Background
Litowitz, Ronald was born on June 23, 1939 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States.
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Ronald Litowitz
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Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
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, 1965, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
1967, New York, United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and United States. Court of Appeals, Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits.
1986, United States. Supreme Court. Editor, Annual Survey of American Law, 1963-1964.
John Norton Pomeroy Scholar.
Member: American Bar Association. Federal Bar Council (Member, Federal Courts Committee, 1983-1985). 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: American Bar Association. Federal Bar Council (Member, Federal Courts Committee, 1983-1985).
