Adam Savett - New York, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 2000
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • American University, Washington, 1997
    B.A.
    Major: Broadcast Journalism

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• What Happened to This Bank? An Investors’ Perspective on Bank Failures, Contagion and Fraud, Georgia Association of Public Pension Trustees (GAPPT) Ninth Annual Trustee School, 2023
  
• Recovering Damages from Frauds in Non-Conventional Investments, The Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS) Annual Conference, 2023
  
• Best Practices for Securities Litigation & Portfolio Monitoring for Public Pensions, Opal Group’s Investment Education Symposium, 2022
  
• Best Practices for Securities Litigation and Portfolio Monitoring for Public Pensions, Opal Group’s Public Funds Summit, 2022
  
• The Implications of ESG for Asset Allocation, NCTR National Council on Teacher Retirement 99th Annual Conference, 2021
  
• Securities Class Action Basics for Pension Trustees, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA) Fall Trustee School, 2021
  
• Securities Litigation Issues, Trends, and Best Practices, National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) Fall Conference, 2021
  
• Trends in Litigating TCPA Cases, Faegre Drinker’s Telephone Consumer Protection Act webinar, 2020
  
• Securities Litigation Post-Halliburton, 11th Annual National Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit, 2015
  
• D&O: Regulatory, Enforcement & Securities Lit. Update, D&O ExecuSummit, 2014
  
• Securities Class Actions, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Guest Lecture in Securities Regulation, 2014
  
• Securities Class Actions: Nuisance or Opportunity?, FRT Webinar, 2013
  
• The Evolving Securities Class Action Industry, FRT Webinar, 2013
  
• Claims Intake and Processing, Federal Judicial Center (FJC) program on Class Action Settlements: Approval, Distribution and Oversight, Duke University, 2011
  
• Current Issues Facing Institutional Investors in the Claims Filing Process, BDUG Annual Meeting, 2010
  
• Class Action D&O Trends, American International Group (AIG) Global Underwriting Educational Session, 2010
  
• Securities Class Actions Trends: Lessons Learned & What to Expect, The Life Settlements Conference, 2009
  
• The Enormous Challenges and Opportunities Facing Securities Litigation in 2009 6th Securities Litigation Conference - Managing the Newest Risks and Exposures, 2009
  
• Current Trends in Securities Litigation, Association of Global Custodians, 2009
  
• Issues Arising from Foreign Litigants in Securities Class Actions, IQPC Fifth Securities Litigation Conference, 2008
  
• Class Actions, CorpActions 2008
  
• How Great is the Current Threat of US Style Class Actions to the European D&O Liability Market, C5’s 3rd annual European D&O Liability Insurance, 2008
  
• European Involvement in US Class Actions, BVI Conference, 2008
  
• Securities Litigation: Lessons Learned from the Recent JDS Uniphase & Apollo Group Securities Class Action Trials, 2008 Institutional Shareholder Services U.S. Governance Conference
  
• Principals and Practice for Class Action Shareholder Litigation around the World, Institutional Investor Legal Forum, 2007
  
• Getting Into Top "Claim Form:" Claims Administration Issues, Forum for Institutional Investors, 2007
  
• Securities Class Actions, I.U.P.A. Benefits Conference, 2006

Published Works

Articles

• Checklist for Maximizing Securities Class Action Recoveries: Risk Management Questions to Minimize Liabilities and Optimize Your Institution’s Securities Litigation Policies and Procedures, Florida Public Pension Trustees Association (FPPTA), 2021
  
• Best Practices for Monitoring Your Securities Portfolio, Pennsylvania Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (PAERS) Newsletter, Spring 2022
  
• How to Resolve the Historical Data Conundrum and Recover More in Securities Litigation, Michigan Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS), 2021
  
• Board Diversity: The Time for Change is Now, Will Shareholders Step Up?, Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (TEXPERS) Investment Insights, Aug/Sept 2021
  
• Securities Class Action Trials in the Post-PSLRA Era, TXT Capital, 2022
  
• Update on the Options-Backdating Class Actions, TXT Capital, 2017

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• District of Columbia
• Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana

Other Affiliations

• McGovern Conference on Securities Settlement Distribution, Advisory Board Member
• National Association of Public Pension Attorneys (NAPPA)
• Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
• SIFMA's Corporate Actions Division
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association