Moshe Balsam
Principal

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  (212) 682-3025 x. 112

Moshe Balsam has represented clients in complex securities class and shareholder derivative actions in federal and state courts for over twenty years.

Mr. Balsam played a lead role in the recovery of tens of millions of dollars for defrauded investors.  These include the successful prosecution of shareholder class actions against numerous publicly-traded companies in jurisdictions around the country such as Worldwide Xceed, IIS Intelligent Information, Martin Color-fi and The Hibernia Bank – in which $20 million was recovered for the class.  Mr. Balsam also played a lead role in the trial of the Kay Jewelers litigation (In re Kay Jewelers Securities Litigation, 90 cv 1663A) which ultimately settled before going to the jury for decision.

• Education

• J.D., The Brooklyn Law School, 1981 (Specialty training in Securities Law)
• B.A., Brooklyn College, 1977

• Professional Experience

• Legal Intern to the Honorable Mary Johnson Lowe, District Judge, Southern District of New York (1980)
• Legal Intern to the Securities and Exchange Commission (1981)

• Admissions

• State of New York
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York