

in the area of securities litigation. 

Prior to joining the firm, Ross was an associate at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & 

Grossmann LLP where he was a senior member of its New Matter Department.

Ross was also an instrumental member of the litigation teams responsible for 

recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of injured investors that were 

misled when purchasing residential mortgage-backed securities. He also served as 

a member of the litigation team prosecuting the securities fraud class action 

against Volkswagen, which resulted in a recovery of $48 million for investors in

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Volkswagen American Depositary Receipts. Ross also served as a member of the 

team litigating the securities class action concerning GT Advanced Technologies, 

which has resulted in $36.7 million in recoveries to-date.

Ross earned a B.A., cum laude, from Skidmore College, and an M.A. from 

Indiana University-Bloomington. He earned a J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn law 

School (2010) where he worked as a research assistant to Brooklyn Law School 

Professor of Law Emeritus Norman Poser, a widely respected expert in 

international and domestic securities regulation. He also served as a judicial intern 

to the Honorable Brian M. Cogan of the Eastern District of New York, a legal 

intern for the Major Narcotics Investigations Bureau of the Kings Country District 

Attorney’s Office, and a summer associate at a prominent defense firm.

SARA SIMNOWITZ

Special Counsel New York

• Email: ssimnowitz@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 2309

• www.bfalaw.com/sara-simnowitz

Sara Simnowitz has focused her practice in complex commercial and securities 

litigation for fifteen years and brings significant trial experience to the Firm. 

Sara is dedicated to prosecuting securities, antitrust, and consumer fraud class 

actions on behalf of institutional, municipal, and individual clients. Sara draws on

her extensive litigation experience while playing a key role in prosecuting each of 

the firm’s antitrust and consumer cases, including In re Inductors Antitrust 

Litigation; In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation; In re 

German Automotive Manufacturers Antitrust Litigation; In re Chrysler-DodgeJeep EcoDiesel Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability; In re 

Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability 

Litig.; In re Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation; In re Packaged Seafood 

Antitrust Litigation; and In re Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation.

Before joining BFA, Sara was a senior associate at Arnold & Porter LLP, where 

she focused on complex commercial litigation. She previously practiced at Heller 

Ehrman LLP in New York and Foley Hoag LLP in Massachusetts, where she 

focused on complex commercial and securities litigation.

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Sara earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Brandeis University, a J.D. from the 

University of Chicago Law School (2001), and an M.A. from the London School

of Economics and Political Science (2002). She is admitted to practice in 

Massachusetts (2002), New York (2006), the U.S. Supreme Court (2008), the U.S. 

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (2003), and the U.S. District Courts for the 

District of Massachusetts (2002), the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 

(2006), and the Western District of New York (2008).

ANNE DAVIS

Associate Oakland

• Email: adavis@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4016 

• www.bfalaw.com/anne-davis

Anne Davis joined BFA in 2018. She has a decade of experience litigating 

complex matters in both federal and state courts, including the courts of 

California, Delaware, and Kansas. She focuses her practice on complex 

investigations and litigation of antitrust, consumer, and securities matters.

Anne plays a key role in litigating In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User 

Profile Litigation and In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation; as well as a member of 

the In re German Automotive Manufacturers Antitrust Litigation and In re 

Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation teams. She recently co-authored 

That’s The Ticket – Game On For Plaintiffs Challenging Suppression of the 

Market For Football Broadcasts for the September edition of the Antitrust, UCL 

and Privacy Section E-Brief for California Lawyer’s Association, and The 

Interplay of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and U.S. 

E-Discovery—One Year Later, the View Remains the Same, which was published 

in the Spring 2019 edition of Competition.

Prior to joining BFA, Anne served as a Principal Counsel for Sales Practice 

Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory (FINRA), where she, as 

appropriate, brought charges and negotiated resolutions or litigated formal actions

pertaining to violations of FINRA, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 

(SEC), and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules, and the 

federal securities laws by registered individuals and FINRA member firms. 

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Before FINRA, she was a senior associate at Morrison & Foerster, LLP, where 

she specialized in securities litigation and enforcement, complex civil litigation, 

and internal investigations. She also maintained a pro bono practice involving 

Title IX compliance in California public schools, litigation on behalf of prisoners 

asserting Section 1983 excessive force claims, and asylum claims.

Anne earned a B.A. with honors from DePaul University (2002), a M.A. (Political 

Science) from the University of Michigan (2006), and a J.D. from the University 

of Michigan Law School (2008). She is admitted to practice in California (2009), 

and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern (2010), Central (2011) and Eastern 

(2014) Districts of California and the Eastern District of Michigan (2019).

