News: Berman Tabacco In The News

Berman Tabacco is pleased to announce that San Francisco attorney Sarah Khorasanee McGrath has been confirmed as the Treasurer for the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of California.

Berman Tabacco is delighted to announce the Bar Association of San Francisco named Senior Paralegal Kathy Becker Paralegal of the Year.

Berman Tabacco is pleased to announce that Nathaniel Orenstein has been promoted to the position of partner. The promotion recognizes the important contributions Nathaniel has made to the firm’s success in prosecuting complex securities and antitrust cases.

Patrick Egan and Steven Groopman, attorneys in the Boston office, recently spoke before the Coalition of State Rheumatology Organizations about lawsuits targeting Pharmacy Benefit Managers.

San Francisco founding partner, Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr., was recently interviewed by the Angeion Group–a nationally recognized settlement administration company–for its Leading Litigator video series.

Todd Seaver, a partner in the San Francisco office, spoke as part of an expert panel of global antitrust practitioners in a live webinar on Thursday, September 28th titled Recent Developments in Antitrust and Competition Law.

As most of you know by now, last month we changed our name to Berman Tabacco, adding San Francisco partner Joseph Tabacco back onto our masthead. We also bid farewell to our longtime partner, Glen DeValerio, who has moved on to open a firm with his daughter, Daryl.

Best Lawyers© has recognized San Francisco partners Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. and Christopher T. Heffelfinger in the area of Litigation – Antitrust in its 24th Edition.

After six years of hard-fought litigation, including a nine-day trial, Berman DeValerio secured a $3 million disgorgement award against the former CEO and controlling shareholder of PHC, Inc., Bruce A. Shear. The case began in 2011, when PHC agreed to be acquired by Acadia Healthcare, Inc. The plaintiffs alleged that Shear used his position as PHC’s controlling shareholder to wrongfully obtain benefits for himself at the expense of PHC’s other shareholders. Berman DeValerio aggressively pursued the action on behalf of PHC’s aggrieved minority shareholders, overcoming challenging court opinions as well as two trips to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Eight lawyers from Berman Tabacco‘s San Francisco office have been recognized by the Northern California Super Lawyers magazine, published by Thomson Reuters.

Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. was recently recognized as a top plaintiff’s lawyer in California. The California Daily Journal recognized Joe for his litigation against the credit rating agencies on behalf of CalPERS, which resulted in settlements totaling $255 million.