RAMZI ABADOU, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, received his Bachelor of Arts from Pitzer College in Claremont, California in 1994 and his Master of Arts from Columbia University in the City of New York in 1997. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Abadou was a political science adjunct professor at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. Mr. Abadou graduated from the Boston College Law School and clerked for the United States Attorney’s Office in San Diego, California. Prior to joining the firm, Mr, Abadou was a partner with Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP in San Diego, California.

Mr. Abadou concentrates his practice on prosecuting securities class actions and is also a member of the firm’s lead plaintiff litigation practice group. Mr. Abadou has been responsible for a number of significant rulings and/or recoveries, including: In re UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Sec. Litig., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40623 (D. Minn. 2007) (settled - $925.5 million); In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Sec. Litig., 226 F.R.D. 298 (S.D. Ohio 2005); In re Direct Gen. Corp. Sec. Litig., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56128 (M.D. Tenn. 2006) (settled - $15 million); In re NorthWestern Corp. Sec. Litig., 299 F. Supp. 2d 997 (D.S.D. 2003); In re AT&T Corp. Secs. Litig., Case No. 00-cv-5364 (D.N.J.) (settled - $100 million); Borochoff v. GlaxoSmithKline PLC, 246 F.R.D. 201 (S.D.N.Y.2007); Kuriakose v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95506 (S.D.N.Y. 2008); Ross v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24903 (S.D. Ohio 2007); In re Unumprovident Corp. Sec. Litig., 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24633 (E.D. Tenn. 2003); and In re Alliance Gaming Corp. Secs. Litig., Master File No. CV-S-04-0821-BES-PAL (D. Nevada) (settled - $15 million).

Mr. Abadou was a featured panelist at the American Bar Association’s 11th Annual National Institute on Class Actions and was a faculty member at the Practicing Law Institute’s 2008 Advanced Securities Litigation Workshop. Mr. Abadou was named as one of the Daily Journal’s Top 20 lawyers in California under age 40 for 2010. Mr. Abadou has also lectured on securities litigation at the University of San Diego and Boston College law schools. He is admitted to the California Bar and is licensed to practice in all California state courts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Northern, and Central Districts of California.

Ramzi Abadou
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