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Adam Savett

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asavett@wolfpopper.com

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Practice Areas

- Securities Litigation

- Corporate Transactional / Derivative Litigation

- Consumer Litigation

- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

Education

  • Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 2000)
  • The American University (B.A., Broadcast Journalism, 1997)

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania (inactive)
  • New Jersey
  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia
  • U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Sixth Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, District of New Jersey, District of Columbia, District of Maryland, Northern and Southern Districts of Illinois, Northern District of Ohio, Southern District of Indiana

Adam is a nationally recognized leader on complex litigation, class actions, and settlement claims filing. He is a frequent speaker, author, and commentator on class actions and securities litigation, and his comments have appeared in a wide variety of publications, such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, and Pensions & Investments.

Adam was previously named one of the 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation by Lawdragon Magazine and has been an invited speaker before numerous industry groups, including the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), Bank Depository Users Group (BDUG), National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) Association of Global Custodians (AGC), and SIFMA’s Global Corporate Actions Forum.

Adam is a proud member of the Georgia Association of Public Plan Trustees (GAPPT), the Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA), the Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS), the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS), the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) and many other organizations dedicated to retirement security and other issues facing public plans and institutional investors.
 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Best Practices for Monitoring Your Securities Portfolio in 2025, Georgia Association of Public Plan Trustees (GAPPT) News and Reports, Spring 2025
  • An Updated Checklist For Maximizing Securities Class Action Recoveries And Evaluating Securities Litigation Policies And Service Providers, Mondaq, April 2025
  • Best Practices for Monitoring Your Securities Portfolio in 2025, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Blog, March 2025
  • How To Recover More In Securities Litigation? Resolve The Historical Data Conundrum!, Mondaq, Spring 2025
  • Securities Class Action Trials in the Post-PSLRA Era, Mondaq, January 2025
  • Best Practices for Monitoring Your Securities Portfolio, Pennsylvania Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (PAPERS) Newsletter, Spring 2022
  • Checklist for Maximizing Securities Class Action Recoveries: Risk Management Questions to Minimize Liabilities and Optimize Your Institution’s Securities Litigation Policies and Procedures, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA), 2021
  • How to Resolve the Historical Data Conundrum and Recover More in Securities Litigation, Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS), 2021
  • Board Diversity: The Time for Change is Now, Will Shareholders Step Up?, Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS) Investment Insights, Aug/Sept 2021
  • Update on the Options-Backdating Class Actions, TXT Capital, 2017


SELECTED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Securities Litigation: The Most Underutilized Corporate Governance Tool in the Toolbox, Georgia Association of Public Plan Trustees Annual Conference, 2025
  • Roles & Responsibilities Related to Securities Litigation, FPPTA Winter Trustee School, 2025
  • Integrating Securities Litigation: Key Developments, Impact, and Case Studies, Opal Group’s Investment Education Symposium, 2025
  • Roles & Responsibilities Related to Securities Litigation, FPPTA Fall Trustee School, 2024
    SBF/FTX v Madoff. Similarities, Differences, and Can it Happen Again?, The Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems Annual Conference, 2024
  • What’s new in the world of securities litigation? Why does it matter and how did we get here? Opal Group’s Investment Education Symposium, 2024
  • Lessons Learned from the Recent Regional Banking Collapses: A Look Back and Forward, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Fall Conference, 2023
  • What Happened to This Bank? An Investors’ Perspective on Bank Failures, Contagion and Fraud, Georgia Association of Public Pension Trustees Ninth Annual Trustee School, 2023
  • Lessons Learned from the Banking Crisis, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association Fall Trustee School, 2023
  • Recovering Damages from Frauds in Non-Conventional Investments, The Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems Annual Conference,  2023
  • The Case For and Against Shareholders Litigating ESG Issues, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association Winter Trustee School, 2023
  • Best Practices for Securities Litigation & Portfolio Monitoring for Public Pensions, Opal Group’s Investment Education Symposium, 2022
  • Best Practices for Securities Litigation and Portfolio Monitoring for Public Pensions, Opal Group’s Public Funds Summit, 2022
  • The Implications of ESG for Asset Allocation, National Council on Teacher Retirement 99th Annual Conference, 2021
  • Securities Class Action Basics for Pension Trustees, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association Fall Trustee School, 2021
  • Securities Litigation Issues, Trends, and Best Practices, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems Fall Conference, 2021
  • Trends in Litigating TCPA Cases, Faegre Drinker’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act webinar, 2020
  • Securities Litigation Post-Halliburton, 11th Annual National Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit, 2015
  • D&O: Regulatory, Enforcement & Securities Lit. Update, D&O ExecuSummit, 2014
  • Securities Class Actions, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Guest Lecture in Securities Regulation, 2014
  • Securities Class Actions: Nuisance or Opportunity?, FRT Webinar, 2013
  • The Evolving Securities Class Action Industry, FRT Webinar, 2013
  • Claims Intake and Processing, Federal Judicial Center (FJC) program on Class Action Settlements: Approval, Distribution and Oversight, Duke University, 2011
  • Current Issues Facing Institutional Investors in the Claims Filing Process, BDUG Annual Meeting, 2010
  • Class Action D&O Trends, American International Group (AIG) Global Underwriting Educational Session, 2010

Memberships & Associations

  • Georgia Association of Public Plan Trustees (GAPPT), Communications Committee Member (2025)
    County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP)
  • Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA)
  • Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA)
  • Louisiana Association of Public Employees' Retirement Systems (LAPERS)
  • Louisiana Trustee Education Council (LATEC)
  • Massachusetts Association of Contributory Retirement Systems (MACRS)
  • Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS)
  • Missouri Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS)
  • National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA)
  • National Association of State Treasurers (NAST)
  • National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS)
  • National Public Pension Fund Association (NPPFA)
  • Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS)
  • Texas Local Fire Fighters Retirement Association (TLFFRA)

Recognition

Adam is a nationally recognized leader on complex litigation, class actions, and settlement claims filing. He is a frequent speaker, author, and commentator on class actions and securities litigation, and his comments have appeared in a wide variety of publications, such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CFO Magazine, and Pensions & Investments.

Adam was previously named one of the 100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation by Lawdragon Magazine and has been an invited speaker before numerous industry groups, including the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS), Bank Depository Users Group (BDUG), National Council on Teacher Retirement (NCTR) Association of Global Custodians (AGC), and SIFMA’s Global Corporate Actions Forum.
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