|   | | Law Firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | A Restricted Professional Company |
| | Address | | 1835 Market Street, 28th Floor | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 | | (Philadelphia Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust Law, Class Action and Complex Litigation. General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts. | | Year Established: 1975 | Firm Profile:
Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. was established in 1975. It is a small law firm with a respected national practice in antitrust and complex commercial litigation. The firm often represents plaintiffs in major antitrust cases, and in antitrust, consumer protection and other class actions. The firm also engages in a wide range of other complex commercial litigation. The firm serves clients nationwide from its office in Philadelphia. Several former associates are law professors. Attorneys in the firm are highly credentialed and nationally recognized. | | Firm Size: 10 | | Allen D. Black (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1971, Pennsylvania; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1963); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1966). Order of the Coif. Comment Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. John Minor Wisdom, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1966-1967. Assistant Professor of Law, University of North Dakota, 1971. Lecturer in Law: Rutgers University, 1972-1977; Temple University, 1978; University of Pennsylvania, 1985. Member: American Law Institute (Member of the Council, 1994—; 2nd Vice President, 2004—). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. [JAG, U.S. Navy, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Allen D. Black | | Donald L. Perelman (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois; 1983, Pennsylvania. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Donald L. Perelman | | Roberta D. Liebenberg (Member) born Washington, D.C.; admitted to bar, 1975, Virginia; 1976, District of Columbia; 1980, Pennsylvania and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., magna cum laude, 1970); Catholic University (J.D., 1975). Notes Editor, Catholic University Law Review, 1975. Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1975-1977. Board Member: Women's Way, 2001—; Anti-Defamation League, Philadelphia Chapter, 2001—; Women's Resource Center of Montgomery County, 2000-2002. Member: Philadelphia (Chair, Antitrust Committee, 1993-1997, 2003—; Co-Chair, Women in the Profession Committee, 2006—; Co-Chair, Gender Fairness in the Civil Justice System, 1997-1999), Pennsylvania (House of Delegates, 1995—; Board of Governors, 2000-2003; Chair, Commission on Women in the Profession, 1995-1997; Recipient: Lynette Norton Award by the Commission on Women in the Profession; Women of Distinction by Philadelphia Business Journal and the National Association of Women Business Owners, 2003; Top 50 Women Lawyers in Pennsylvania by the Philadelphia Business Journal, 2004-2006; 2006, Best Lawyers in America, 12th ed. Antitrust) and American (Chair, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 2006—; Third Circuit Representative, 2005-2006; Member, Board of Governors, 2003-2005; Special Advisor, 2000-2003 and Vice-Chair, Commission on Women in the Profession, 1999-2000; Member, 1997—; Director of Divisions, 1998-1999; Co-Chair, Strategic Planning, 1999-2000; Member, Governing Council, 1993-1997; Chair, Committee on Class Actions and Derivative Suits, Litigation Section, 1989-1992 Bar Associations. Fellow, American Bar Foundation; American Law Institute (Member, 1997—). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Arbitration. Email: Roberta D. Liebenberg | | Michael D. Basch (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April, 18, 1959; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania. Education: Duke University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1981); Yale University (J.D., 1986). Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation, 1985-1986. Law Clerk to Hon. U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1986-1987. Practice Areas: Special Education. Email: Michael D. Basch | | Jeffrey S. Istvan (Member) born Johnstown, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989); University of Virginia (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Hardy Cross Dillard Scholar. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert S. Gawthrop, III, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey S. Istvan | | Mary L. Russell (Associate) born Omaha, Nebraska, 1956; admitted to bar, 1986, Connecticut; 1988, New York; 1990, Pennsylvania; 1995, New Jersey. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., 1978); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Associate Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1985-1986. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Employment Law. Email: Mary L. Russell | | Gerard A. Dever (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania. Education: American University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Temple University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gerard A. Dever | | Paul Costa (Associate) born Oreland, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, Georgetown International Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Cynthia M. Rufe, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2002-2004. Author: "Unbuilding a Bridge to the Twenty-First Century: The Coast Guard, Common Sense, the Law and Sustainable Development, 31 ENVTL. L. 95 (2001). Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Federal Court Committee). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Paul Costa | | Matthew Duncan (Associate) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Bucknell University (B.S., 1996); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Law Clerk to Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Action; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Matthew Duncan | | Ria C. Momblanco (Associate) born 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2005, Pennsylvania. Education: University of California Los Angeles (B.S., 1997); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 2002). Senior Editor and Technology Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2000-2002. Email: Ria C. Momblanco | | Adam J. Pessin (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania; 2005, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., with distinction, 1996); University of Oxford (U.K.) (Diploma, 1997); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2001-2003. Law Clerk to Hon. Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2003-2004. Email: Adam J. Pessin | | OF COUNSEL | | Aaron M. Fine (Of Counsel) born Birmingham, England, January 16, 1923; admitted to bar, 1949, Pennsylvania; 1960, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1943; LL.B., 1948). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Research and Case Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1947-1948. | | Arthur M. Kaplan (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., May 5, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Pennsylvania; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (A.B., cum laude, 1967); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Harvard Civil Rights—Civil Liberties Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: "Antitrust as a Public-Private Partnership: A Case Study of the Nasdaq Litigation," 52 Case Western Law Review, 2001. Member: American Law Institute (Elected Member); American Antitrust Institute (Member, Advisory Board). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Arthur M. Kaplan | | Elise E. Singer (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, December 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Illinois; 1983, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., with honors, 1975); University of Michigan (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Email: Elise E. Singer | | Louis C. Ricciardi (Of Counsel) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 13, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania; 1994, New Jersey. Education: LaSalle University (B.A., 1987); Georgetown University (J.D., 1993). (Also practicing individually). Email: Louis C. Ricciardi |
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