Laura Stein is Of Counsel in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Philadelphia
office. Since 1995, she has practiced in the areas of securities class
action litigation, complex litigation, and legislative law.
Laura has served as one of the Firm’s and the nation’s top asset recovery
experts with a focus on minimizing losses suffered by shareholders due to
corporate fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty. She also seeks to deter future
violations of federal and state securities laws by reinforcing the standards of
good corporate governance. Laura works with over 500 institutional investors
across the nation and abroad, and her clients have served as lead plaintiff
in successful cases where billions of dollars were recovered for defrauded
investors against such companies as: Alphabet, Apple, AOL Time Warner,
TYCO, Cardinal Health, AT&T, Hanover Compressor, 1st Bancorp, Enron,
Dynegy, Inc., Honeywell International, Bridgestone, LendingClub, Orbital
ATK, Under Armour, and Walmart, to name a few. Many of the cases led
by Laura’s clients have accomplished groundbreaking corporate governance
achievements, including obtaining shareholder-nominated directors. She is
a frequent presenter and educator on securities fraud monitoring, litigation,
and corporate governance.
Laura has served for over 20 years, since its founding, as Special Counsel to
the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP), a think tank that develops
policy positions on selected issues involving the administration of justice
within the American legal system related to investor and consumer rights.
Each year ILEP publishes the papers presented at its annual symposium in
prominent law reviews such as the Columbia Law Review, Duke Law Journal,
Hastings Law Journal and Vanderbilt Law Review. ILEP studies have been used
to refine and reform complex litigation and have been cited in numerous
precedent-setting decisions.
Laura has been recognized as a Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer by Lawdragon.
Laura is a member of the Bar in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington,
D.C. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree and her Juris Doctor
degree from the University of Pennsylvania.