Paul F. Bennett (of counsel)

Mr. Bennett is of counsel to the Firm. In his more than 30 years with the Firm, he has played a key role in most of its cases. He has had the primary litigating responsibilities in a number of cases involving, inter alia, the following industries: capital equipment leasing, independent power production, industrial chemicals, computer hardware and software, banking, savings and loan, commercial real estate, retailing, medical imaging, microcomputers, specialized computer applications for the office, food additives, animal feed and health care. Mr. Bennett has also gained considerable expertise and background in the fields of financial analysis, accounting, auditing, investment banking, corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, and damage analysis.

Mr. Bennett is a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, the State Bar of California, the Antitrust Law Section, the Corporation, Business and Banking Section, and the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Bennett is also a member of the Class Actions and Derivative Suits and Securities Litigation subsections of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. Mr. Bennett was a featured speaker at the Stanford Law School session on Securities Fraud Litigation held in June 1995 and at the Practicing Law institute on Sweeping Reform in March 1996. Mr. Bennett authored an article entitled "Pleading Proof for Actions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and New Securities Exchange Act Section 21 D(b)," which appeared in Practising Law Institute Law and Practice Handbook, Securities Litigation, Series No. B-923 (1996 supp.); he also authored a commentary in the Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter, Symposium on Silicon Graphics (Vol. 1, Nos. 5 & 6, Aug/Sept 1996 at 681-87). Mr. Bennett also served as a Judge in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition in 1996.

Mr. Bennett is a graduate (with distinction) of the University of California at Berkeley and received his J.D. from Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Bennett has been given an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell.