Berman Tabacco is pleased to welcome Michael Stocker Dark as Of Counsel in its San Francisco office. Mike joined the firm in 2023 after serving as Deputy Inspector General for the County of Los Angeles and as a principal litigator and case developer for a leading plaintiff class action firm in New York City, representing U.S. and European institutional investors.
In his 25-year career in investor and consumer protection and government oversight, Michael has played a leading role in developing and litigating cases. Relying on his background in complex financial investigation and analysis, he has pursued cases on behalf of consumers and institutional investors stemming from scandals at major investment banks, anticompetitive practices at leading drug manufacturers, and manipulation of market indexes. He worked on the litigation teams pursuing some of the most significant securities class action recoveries in history, from defendants including Bear Stearns, insurance giant AIG, and Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.
This work has seen him repeatedly recognized as a leading litigator in the National Law Journal’s Plaintiffs’ Hot List and in Benchmark Litigation’s California edition under Securities. In 2016 Michael was elected to the American Law Institute for his legal work and extensive writing and commentary on securities, business, and consumer protection issues. He is an emeritus board member of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance.