Ronald Berenstain, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, has been lead
counsel in scores of high-stakes securities and corporate governance cases for
more than 30 years. His practice is focused on representing public companies and
their officers and directors, as well as underwriters and accountants in
shareholder class action litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, merger
and acquisition litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA) class action litigation, Securities Exchange Commission
(SEC) enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. He has extensive
experience with accounting irregularity issues, financial restatements,
compliance with disclosure regulations, insider trading claims and director and
officer insurance issues. He has counseled public companies and their boards of
directors on disclosure and compliance issues and corporate governance matters.