Background
Klafter, Jeffrey A. was born on January 16, 1955 in New York, New York, United States.
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Jeffrey A. Klafter
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Syracuse University (B.S, Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Rutgers University (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Career
Worked at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann (New York, New York) specializing in Commercial Litigation including Securities, Antitrust, Consumer Fraud and Employment Discrimination, Class and Derivative Actions in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1980, New York, United States. District Court, Southern District of New New York
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1992, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Eta Kappa Nu.
Tau Beta Pi. Associate Editor, Rutgers Camden Law Journal, 1978-1979. Author: Berkey Photo, Incorporated. v.
Eastman Kodak Company: The Predisclosure RequirementsA New Remedy Foreign Predatory Marketing of Product Innovations," 10 Rutgers-Camden Law Journal, Number. 2, 1979. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Securities Regulation).
New York State (Business, Antitrust Law Section) and American (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Antitrust Law and Litigation. Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits) Bar Associations. National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys.
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann Limited Liability Partnership prosecutes class and private actions nationwide on behalf of individual and institutional clients.
The firm"s litigation practice is principally in the areas of securities class actions in federal and state courts, corporate governance litigation including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations, as well as in prosecuting complex consumer claims, violations of federal anti-discrimination law and toxic tort litigation. In those cases where we have served as either lead counsel or as a member of plaintiffs" executive committee, the firm has recovered sums approaching two billion dollars, often successfully advancing novel and socially beneficial principles.
In this connection, we have developed important new law in the areas in which we litigate. We also handle, on behalf of major institutional clients and lenders, more general complex commercial litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, accountants" liability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and negligence.
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Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Securities Regulation). New York State (Business, Antitrust Law Section) and American (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law. Antitrust Law and Litigation.
Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits) Bar Associations.
National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys.
