Ronald L. Berenstain

Ronald Berenstain, Co-Chair of the firm's Securities & Corporate Governance Litigation practice, has been lead counsel in scores of high-stakes securities and corporate governance cases for more than thirty years. His practice is focused on representing public companies and their officers, and directors as well as underwriters and accountants in shareholder class action litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, merger and acquisition litigation, ERISA class action litigation, SEC enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. He has extensive experience with accounting irregularity issues, financial restatements, compliance with disclosure regulations, insider trading claims and director and officer insurance issues. He has counseled public companies and their boards of directors on disclosure and compliance issues and corporate governance matters.

Professional Recognition

• Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2007 - 2011
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America
• Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
  

  (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

Professional Leadership

• Director and Officer Litigation Panel Counsel, Chartis (Original Member)

Clerkships

• Hon. William Matthew Byrne, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, 1977 - 1978