Erin H. Rump concentrates her practice on prosecuting complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional investors. Currently, she is prosecuting In re Optimal U.S. Litigation. Ms. Rump is also a member of the lead counsel team litigating a consolidated securities class action against British Petroleum. Since joining Labaton Sucharow, Ms. Rump has been a member of the lead or co-lead counsel teams in federal securities class actions against Oppenheimer Champion Fund Securities Fraud Class Actions ($100 million combined settlement), Huron Consulting Group, Inc. ($38 million settlement) and NovaGold Resources Inc. (global settlement of C$28 million, one of the largest cross-border securities class action settlements in 2010). Ms. Rump received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. During law school, she worked as a judicial intern in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for Magistrate Judge Cheryl Pollak. Ms. Rump earned a B.A. from Villanova University. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Council and the National Association of Women Lawyers. Noteworthy Proving Financial Crisis Fraud: No Clairvoyance Required Ongoing Cases In re Computer Sciences Corporation Securities Litigation In re Optimal U.S. Litigation British Petroleum Settled Cases In re NovaGold Resources Inc. Securities Litigation |