Salvatore J. Graziano

Mr. Graziano, an experienced trial attorney, has taken a leading role in a number of major securities fraud class actions over the past seventeen years on behalf of institutional investors and hedge funds nationwide. These high profile cases include In re Raytheon Sec. Litig. (D. Mass.) (total recoveries in excess of $460 million); In re Refco Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y.) (total recoveries in excess of $400 million); In re MicroStrategy, Inc. Sec. Litig. (E.D. Va.) (total recoveries in excess of $150 million); In re Bristol Myers Squibb Co. Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y.) (total recovery of $125 million); and In re New Century (C.D. Cal.) (total recoveries of approximately $125 million).

Featured consistently in prominent industry rankings as a leading attorney in the field, observers, peers and adversaries recognize Mr. Graziano as "a wonderfully talented lawyer with excellent judgment" and "a smart, aggressive lawyer who works hard for his clients" (Chambers USA); an attorney who performs "top quality work" (Benchmark Litigation); and a "highly effective litigator" (US Legal500). He is also regularly named as one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America and as a New York Super Lawyer.

Mr. Graziano is a member of the firm's Management Committee. He is currently serving as the President of the National Association of Shareholder & Consumer Attorneys, and has served as a member of the Financial Reporting Committee and the Securities Regulation Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Graziano served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

Mr. Graziano regularly lectures on securities fraud litigation and shareholder rights.