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Bernard Persky: Lawyer with Labaton Sucharow LLP

Bernard Persky

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New York,  NY  U.S.A.
Phone212-907-0868

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Practice Areas

  • Antitrust Litigation
  • Consumer Litigation
 
University City College of New York, B.A., 1965 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law SchoolHarvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1968
 
Admitted1969, New York; U.S. District Court: 1971, Southern District of New York, 1975, Eastern, District of New York, 1993, Northern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals: 1975, Second Circuit, 1995, Fifth Circuit, 1999, Third Circuit; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court
 
BornNew York, N.Y., June 14, 1944
 
Biography

Bernard Persky is Co-Chair of the Firm's Antitrust Practice Group. For more than 40 years his practice has involved complex business litigation and class actions, primarily antitrust, trade regulation, securities fraud and civil RICO. Among his peers, he is recognized as a leading antitrust litigator. He has played a key role in major antitrust class actions that have resulted in monetary recoveries to class members, including consumers and businesses, of well over $1 billion.

He is currently Co-Lead Counsel in a number of major antitrust class actions, including In re Photochromic Lens Antitrust Litigation, In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation and In re Optiver Commodities Litigation.

In County of Suffolk v. Long Island Lighting Company, a case in which Mr. Persky was Co-Lead Trial Counsel, the Second Circuit, in upholding a $400 million class settlement and awarding attorneys' fees to Plaintiff, quoted the trial judge, the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein, as stating "counsel [has] done a superb job [and] tried this case as well as I have ever seen any case tried." 907 F.2d 1295, 1327 (2d Cir. 1990). Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Persky devoted much of his practice to successfully defending businesses in major antitrust litigations, including before the United States Supreme Court. See Moitie v. Federated Department Stores, Inc., 452 U.S. 394 (1981).

Mr. Persky has acted as Co-Lead Counsel in major antitrust class actions, including: In re Natural Gas Commodity Manipulation Litigation ($101 million settlement); In re Warfarin Sodium Antitrust Litigation ($44.5 million settlement); In re Buspirone Antitrust Litigation ($90 million settlement); In re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation ($135 million settlement); In re Stock Exchanges Options Antitrust Litigation ($47 million settlement); In re Foundry Resins Antitrust Litigation ($14.2 million settlement); In re TriCor Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation ($65.7 million settlement); Continental Seasonings, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc. et al./In re Maltol Antitrust Litigation ($18.45 million settlement); and In re Brand Name Prescription Drug Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation ($65 million multistate settlement).

He is the co-author of the following articles: "Reverse Payment Settlements: The Time for Change has Arrived," Bloomberg Law Reports - Antitrust & Trade, Vol 3, No. 16., September 20, 2010; "Some Defendants Attempt to Derail Partial Settlements," The New York Law Journal, July 29, 2010; "Recent Developments In Class Arbitration," Mealey's Litigation Report, September 17, 2009; "Analyzing Proper Pleading Standard For Commodity Manipulation Claims," The New York Law Journal, February 10, 2009; and "The Advantages of Not Opting Out of Class Action Litigation," Antitrust Counselor, February 2008. Mr. Persky also has lectured before bar associations and other groups on antitrust and class actions.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute and the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Persky received a rating of AV from the publishers of the Martindale-Hubbell directory.

Noteworthy

Reverse Payment Settlements: The Time for Change Has Arrived

Recent Developments In Class Arbitration

Analyzing Proper Pleading Standard For Commodity Manipulation Claims

The Advantages of Not Opting Out of Class Action Litigation

Corporate Fraud Is Not Constructed By Plaintiffs' Bar

Q&A With Labaton Sucharow's Bernard Persky

How Viable is Hatch Waxman Class Action Litigation: Plaintiffs' Perspective

NYSBA 2011 Antitrust Law Section Symposium Transcript

NYSBA 2008 Antitrust Law Section Symposium Transcript

NYSBA 2006 Antitrust Law Section Symposium Transcript

2005 Antitrust Law Section Symposium Transcript

Ongoing Cases

In re Automotive Wire Harness Systems Antitrust Litigation

In re Crude Oil Commodity Futures Litigation

In re Commodity Exchange, Inc., Silver Futures and Options Trading Litigation

In re Photochromic Lens Antitrust Litigation

In re Optiver Commodities Litigation

In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation

In re Blood Reagents Antitrust Litigation

In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation

In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation

Settled Cases

In re Foundry Resins Antitrust Litigation

In re Packaged Ice Antitrust Litigation

In re TriCor Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation

In re Warfarin Sodium Antitrust Litigation

In re Stock Exchange Options Trading Antitrust Litigation

National Metals, Inc. vs. Sumitomo Corporation, et al.

In re Lorazepam and Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation

In re Natural Gas Commodity Litigation

 
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Bernard Persky
Labaton Sucharow LLP
140 Broadway
New York, NY 10005




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