Wolf Popper LLP

Education:

  • New York University School of Law (LL.M.)
  • School of Law of the State University of New York at Buffalo (1967, LL.B.)
  • Columbia College (B.A.)

Bar Admissions:

  • New York State
  • United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • The Second, Eleventh, Sixth and D.C. Circuits of the United States Courts of Appeal
Practice Areas

Robert M. Kornreich

Partner

rkornreich@wolfpopper.com
(212) 451-9612

Robert M. Kornreich, a senior partner of the Firm, is a graduate of Columbia College (B.A.), the School of Law of the State University of New York at Buffalo (1967, LL.B. -- member of the Buffalo Law Review) and New York University School of Law (LL.M.). Following law school, he joined the Firm where he has concentrated in the area of securities class and derivative litigation in federal and state courts. He has been a senior member of the Firm since February 1984 and has been a partner since 1979.  He is a member of the Firm's Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department.

Mr. Kornreich has acted as sole lead or co-lead counsel in many notable class or derivative action cases, such as:

  • In re McDonnell Douglas Equipment Leasing Securities Litigation, MDL No. 873 (S.D.N.Y.) which was settled with cash benefits to the classes in excess of $16 million;
  • In Re JWP Inc. Securities Litigation, Master File No. 92 Civ. 5815 (WCC) (S.D.N.Y.), a securities class action which was settled for approximately $36 million;
  • In re Service Corporation Int'l, C.A. No. H-99-280 (S.D. Tex.), class action settlement for $65 million;
  • In re Sunbeam Securities Litigation, 98-8258-Civ. Middlebrooks (S.D. Fla.), class action settlement for $141 million, including $110 million from Sunbeam's outside auditor;
  • Berke v. Presstek, Inc., Civ. No. 96-347-M (D.N.H.), class action settlement for $22 million in stock;
  • In re TCW/DW American Government Income Trust Securities Litigation, 95 Civ. 0167 (PKL) (S.D.N.Y.), class action settlement for $30 million where two other firms also brought similar class actions but failed to obtain any recovery;
  • Retsky Family Limited Partnership v. Price Waterhouse LLP, Case No. 97 C 7694 (N.D. Ill.), class settlement for $14 million;
  • In Re Triarc Companies, Inc. Class and Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 15746 (Del. Ch.), class and derivative settlement for $11 million in economic benefits;
  • In re FTD.com, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 19458-NC (Del Ch.), class action settlement for $10.7 million in increased merger consideration;

Mr. Kornreich has argued appeals in many jurisdictions, including the New York Court of Appeals, as well as, the D.C. Circuit, the Eleventh Circuit and the Sixth Circuit. His notable appellate decisions include Barr v. Wackman, 36 N.Y.2d 371 (1975); Lipton v. Documation, 734 F.2d 740 (11th Cir. 1984), and; In re Subpoena Served Upon the Comptroller of the Currency, 967 F.2d 630 (D.C. Cir. 1992).

Mr. Kornreich is a recognized leader in the field of securities litigation and has served as Chair of the Committee on Securities and Exchanges of the New York County Lawyers' Association from 1993 to 1997. In September 2007, Mr. Kornreich was named in the New York Super Lawyers 2007 Metro Edition for his work in the area of Securities Litigation.