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Member Profile
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Name:Julie Reiser
Title:Partner
Company:Cohen Milstein
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Bio:Julie Goldsmith Reiser, co-chair of Cohen Milstein’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, is a highly accomplished securities class action attorney. Clients, co-counsel, and opposing counsel recognize her tenacious advocacy, shrewd understanding of complex financial and economic issues, meticulous preparation, and dynamic leadership.
Julie has led or played an instrumental role in the prosecution of more than 100 matters during her more than 20 years of practice, recovering billions of dollars for investors. She was recognized by The American Lawyer as “Litigator of the Week” for her role in negotiating an historic $310 million settlement in In re Alphabet Shareholder Derivative Litigation, a shareholder derivative action which established a framework for board accountability following allegations of systemic sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. Including Alphabet, Julie has helped shareholders achieve a total of $550 million in corporate commitments and workplace policy changes at Wynn Resorts, Pinterest, and L Brands through novel shareholder derivative litigation she helped pioneer.
In addition, Julie has led litigation teams in several of the country’s most complex securities class actions and landmark settlements, including a $500 million settlement related to Countrywide’s issuance of mortgage-backed securities and the Fifth Circuit affirmation of an investor class in the BP securities fraud litigation stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which settled for $175 million. She was also a member of the Cohen Milstein team that secured an historic, all-cash $1 billion settlement against Wells Fargo in 2023, now the 17th largest securities class action settlement of all time and the 6th largest in the last decade.
Julie’s accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. Law360 recognized Julie as a Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar, not long after citing her as one of the 25 Most Influential Women in Securities Law. Benchmark Litigation named her one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation, Corporate Counsel recognized her with a Women, Influence & Power in Law Award in the Innovative Leadership category, The National Law Journal placed her among the Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar and, Lawdragon has repeatedly named her one of the leading 500 lawyers in America.
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