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Nicole Lavallee is the managing partner of Berman Tabacco’s San Francisco office, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, and Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group. She has exceptional experience prosecuting complex securities actions and is a trusted advisor on asset recovery litigation to whom clients—many of the largest pension funds and institutional investors in the country—turn regularly for her advice, insight, and guidance. Ms. Lavallee has earned numerous accolades, including from Benchmark Litigation, Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America®, the Daily Journal, The Legal 500, Lawdragon, and Martindale-Hubbell.
Ms. Lavallee has prosecuted numerous high-profile securities fraud cases, including: (i) In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Sec. Litig., No. 09-cv-04583 (S.D.N.Y.) ($346 million settlement); (ii) In re International Rectifier Sec. Litig., No. 07-cv-02544 (C.D. Cal.) ($90 million settlement), where the court described plaintiffs’ counsel’s work resolving the case as “excellent”; (iii) In re KLA-Tencor Corp. Sec. Litig., No. 06-cv-04065 (N.D. Cal.) ($65 million settlement), where the court stated: “I appreciate the fact that you’ve done an outstanding job;” and (iv) Oracle Cases, Judicial Council Coordination Proceeding, Special Title (Rule 1550(b)) No. 4180 (Cal. Super. Ct. San Mateo Cty.) (settlement valued at $122 million), one of the largest derivative settlements, where the judge singled her out for her “excellent” summary judgment brief. Ms. Lavallee has also represented public pension fund clients in several securities opt-out cases.
About Ms. Lavallee, one publication has quoted clients as stating: (i) “Nicole is great to work with in all ways. She is always knowledgeable, responsive, and respectful.”; (ii) “Nicole is great in terms of communication and understanding how to bring a case together, produce a strategy and make a path for a way forward;” and (iii) “Nicole is a terrific, smart and creative plaintiff lawyer.”