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Laura H. Gundersheim
Associate
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s. Gundersheim has represented institutional investors as a lead or co-lead counsel in a number of class and derivative actions, including cases involving securities fraud, consumer fraud, copyright infringement, and employment discrimination. Most notably, she was an integral part of the team that prosecuted the landmark In re Walt Disney Derivative Litigation, which redefined the fiduciary duties of directors in public companies, In re Mills Corporation Securities Litigation, which obtained $202.75 million plus interest for the class - the largest recovery ever achieved in a securities class action in Virginia, and the second largest ever achieved in the Fourth Circuit - and In re WellCare Health Plans, Inc., which obtained at least $200 million for the class - the largest recovery ever achieved in a securities class action in Florida and the second largest ever achieved in the Eleventh Circuit. 

She is currently a member of the teams prosecuting In re Schering-Plough Corp./ENHANCE Securities Litigation, In re Merck & Co. Securities Litigation, In re Tronox Inc. Securities Litigation and Hoff v. Popular Inc.

While in law school, Ms. Gundersheim worked at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Health Law Advocates, The Hale & Dorr Legal Services Center and the Tenant Advocacy Project.

Ms. Gundersheim is a member of the New York Bar Association's Consumer Affairs Committee, the New York Bar Association's Securities Regulation Committee and Public Justice.

New York
Tel: (212) 554-1463
Fax: (212) 554-1444
laurag@blbglaw.com
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Education:

Harvard Law School, 2004, J.D.; Founding Member & Vice-President, Harvard Advocates for Reproductive Choices; Executive Committee, Women's Law Journal

University of California, Los Angeles, 2001, B.A., magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admission(s):

New York

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

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