Ariana J. Tadler has been a partner at Milberg LLP since January 2001 and is an elected member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. She has extensive experience litigating complex securities class actions, including high profile, fast-paced cases. She is also widely recognized as a specialist in electronic discovery.

Ms. Tadler’s accomplishments include litigation of three cases in the Eastern District of Virginia (a/k/a the “Rocket Docket”) in less than four years, including In re MicroStrategy Securities Litigation, in which plaintiffs' counsel negotiated settlements valued at more than $150 million. Ms. Tadler is one of the court-appointed plaintiffs’ liaison counsel in the Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, in which the court approved a $586 million cash settlement in October 2009 (appeal pending). Among the thousands of defendants in this coordinated action are 55 prominent investment banks and more than 300 corporate issuers.

Ms. Tadler is co-chair of the Steering Committee for The Sedona Conference® Working Group I on Electronic Document Retention and Production, the leading “think tank” on e-discovery. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Georgetown University Law Center’s Advanced E-Discovery Institute.

Ms. Tadler maintains an “AV” rating for her legal ability, the highest rating available in Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system. Recognized in the past by Lawdragon, Ms. Tadler has been selected as one of the 2010 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

Ms. Tadler regularly chairs or lectures at national and international conferences. Ms. Tadler’s notable speaking engagements include: Duke University School of Law: 2010 Advisory Committee Conference on Civil Rules (May 2010); State Bar of Texas E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Institute (May 2010); The Sedona Conference - 12th Annual Conference on Complex Litigation (April 2010); Georgetown University Law Center - 2010 E-Discovery Training Academy (March 2010); Italy: IV Seminario Ul Diritto Dei Consumi (Seminar on Consumer Law - “Class Actions in the United States”) (March 2010); The Sedona Conference - Training Program on eDiscovery Dispute Resolution for Special Masters & Mediators (January 2010); Georgetown University Law Center - Federal Judges E-Discovery Training Program (September 2009); Federal Bar Council - 2009 Winter Bar & Bench Conference (February 2009).

Ms. Tadler chairs the Firm’s E-Discovery Committee, co-chairs the Firm’s Outreach Committee and is a member of the Hiring, Diversity, Technology, and Women’s Committees. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Federal Bar Council, the New York Women’s Bar Association, and The New York Inn of Court. Ms. Tadler is a provisional member of the Academy of Court-Appointed Masters.

Ms. Tadler is also involved in various charity and community organizations. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of MFY Legal Services, Inc., a non-profit organization that seeks to provide disadvantaged New Yorkers equal access to the judicial system through community-based representation.