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Education

University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1982); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1987); Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal.

Admissions & Courts

California; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and Tenth Circuit.

Memberships

State Bar of California; American Bar Association; San Francisco Bar Association; Securities Litigation Section (Past President 2002-2003).

Attorney Biography

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Sara Brody joined the firm in 2004 and is the Chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on complex securities litigation, including class actions and derivative litigation.

Experience

Ms. Brody has extensive experience in securities litigation, defending issuers, officers, directors, underwriters and venture capital firms in shareholder class actions and derivative actions in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Ms. Brody won one of the Top Ten Defense Verdicts of 2002, as selected by The National Law Journal.   She is listed as one of the leading California litigators in the 2005 and 2006 editions of Chambers & Partners'  America’s Leading Business Lawyers and by the Daily Journal as one of the Top Thirty Securities Litigators in California.  She has extensive experience representing companies and individuals in matters involving Securities and Exchange Commission and self-regulatory organizations such as the National Association of Securities Dealers. She has written articles and lectures on a wide range of securities litigation topics in legal and business forums across the country. Ms. Brody also has extensive experience in conducting internal investigations and counseling clients on disclosure issues.

Education

University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1982); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1987); Managing Editor, Emory Law Journal.

Admissions & Courts

California; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and Tenth Circuit.

Memberships

State Bar of California; American Bar Association; San Francisco Bar Association; Securities Litigation Section (Past President 2002-2003).

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