| Admitted | 1982, New York; U.S. District Court: 1983, Southern District of New York, 1983, Eastern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals: 1986, First Circuit, 1990, Second Circuit, 2004, Eleventh Circuit, 2006, Seventh Circuit; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court |
| Biography | Barry M. Okun is a seasoned trial and appellate lawyer with more than 30 years' experience in a broad range of commercial litigation. Currently, Mr. Okun is actively involved in prosecuting In re Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Securities Litigation. Most recently, he was part of the Labaton Sucharow team that recovered more than $1 billion (subject to Court approval) in the six-year litigation against American International Group, Inc. Mr. Okun also played a key role representing the Successor Liquidating Trustee of Lipper Convertibles, L.P. and Lipper Fixed Income Fund, L.P., failed hedge funds, in actions against the Fund's former auditors, overdrawn limited partners and management team. He helped recover $5.2 million from overdrawn limited partners and $30 million from the Fund's former auditors. Mr. Okun has litigated several leading commercial law cases, including the first case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled on issues relating to products liability. He has argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits and the Appellate Divisions of three out of the four judicial departments in New York State. Mr. Okun has appeared in numerous trial courts throughout the country. He received a J.D., cum laude, from Boston University School of Law, where he was the articles editor of the Law Review. Mr. Okun earned a B.A., with a citation for academic distinction, in History from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He has been awarded an AV rating, the highest distinction, from the publishers of the Martindale-Hubbell Settled Cases In re National Australia Bank Securities Litigation |