Berman DeValerio is one of the country's top providers of securities litigation and related services for individual as well as institutional investors. Twenty-eight of our 33 attorneys focus primarily on securities litigation and related services, with the remaining lawyers dividing their time between securities and antitrust litigation. Backing up the lawyers is an experienced support staff that includes in-house fraud investigators, two forensic auditors and ten paralegals.

The six name partners of our firm have practiced law for at least 25 years each and have prosecuted hundreds of securities class actions and derivative suits since the firm's founding in 1982.

Berman DeValerio currently holds leadership positions in securities cases around the nation. Since the 1995 passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act — the law that created new rules for shareholder lawsuits — the firm has held leadership positions in 90 actions and has negotiated settlements in 63 securities cases.

We have become a national leader in securities litigation because of our record of strong results, our decades of experience, and our core philosophy of selectivity.

We have recovered, collectively, billions of dollars for our clients. Click here for results.

We are extremely selective about the cases we file, bringing an action only if our thorough investigation uncovers clear-cut evidence of fraud. Industry statistics bear witness to our selectivity. According to the Stanford University Class Action Clearinghouse, the firm filed just 8.5 percent of the cases filed last year.

When evaluating and recommending cases to pursue, we prefer to err on the side of caution to ensure that none of our clients becomes embroiled in an action that does not have a high likelihood of success. This careful approach is what differentiates us from most of our competitors.

In addition to litigation, the firm provides a host of other services for institutional clients, including monitoring portfolios for losses due to securities fraud and counseling fund trustees on the merits of a new case. We also notify funds of recent settlements in which they are entitled to participate.