Attorneys

r. Graziano is an experienced trial attorney, having taken a leading role in a number of major securities fraud class actions including cases against: (i) Raytheon Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, total recoveries of $460 million; (ii) MicroStrategy, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, total recoveries valued in excess of $150 million; (iii) i2 Technologies, Inc. and Arthur Andersen LLP, total recovery of $87.75 million; and (iv) Aetna, Inc., total recovery of $82.5 million.

Mr. Graziano has litigated cases resulting in favorable decisions for securities investors nationwide, including the seminal Second Circuit decision of Novak v. Kasaks, 216 F.3d 300 (2d Cir. 2000), interpreting the pleading standards of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Graziano served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.  He has over 10 years of securities fraud civil litigation experience.  Mr. Graziano has previously served as a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and as a member of the Securities Regulation Committee of the New York City Bar Association.  Mr. Graziano has been a panelist on numerous CLE litigation programs.