MARC A. TOPAZ, a partner of the firm, received his law degree from Temple University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Temple Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He also received his Master of Law (L.L.M.) in taxation from the New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the New York University Tax Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Topaz oversees the firm’s derivative, transactional and case development departments. In this regard, Mr. Topaz has been heavily involved in all of the firm’s cases related to the subprime mortgage crisis, including cases seeking recovery on behalf of shareholders in companies affected by the subprime crisis, as well as cases seeking recovery for 401K plan participants that have suffered losses in their retirement plans. Mr. Topaz has also played an instrumental role in the firm’s option backdating litigation. These cases, which are pled mainly as derivative claims or as securities law violations, have served as an important vehicle both for re-pricing erroneously issued options and providing for meaningful corporate governance changes. In his capacity as the firm’s department leader of case initiation and development, Mr. Topaz has been involved in many of the firm’s most prominent cases, including In re Initial Public Offering Sec. Litig., Master File No. 21 MC 92(SAS) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 12, 2002); Wanstrath v. Doctor R. Crants, et al., No. 99-1719-111 (Tenn. Chan. Ct., 20th Judicial District, 1999); In re Tyco International, Ltd. Sec. Lit., No. 02-1335-B (D.N.H. 2002) (settled — $3.2 billion); and virtually all of the 80 options backdating cases in which the firm is serving as Lead or Co-Lead Counsel. Mr. Topaz has played an important role in the firm’s focus on remedying breaches of fiduciary duties by corporate officers and directors and improving corporate governance practices of corporate defendants.

Marc Topaz
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