Press Releases

San Diego, CA – Cornerstone Research has released its Securities Class Action Settlements 2011 Review and Analysis, showing that Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) has again obtained significantly more recoveries for its clients than any other firm.

SAN DIEGO – California Lawyer has just named Randall J. Baron and A. Rick Atwood, Jr. as 2012 California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (“CLAY”). The award recognizes lawyers who made the greatest impact in their practice area in the past year.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) announced today that former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Jason A. Forge, has joined the firm, adding to the firm’s deep bench, which includes dozens of former federal and state prosecutors and SEC lawyers. Partner Paul Geller noted that the hiring is in line with the firm’s litigation philosophy: “Jason's experience trying complex fraud cases to juries enabled him to hit the ground running the day he joined us."

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) announced today the opening of a Chicago office managed by former federal prosecutor Jim Barz. The announcement comes in the wake of Robbins Geller’s $200 million recovery for shareholders in Silverman v. Motorola, Inc., No. 07-cv-4507, a securities fraud class action pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The proposed settlement, which remains subject to court approval, was achieved as the parties were preparing for an April 2012 trial.

San Diego, CA – Cornerstone Research’s recently released 2011 Year in Review analyzed the performance of plaintiffs firms for the first time and determined that Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) has significantly outperformed rival firms.

September 22, 2011 – Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”), co-lead counsel in the litigation entitled In re Morgan Stanley Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Litigation, Case No. 1:09-cv-02137-LTS, today announced that on Thursday, September 15, 2011, the court issued an order on defendants’ motion to dismiss, denying the motion in many respects. An amended complaint must be filed by September 30, 2011.