15 Pomerantz Attorneys Honored as Lawdragon’s Top 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers for 2022

Pomerantz is honored that fifteen of the Firm’s attorneys were named by Lawdragon to their list of the top 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers for 2022. "They’re tough, they’re rough," according to Lawdragon, “[serving on] the front lines for investors who’ve lost millions, individuals who’ve had their data stolen and small businesses who’ve been bamboozled by financial predators."

The Pomerantz Partners and Senior Counsel so recognized are:

Gustavo F. Bruckner

Patrick V. Dahlstrom

Emma Gilmore

Marc I. Gross

Stanley M. Grossman

Michael Grunfeld

Jeremy A. Lieberman

Jennifer Pafiti

Joshua B. Silverman

Brenda Szydlo

Matthew L. Tuccillo

Austin P. Van

Murielle Steven Walsh

Tamar A. Weinrib

Michael J. Wernke

 Founded in 1936 by Abe Pomerantz, the legendary “dean of the class action bar,” Pomerantz is the oldest law firm in the world dedicated to representing defrauded investors. For over 85 years, Pomerantz has shaped the law, winning landmark decisions that have expanded investor rights and initiated historic corporate governance reform. The Firm has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors, with many settlements breaking previously held records. In 2021 and 2022, The Legal 500 ranked Pomerantz as a Tier 1 Firm in Plaintiffs’ Securities Litigation. Pomerantz was also ranked as a top Plaintiffs’ Securities Litigation Firm in the United States by Chambers USA in 2020, 2021 and 2022. In 2020, Pomerantz received European Pensions’ prestigious Thought Leadership Award and was honored as Plaintiff Firm of the Year by Benchmark Litigation. In 2019, Managing Partner Jeremy Lieberman was named Plaintiff Attorney of the Year by Benchmark Litigation, and Pomerantz received Benchmark Litigation’s National Case Impact Award for Petrobras. In 2018, Pomerantz was named as Law360’s Securities Practice Group of the Year and was a finalist for the National Law Journal’s Elite Trial Lawyers award; Jeremy Lieberman was named by Law360 as a Titan of the Plaintiffs’ Bar and a Benchmark Litigation Star.

Jennifer Pafiti – a Partner and the Firm's Head of Client Services, earned Corporate Counsel’s 2021 “Women, Influence and Power in Law” award for Collaborative Leadership. In 2022, Partner Murielle Steven Walsh was named to Law360’s Securities Editorial Board and, in 2021 both the National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal honored her as a Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer. In 2021, Partner Emma Gilmore was awarded a spot on the National Law Journal’s list of Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar. In 2020 and 2021, she was named by Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation.

Learn more about the achievements of all Pomerantz attorneys on their profile pages.

Ranking Lawdragon, 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers