Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.

Law Firm Overview

Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. ("DKR") specializes in complex  clients in complex commercial disputes, stockbroker misconduct   claims , debtor and creditor rights cases, and class actions , as well as commercial litigation with an emphasis on securities arbitration and litigation (representing investors in cases involving stockbroker misconduct) and plaintiff-side class-action litigation.

General Commercial Litigation: Messrs. Dimond, Kaplan, and Rothstein have extensive experience litigating general commercial matters, including complex cases involving breach of contract, telecommunications, lender liability, commercial foreclosure, insurance, contests for corporate control, real estate and land use, landlord-tenant disputes, environmental issues, non-compete agreements, personal injury, premises liability, legal and accounting malpractice, construction defects, corporate compliance, creditor's rights, entertainment and sports law, defamation, franchise litigation, intellectual property, officers' and directors' liability, RICO and fraud, collections, charitable pledges, and bankruptcy proceedings. DKR's partners have litigated in state and federal courts, bankruptcy courts, private arbitration forums, and state and federal appellate courts.

Securities Arbitration and Litigation: The Firm's partners have extensive experience in the securities arbitration and litigation arena, both in the representation of individual and institutional investors against brokerage firms and also in the representation of brokerage firms accused of misconduct. Mr. Dimond spent the first five-and-one-half years of his career with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, one of the nation's largest law firms, defending securities arbitration claims on behalf of large brokerage firms such as Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and Oppenheimer & Co. Since 1999, however, Mr. Dimond has limited his securities practice to the representation of investors bringing claims for broker misconduct. Since 1997, Mr. Kaplan similarly has limited his securities practice exclusively to representing investors bringing claims for broker misconduct. Mr. Kaplan also has internal brokerage- firm experience, having worked for Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., where he developed asset allocation models and investment proposals for high-net-worth individuals. Mr. Dimond, Mr. Kaplan, and DKR's other lawyers collectively have assisted in the recovery of in excess of $20,000,000 on behalf of individual and corporate investors.

Class-Action Litigation: DKR also possesses broad-ranging and in-depth class-action experience, both in the defense and prosecution of such claims. Mr. Rothstein has participated in a variety of class actions, including a RICO-based class action involving the recovery of in excess of $6 million on behalf of a class of investors who fell victim to a Ponzi scheme. Mr. Dimond defended numerous class actions during his years with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, and has been involved in the successful prosecution of several class-action claims as a partner with Hanzman & Criden, P.A. Such successful claims include the recovery of approximately $50,000,000 in value on behalf of customers of Sears, Roebuck and Co. as a result of alleged improprieties in the sale of credit insurance by Sears and Allstate Insurance Company. Collectively, Messrs. Dimond and Rothstein have participated in a broad range of national class actions involving securities, insurance, monopolistic and anti-competitive conduct, RICO, the Truth-in-Lending Act, and other consumer-protection statutes.

DKR Fees and Creative-Fee Arrangements: In certain cases the Firm has arranged creative fee structures in order to best serve varying clients' needs. Indeed, while many of DKR's cases are handled on a purely billable-fee basis or purely contingency-fee basis, the Firm has structured a number of hybrid fee arrangements whereby clients pay a reduced hourly rate coupled with a reduced contingency fee upon the successful resolution of a case. The Firm believes that such arrangements often can provide a client with the maximum combination of value and contingency incentivization.

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Deceptive Trade Practices
• Bad Faith Insurance
• Banking & Finance Law
• Foreclosure & Alternatives
• Lending & Secured Transactions
• Bankruptcy Law
• Collections & Repossessions
• Creditors' Rights
• Business & Commercial Law
• Consumer Protection
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Franchising
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Business Organizations
• Corporate Governance
• Directors' & Officers' Liability
• Dissolution
• Shareholders' Rights
• Class Actions -- Plaintiff
• Collections
• Communications & Media Law
• Construction Law
• Housing & Construction Defects
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employee Rights -- Employee
• Employment Contracts -- Employee
• Sexual Harassment -- Employee
• Wrongful Termination -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Employee Rights -- Employer
• Employment Contracts -- Employer
• Wage & Hour Laws -- Employer
• Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law
• Entertainment
• Sports
• Environmental Law
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Insurance Law
• Bad Faith
• Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance
• Errors & Omissions Insurance
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Labor Law
• Wage & Hour Laws
• Litigation & Appeals
• Class Actions
• Complex Litigation
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Trial Practice
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Legal Malpractice
• Other Professionals Malpractice
• Real Estate Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• Patents
• Securities Law
• Whistleblower/Qui Tam
• Medical Malpractice
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

West Practice Categories

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Car Accident, Class Actions, Collections, Communications & Media, Construction, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor-Creditor, Employment, Employment Law -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure, Environmental, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Franchising, Housing & Construction Defects, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor, Land Use & Zoning, Legal Malpractice, Litigation & Appeals, Medical Malpractice, Patents, Personal Injury, Probate & Estate Administration, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Securities, Whistleblower-Qui Tam