Steven O. Sidener (of counsel)

Steven O. Sidener is of counsel to the Firm. In his 20 years with the Firm, he has represented investors and claimants in complex securities and fraud cases, including In re Technical Equities Securities Litigation, In re Wvse Technology Securities Litigation, Wade v. Industrial Funding Corp., In re Media Vision Securities Litigation, and In re Mini Scribe Securities Litigation. He also served as co counsel for a court-appointed receiver in In re TMI Limited Partnership Litigation, a real estate fraud/breach of fiduciary duty case filed on behalf of 40,000 current and former California school teachers. He has also been involved in intellectual property litigation, and recently helped to prosecute a copyright infringement action to a successful conclusion. Mr. Sidener specializes in conducting accounting and financial fraud investigations and prosecuting antitrust actions.

Mr. Sidener was actively involved in, among others, the following published decisions: In re American Continental/Lincoln Savings and Loan Sec. Litig., 130F.R.D. 475 (J.P.M.L. 1990); Wade v. Industrial Funding Corp. [1992 Tr. Binding] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) 96,908 (N.D. Cal. May 28, 1992); Wade v. Industrial Funding Corp.. [1993-94 Tr. Binder] Fed. Sec. L. Rep. (CCH) 198,144 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 30,1993). Currently, Mr. Sidener is actively litigating numerous antitrust class actions in which the Firm has been appointed as Co-Lead Counsel.

Mr. Sidener received a B.A. degree (economics) from the University of California, Berkeley (with distinction), where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Mr. Sidener has been given an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell.