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Eric T. Kanefsky
Associate
W
hile in law school, Mr. Kanefsky was selected as one of approximately fifteen students to participate in Temple's Federal Judicial Clerkship program, through which he served as a student law clerk to the Hon. Bruce W. Kauffman, United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania during his third year of law school.  Mr. Kanefsky also interned for The Honorable James R. Melinson, Chief Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

After law school, Mr. Kanefsky was a litigation associate in the White Collar and Government Enforcement Group at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP in Philadelphia.  Since joining BLBG in 2003, he has worked on numerous high profile securities class actions on behalf of the Firm's institutional clients, including In re Symbol Technologies Securities Litigation, which has achieved settlements totaling $163 million, In re HealthSouth Bondholders Litigation, which has achieved settlements totaling $445 million, and In re R&G Financial Corporation Securities Litigation, which has achieved settlements totaling $51 million.  He is currently a member of the litigation team prosecuting In re Scottish Re Group Securities Litigation, a securities class action against, among others, Scottish Re Group Limited, which at one time was the country's third-largest reinsurer.   Mr. Kanefsky is also a member of the litigation team representing the English Premier Soccer League and Bourne Music Company in a nationally and internationally followed copyright infringement class action against online video-sharing service YouTube and its parent Google.

In addition to his work on behalf of the firm's institutional clients, Mr. Kanefsky represents creditors of distressed and bankrupt companies seeking redress for their losses against prior management, auditors, bankers and other advisors.  In this capacity, Mr. Kanefsky has achieved significant recoveries on behalf of the unsecured creditors of Integrated Health Services Inc. and Friedman's Jewelers Inc.

Mr. Kanefsky also represents individuals in matters involving employment and compensation disputes with  large financial institutions, including investment banks, commercial banks, and hedge funds, among others.  He is currently representing fourteen former employees of Banc of America Securities ("BAS") arising out of BAS's failure to pay them earned, but not paid, bonus compensation for 2007. 

New York
Tel: (212) 554-1467
Fax: (212) 554-1444
erick@blbglaw.com
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Education:

George Washington University, 1999, B.A.

Temple University, 2002, J.D., cum laude; Associate Research Editor of the Temple Law Review; James Beasley First Year Scholar; Temple University Law Foundation Scholarship

Bar Admission(s):

Pennsylvania (voluntarily inactive)

New Jersey

New York

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York