Jill S. Abrams

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Ms. Abrams received her B.S. from the University of Vermont in 1978, and her J.D. from Antioch School of Law in 1981. She is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Second, Third and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

Ms. Abrams has litigated complex class actions in state and federal courts across the country for most of her career. She has served as lead or co-lead plaintiffs' counsel in many securities, breach of fiduciary duty and derivative cases including: Semerenko v. Cendant Corp., 98-4734 (WHW) (D.N.J.); In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Internet Strategies Sec. Litig., 02-MDL 1484 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Asia Pulp & Paper Sec. Litig., 01-cv-7351 (S.D.N.Y.); In re Integrated Resources Sec. Litig., No. 89-cv-4255; and In re Marsh & McLennan Companies Derivative Litigation, C.A. No. 753-VCS (Del. Ch.).

She represents the plaintiff in Wright v. Honeywell, 2009 VT 128, an indirect purchaser antitrust case in which the plaintiff was successful in obtaining a reversal from the Vermont Supreme Court of the lower court's denial of class certification. Ms. Abrams was a member of the plaintiffs' trial team in Braun and Hummel v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Case No. 3127 and 3757 (Pa. C.P. Philadelphia Co.), an employee class action which resulted in a $78 million plaintiffs' verdict.

Ms. Abrams is presently a co-chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits, and has been a volunteer mediator for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Secretary of the non-profit organization Girls Learn International. She has served on the Mergers & Acquisitions and Federal Courts Committees of the Association of The Bar of the City of New York.  Ms. Abrams is also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the National Employment Lawyers Association/New York.  Ms. Abrams has spoken at numerous conferences and CLE programs, including Practicing Law Institute and American Bar Association seminars and as a member of the Glasser Legal Works Complex Class Action faculty.