Patricia I. Avery - New York, NY

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1976
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • New York University, 1973
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Senior Partner

Representative Cases

• Martinek v. AmTrust Fin. Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146542 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 14, 2020)
• Bozarth v. Envision Healthcare Corp., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117294 (C.D. Cal, June 30, 2020)
• McLaughlin v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA., No. C 15-02904 WHA (N.D. Cal.)
• In re: PHC, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, 1:11-cv-11049-PBS (D. Mass.)
• MAZ Partners LP v. Shear (In re PHC, Inc. S'holder Litig.), Nos. 17-1821, 17-1904, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 18035, *1 (1st Cir. July 2, 2018)
• Jamison v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 2:16-cv-00422-KJM-AC, 2016 WL 3653456 (E.D. Ca., July 7, 2016)
• In re Atheros Communications, Inc. Shareholder Litig., 2011 Del. Ch. LEXIS 36 (March 4, 2011)
• Huberman v. Tag-It Pacific, Inc., 2009 U.S. App. Lexis 2780 (9th Cir. Jan. 16, 2009)
• Middlesex Retirement System v. Quest Software, Inc., 527 F.Supp.2d 1164 (C.D. Cal. 2007)
• Middlesex Retirement System v. Quest Software, Inc., CV 06-6863 DOC (RNBx), Amended Order (C.D. Cal. July 10, 2008)
• Middlesex Retirement System v. Quest Software, Inc., Order, CV 06-6863-DOC (RNBx) (C.D. Cal. Jul. 8, 2009), aff’d, Order (C.D. Cal. Sept. 18, 2009)
• Thurber v. Mattel, Master File No. CV-99-10368-MRP(CWx) (C.D. Cal.) (§10(b) claims)
• Dusek v. Mattel, Master File No. CV-99-10864-MRP(CWx) (C.D. Cal.) (§14(a) claims)
• Stanley v. Safeskin, Lead Case No. 99cv454-BTM(LSP)(Consolidated) ($55 million settlement approved by the Court in 2003)
• Bell v. New Horizons Worldwide, Inc., Case No. BC 289898
• In re Grand Casinos, Inc. Sec. Litig., Master File No. 4-96-890 (JRT/RLE)

Published Works

Articles

• Co-author of "To Stay or Not to Stay," Practicing Law Institute (1996)
  
• "Selection of Lead Plaintiff Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995," Practicing Law Institute (1996)
  
• "The State Court Class Action--A Potpourri of Differences," The Forum, ABA, Vol. XX, No. 4, Summer 1985
  
• "Proving Damages in Non-Class Securities Cases," presented at the Commercial Law section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, annual convention, July 1986
  

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1977
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1979
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1988
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 1989
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1977
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1977
• U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• New York County Lawyers’ Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association (Survey of Securities Class Actions and Derivative Suits, Litigation Section, Securities Litigation Committee, Subcommittee, contributor)