Law Firm Overview

Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP prosecutes class and private actions nationwide on behalf of individual and institutional clients. Since our founding in 1983, we have obtained many of the largest monetary recoveries in history and achieved precedent-setting corporate governance reforms on behalf of our clients.

As a result of our accomplishments, the firm and our attorneys have been the subject of feature articles in BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, The American Lawyer , and The National Law Journal , among others, and the firm was named to The National Law Journal's "Plaintiff's Hot List" - a listing of the top plaintiff firms in the country.

We specialize in the litigation of securities class, derivative and direct actions in federal and state courts; corporate governance litigation, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations; prosecuting violations of federal and state anti-discrimination laws and vindication of employee rights; and consumer claims. 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. (See our practice areas for more detail.)

The firm represents more public pension funds and other institutional investors than any other plaintiffs' firm in the country. To that end, we provide comprehensive asset protection services by monitoring portfolios and thoroughly investigating potential securities claims. Our rigorous investigation and case analysis is essential to helping our clients decide which cases to bring and which cases not to bring.

We have also prosecuted some of the most significant employment discrimination, civil rights and consumer protection cases on record. Equally important, the firm has advanced novel and beneficial principles by developing important new law in the areas in which we litigate.

A distinguished group of trial-tested litigators, BLB&G has repeatedly earned high praise from courts across the nation, and is well-respected by the defense firms and insurance carriers whom we face in court and across the negotiating table.

Over twenty years of growth and change, the firm has remained committed to litigating with the highest level of excellence and integrity and to protecting victims of corporate wrongdoing and workplace discrimination where the government's regulatory bodies do not. Particularly today, when our country's capital markets are being besieged by corporate scandals of unprecedented proportions and trillions of dollars have been lost, our litigation has become essential for victims of corporate wrongdoing to recover their losses.

Areas of Practice

• Antitrust
• Consumer Fraud
• Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights
• Derivatives and Specialty Investment Products
• Distressed Debt and Bankruptcy
• Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights
• ERISA Fraud
• False Claims - Qui Tam
• Patent Infringement and Protection
• Securities Fraud

West Practice Categories

Antitrust Law, Consumer Protection, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Shareholders' Rights, Civil Rights, Criminal Fraud, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employment Discrimination -- Employee, Family Law, Insurance Law, Patents, Securities Law, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading