>Investor Fraud

Hagens Berman recognize that investing is a speculative business involving a wide variety of risks. When it comes to selecting legal counsel there is no shortage in options and investors should look for the best.

Hagens Berman is one of the leading firms in the United States in securities litigation. The firm has experience, dedication and a team with the horsepower required to drive securities cases to exemplary outcomes.

Our attorneys work for institutional and individual investors defrauded by the unscrupulous management practices of publicly held corporations. The firm vigorously pursues fraud recovery litigation that forces corporations to answer to the investors they have deceived.

Hagens Berman provides unparalleled services to combat corporate fraud. Our attorneys are authorities in a wide array of issues unique to specific industries. We also use highly experienced experts in a variety of fields as an integral part of the prosecution team.

The firm has the ability and experience to tackle complex cases and successfully guide class members to favorable verdicts and settlements. Some of the firm's most noteworthy cases include recovery of $220 million on behalf of ENRON employees and a $92 million settlement with Boeing.

In addition to those cases, HBSS represented investors in nationwide class actions for securities violations against Charles Schwab, Frontier Bank, Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc., Oppenheimer, BigBand Networks, Inc., and EquiTrust Life Insurance Company.


Key Attorneys

Ivy Arai Tabbara
Ivy Arai Tabbara is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where she has worked since 2002. Ms. Arai Tab...   link >>
Karl P. Barth
Karl Barth represents investors seeking to protect assets and recover investment losses from companies enga...   link >>
Steve W. Berman

Mr. Berman helped to found the firm in 1993, and is the managing partner. He has served as lead or co-le...   link >>

Peter E. Borkon

Mr. Borkon is an associate at Hagens Berman's San Francisco office where he has worked since 2007. His ...   link >>

Jeniphr A.E. Breckenridge

Ms. Breckenridge is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where she has practiced law since its found...   link >>

Elaine T. Byszewski

Ms. Byszewski is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where she has worked since 2004. Her practice ...   link >>

Erin K. Flory

Mr. Flory is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where he focuses on securities and class-action li...   link >>

Jeff D. Friedman

Mr. Friedman is a partner at Hagens Berman's San Francisco office where he specializes in class actions ...   link >>

Lee M. Gordon

Mr. Gordon is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro where he focuses on complex class actions. His wo...   link >>

Reed R. Kathrein

Mr. Kathrein is the managing partner of the Berkeley office of Hagens Berman. After eleven years defendi...   link >>

Sean R. Matt
Mr. Matt is a partner at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, where he has worked since its founding in 1993. Mr. ...   link >>
Shana E. Scarlett

Ms. Scarlett is an associate at Hagens Berman's San Francisco office where she specializes in the prosec...   link >>

Richard Sullivan
Richard Sullivan focuses his efforts on institutional investors and securities litigation for Hagens Berman...   link >>
Andrew M. Volk

Mr. Volk is a partner at Hagens Berman where he has worked since 1996.

Mr. Volk w...   link >>