EVAN KUBOTA

Associate

New York

• Email: ekubota@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1347

• www.bfalaw.com/evan-kubota

Evan brings substantial experience in all stages of litigation, from pre-suit 

investigation and strategic advice through motion practice, discovery, trial, and 

appeal. His experience includes complex securities and derivative actions,

bankruptcy confirmation and adversary proceedings, and regulatory 

investigations. Evan currently plays a key role in litigating Alexandre Pelletier v. 

Endo International PLC, et al. and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, et al v. 

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. et al.

He has taken and defended numerous depositions, worked closely with damages 

and industry experts, and participated in several trials.

Prior to joining BFA, Evan was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & 

Garrison LLP for nine years, where he litigated high-profile matters on behalf of 

financial institutions and issuers in a variety of industries. Representative matters 

include plaintiff's counsel in breach of contract, fraud and civil RICO litigations

against a distressed insurance company; debtor's counsel in a leading media 

company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which eliminated over $1 billion in debt; and 

the defense of numerous RMBS-related litigations, arbitrations, and investigations 

in the wake of the financial crisis.

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Evan earned a B.A. cum laude from the University of Florida in 2007, and a J.D. 

cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2010. Evan is admitted to practice in New 

York (2011) and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of

New York (2011).

THAYNE STODDARD

Associate New York

• Email: tstoddard@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1355 

• www.bfalaw.com/thayne-stoddard

Thayne Stoddard is a capable litigator with experience in all aspects of litigation, 

including investigating and drafting claims, briefing dispositive and other 

motions, coordinating discovery efforts, and preparing for and attending trial. At 

BFA, Thayne primarily prosecutes complex securities fraud cases on behalf of 

institutional investors.

Prior to joining BFA, Thayne was an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP for over 

three years and represented clients in numerous securities class action, complex 

commercial, shareholder, and bankruptcy cases.

Thayne earned a B.A. from Yale University in 2007, a J.D. from Duke University 

School of Law in 2014, and a M.A. from Duke University in 2014. Thayne is 

admitted to practice in New York (2015) and the U.S. District Court for the 

Southern District of New York (2016).

NICHOLAS DENNANY

Associate New York

• Email: ndennany@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1354 

• www.bfalaw.com/nicholas-dennany

Nicholas Dennany is a member of the Firm’s U.S. Case Evaluation and U.S. 

Securities Litigation teams. He has more than a decade of litigation experience, 

with specific expertise in discovery matters and managing large-scale electronic 

document reviews. Nick has been responsible for both the legal and technical 

aspects of the discovery process, and has routinely overseen production and 

receipt of electronic discovery in major securities actions.

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He was a member of the team that prosecuted Genworth Financial in the 

notoriously fast-paced jurisdiction of the Eastern District of Virginia. The case 

alleged that the defendants misled investors about the true state of the company’s 

deteriorating long-term care business. BFA recovered $219 million for investors –

the largest ever class action settlement in Virginia.

Nick was also a key contributor to the Firm’s success in MF Global, in connection 

with the company’s dramatic collapse on October 31, 2011. The plaintiffs secured 

several settlements totaling more than $234 million, resolving claims against MF 

Global’s former officers and directors, several underwriter defendants, and MF 

Global’s outside auditor. 

Prior to joining the Firm, Nick worked with many of the attorneys now at BFA

while at Labaton Sucharow LLP, where he was a member of the team that 

successfully prosecuted securities claims In re Broadcom Corp. Securities 

Litigation ($173.5 million settlement) and In re NovaGold Resources Inc. 

Securities Litigation ($26.6 million settlement).

Nick earned a B.A., cum laude, from the University of Florida and a J.D. from the 

University of Florida, Levin College of Law (2004). He is admitted to practice in 

New York (2006). 

JOSHUA SAMRA

Associate Oakland

• Email: jsamra@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4017

• www.bfalaw.com/joshua-samra

Joshua Samra is an associate in the Firm’s Antitrust and Consumer practice group.

Josh currently plays a significant role in the In re: Facebook, Inc. Consumer 

Privacy User Profile Litigation.

Prior to joining BFA, Josh was a Deputy District Attorney in Contra Costa 

County. As a Deputy District Attorney, Josh oversaw all parts of criminal 

prosecutions, including filing complaints, preparing and arguing motions, 

interviewing witnesses, trying cases before a jury, and litigating post-trial appeals. 

During his time in the District Attorney’s office, Josh prosecuted ten jury trials to 

verdict.

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Josh earned his B.A. from the University of California Berkeley (2013) and his 

J.D. from the University of California Los Angeles (2016), where he served as an 

Associate Editor for the UCLA Law Review. Josh is admitted to practice in 

California (2016) and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern (2019) and Central 

Districts of California (2019) and the Eastern District of Michigan (2019).

ANGELICA ORNELAS

Associate Oakland

• Email: aornelas@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4011

• www.bfalaw.com/angelica-ornelas

Angelica has substantial experience litigating class actions and other complex 

matters in federal courts across the country. Prior to joining BFA, Angelica was 

an associate at Girard Sharp, where she specialized in consumer protection and 

financial products litigation. While at Girard Sharp, Angelica served as co-class 

counsel in Prather v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., representing individuals who 

received illegal automated calls and text messages from the bank. Angelica was 

also a member of the litigation team in Daccache v. Raymond James Financial, 

Inc., brought on behalf of victims of the Jay Peak investment fraud—the largest in 

the history of the EB-5 visa program—and Larson v. John Hancock Life 

Insurance Company (U.S.A), a certified class action alleging that John Hancock 

improperly inflated cost of insurance charges deducted from its customers’ life 

insurance policies. 

Before Girard Sharp, Angelica was a Fellow at the California Monitor Program, a 

program of the California Attorney General, where she worked closely with 

Congresswoman Katie Porter to ensure that the nation’s five largest mortgage 

servicers delivered the relief Senator Kamala Harris negotiated for Californians as 

part of the landmark $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement. 

Angelica earned an undergraduate degree from UC Los Angeles and completed a 

master’s program at San José State University before receiving her law degree 

from UC Berkeley. After law school, she clerked for the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California and the United States Bankruptcy 

Court for the District of Nevada.

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Angelica is an active member of the Sedona Conference, Working Group 1 on 

Electronic Document Retention and Production. She recently presented at the 

California Employment Lawyers Association’s Electronic Discovery Seminar on 

topics involving collection and production of electronically stored information and 

advanced search methodologies. Angelica is also a member of the Federal Bar 

Association and a Mentor for Centro Legal de la Raza’s Youth Law Academy. 

She has been selected as a Northern California Rising Star every year since 2017

and was recently named to The National Trial Lawyers’ list of “Top 40 Under 40 

Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in California.”

FREDERICK WILLIAM 

GREEN

Senior Projects Associate

New York

• Email: wgreen@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1348 

• www.bfalaw.com/frederick-green

Frederick William Green (‘Will”) joined the firm in 2014 and is currently a Senior 

Projects Associate. Will recently contributed to the Firm’s discovery efforts in In 

re Genworth Financial Inc. Securities Litigation, managing the staff attorney 

discovery team from inception to settlement. The case alleged that Genworth, the 

largest seller of long-term care insurance in the U.S., misled investors about the 

true state of its deteriorating long-term care business. On May 1, 2015, U.S. 

District Judge James R. Spencer denied defendants’ motion to dismiss. The parties 

reached a settlement of $219 million, establishing a record for securities litigations 

in the Eastern District of Virginia.

Will received a B.A. from Union College (2009) and a J.D. from Washington 

University in St. Louis (2013). Will is admitted to practice in New York (2015)

and in Massachusetts (2013).

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FRANKLYN WILLIAMS

Senior Projects Associate New York

• Email: fwilliams@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1357 

• www.bfalaw.com/franklynwilliams

Franklyn Williams brings nearly a decade of legal experience to his role as a 

Senior Projects Associate. As a Senior Projects Associate, Franklyn is an integral 

part of the team currently litigating Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board, et al 

v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. et al, which alleges that Teva fraudulently 

misled investors about its U.S. generics business, its financial performance, and its 

participation in a widespread generic drugs antitrust conspiracy. Prior to joining 

BFA, Franklyn served as a Team Leader on a variety of complex litigation. He 

was also contracted to serve as part of the team at Robbins Geller Rudman & 

Dowd that litigated Beaver County Emps’ Ret. Fund v. Tile Shop Holdings, Inc., 

resulting in a $9.5 million recovery.

Franklyn received his J.D. in 2006 from Boston University School of Law where 

he served as the Editor in Chief of the Boston University International Law 

Journal and participated in the Civil Litigation Clinic. Franklyn earned his BA in 

2003 from Cornell University with a minor in Law & Society and majors in both 

government and philosophy. While attending Cornell, Franklyn externed with 

Judge Patricia Anne Williams of the Bronx County Supreme Court and summer 

interned with both NYC HRA Bureau of Fraud Investigation and NYC ACS Legal 

Division.

Franklyn is admitted to practice in New York (2008) and New Jersey (2007).

JANELLE MOODY

Projects Associate Oakland

• Email: jmoody@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4006

• www.bfalaw.com/janelle-moody

Janelle Moody joined the firm in 2016 and is currently a Projects Associate in 

BFA’s Oakland office. Janelle brings extensive experience in all phases of 

litigation to the Firm. She currently plays a significant role in managing discovery 

in the In re Inductors Antitrust Litigation and In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer

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Privacy User Profile Litigation. Her role of providing strategic discovery advice

was integral in the negotiation of electronic discovery issues in the In rе ChryslerDodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Litigation.

Janelle earned her J.D. from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark 

College (1997) and is admitted to practice in California (2003) and Oregon 

(1998).

KATHERINE SULLIVAN

Projects Associate Oakland

• Email: ksullivan@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4014

• www.bfalaw.com/katherinesullivan

Katherine Sullivan (‘Kasey”) joined the firm in 2016 and is currently a Projects 

Associate in BFA’s Oakland office. Kasey brings nearly two decades of 

experience to BFA. She currently plays a significant role in managing third party

discovery in the In re Domestic Airlines Travel Antitrust Litigation and In re 

Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation. 

Kasey earned her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law (1999), and is

admitted to practice in California (2000).

SYLVIA SUM

Staff Associate Oakland

• Email: ssum@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 445 4003

• www.bfalaw.com/sylvia-sum

Sylvia Sum joined the firm in 2016, and is a staff associate at BFA’s Oakland 

office where she focuses on prosecuting consumer and anti-trust class actions.

Sylvia brings over twenty years of experience to BFA. She has played a 

meaningful role in litigating several matters including In re Volkswagen “Clean 

Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation; In re 

Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep EcoDiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products 

Liability Litigation; and In re German Automotive Manufacturers Antitrust 

Litigation. In each of these litigations Sylvia’s German language skills have been 

critical in analyzing the evidence underlying plaintiffs’ claims.

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Sylvia earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law (1997), and is admitted to 

practice in California (2000) and Oregon (1997).

GLEN TSURUDOME

Staff Associate Oakland

• Email: gtsurudome@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 415 789 1348 

• www.bfalaw.com/glen-tsurudome

Glen Tsurudome joined BFA’s Oakland office in 2019 where he is currently a 

Staff Associate. Glen brings over a decade of experience to his role as staff 

associate at BFA’s Oakland office where he focuses on prosecuting consumer and 

antitrust class actions. Glen is a key member of the team litigating the In re 

Inductors Antitrust Litigation where his Japanese language skills have played a 

critical role in investigating plaintiffs’ claims.

Glen received a B.A. (2005) from the University of California, San Diego and a 

J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law (2005). Glen has also 

completed the Yamasa Institute Academic Intensive Japanese Program (2012).

Glen is admitted to practice in California (2005).

Tracey Sheak

Marketing Director New York

• Email: tsheak@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 1356

• www.bfalaw.com/tracey-sheak

Tracey is actively involved in the firm’s plans and presentations at industry 

events, conferences, and organizations including the National Conference on 

Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), International Foundation of 

Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP), as well as many state pension associations, 

including Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Florida, Georgia and Illinois.

A seasoned marketing professional, Tracey has nearly two decades of experience 

working closely with attorneys and assisting them to expand and enhance the 

firm’s outreach. She also works with firm leadership on a variety of strategic 

initiatives to further the firm’s leading brand and market position.

Outside the firm, Tracey is a successful entrepreneur and founder and president of 

a high-quality cosmetic and medicinal herbal product line. She has been involved 

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in her communities for many years, volunteering time with organizations 

including Massachusetts Special Olympics, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp SCUBA 

Experience, and St. Vincent De Paul warming shelters along with many local and 

global environmental and humanitarian initiatives. Tracey resides in Connecticut 

where she raised her family and still enjoys many outdoor sports and activities 

along the shore.

CHRISTOHER 

CAPUOZZO

Senior Data Analyst

New York

• Email: ccapuozzo@bfalaw.com

• Tel: +1 212 789 2307

• www.bfalaw.com/christophercapuozzo

Christopher Capuozzo has over a decade of experience in the securities class 

action filed. Chris is a member of the Firm’s Client Reporting and Data Analysis 

team, contributing to BFA’s Global Investment Monitoring Program and 

analyzing clients’ loss exposure to financial fraud across the global marketplace. 

He also is a member of the Firm’s Claims Filing team, and is instrumental in the 

preparation of claim documents on behalf of eligible clients. His financial analysis 

assists in the identification and evaluation of potential opportunities for the Firm’s 

clients to serve as lead plaintiff, participate in direct actions, join actions outside 

the United States, and recover from settled matters.

Prior to joining BFA, Chris was a Data Analytics Manager at Labaton Sucharow 

LLP, where he managed a team of analysts providing portfolio monitoring 

services to the firm’s client base, and also a Research Analyst at the Goal Group 

of Companies, a global leader in class action recovery services. Chris began his 

career at the Garden City Group, a prominent claims administrator, where he 

processed electronically filed claims from leading financial institutions.

For more information, please visit:

www.bfalaw.com

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