Hannah has over two decades of experience as a civil and criminal litigator. A former prosecutor at the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, she has been a key member and leader of trial teams that have recovered billions of dollars for defrauded investors. Highlights of her litigation experience include:
- Serving as a senior member of the team that prosecuted In re Bank of America Securities Litigation, which resulted in a landmark settlement shortly before trial of $2.425 billion, one of the largest securities recoveries ever obtained, and by far the largest recovery achieved in a litigation arising from the 2008 financial crisis.
- Playing a key role on the BLB&G team that secured more than $2 billion in recoveries for 35 separate investors following the collapse of the Allianz Structured Alpha Funds after markets plummeted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Leading the BLB&G team that prosecuted the securities class action against Wells Fargo, which resulted in a historic $1 billion recovery for investors—the top U.S. securities class action recovery of 2023 and among the top 17 of all time.
- Serving as lead partner in the securities class action arising from the failure of Wilmington Trust, which settled for $210 million.
- Serving as a senior member of the trial team that prosecuted the litigation arising from the collapse of former leading brokerage MF Global, which recovered $234.3 million on behalf of investors.
- Leading the prosecution against Washington Mutual for alleged fraudulent conduct in the thrift’s home lending operations, an action which settled for $216.75 million and represents one of the largest settlements achieved in a case related to the fallout of the subprime crisis and the largest recovery ever achieved in a securities class action in the Western District of Washington.
- Playing a key role in the prosecution of In re The Mills Corporation Securities Litigation, which settled for $202.75 million—the largest recovery ever achieved in a securities class action in Virginia and the second largest recovery ever in the Fourth Circuit.
In addition to her direct litigation responsibilities, Hannah serves as a member of BLB&G’s Executive Committee and is one of the senior partners at the firm responsible for client development and client relations. A significant part of her practice is dedicated to initial case evaluation and counseling the firm’s institutional investor clients on potential claims. Hannah is also actively involved with the firm’s Global Securities and Litigation Monitoring Team and advises the firm’s institutional investor clients on their options to recover losses incurred on securities purchased in non-U.S. markets. Hannah is the Chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee and Co-Chair of the firm’s Forum for Institutional Investors and Women’s Forum. She serves on the Corporate Leadership Committee of the New York Women’s Foundation and recently concluded a three-year term on the Council of Institutional Investors’ Market Advisory Council.
Hannah is widely recognized by industry observers for her achievements. In addition to her selection by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star” and one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation,” she has been recognized by Chambers USA as a top-ranked securities litigation attorney, by The National Law Journal as a “Litigation Trailblazer” and an “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar,” by Law360 as a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar,” by Lawdragon as part of its “Lawyer Limelight” series and “500 Leading Lawyers” lists, and by The Legal 500 as a notable practitioner.
Hannah has served as an adjunct faculty member in the trial advocacy program at the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, her alma mater.
Updated Oct 2024
