s. Gocyk-Farber is involved in all areas of the firm's litigation practice, with particular emphasis on securities fraud actions, complex commercial litigation, and trial practice. She was a senior member of the litigation and trial teams of some of the most noteworthy securities class actions in history, including
In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, resulting in a recovery for investors of over $6.15 billion,
In re HealthSouth Securities Litigation, resulting in a recovery to investors of over $575 million, and
In re Williams Securities Litigation, which resulted in $311 million in recoveries for the plaintiffs shortly before trial. Ms. Gocyk-Farber also has extensive experience in prosecuting derivative cases and was a senior member of the team prosecuting the individuals involved in the options backdating scandal at UnitedHealth Group, Inc. which resulted in a historic recovery and far reaching corporate governance reforms. In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Gocyk-Farber is in charge of the Firm’s European institutional investor relations and is counsel to many of the firm’s European–based clients in connection with direct and class actions. She is a frequent speaker at investor conferences throughout the world and an author of numerous articles relating to institutional investor rights and responsibilities, corporate governance and fiduciary duties obligations.
Prior to joining BLB&G in 2001, Ms. Gocyk-Farber was associated with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York, where she represented large financial institutions and sovereign governments in securities and merger and acquisitions transactions.
Member of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and International Corporate Governance Network.
