Wallace A. Showman

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Wallace A. Showman has litigated dozens of successful class actions and derivative cases involving securities, corporate transactions, and consumer protection over the past thirty years, including In re Telxon Corp. Securities Litigation (D. Ohio); In re Cendant Securities Litigation (D. N.J.); In re Warner Lambert Derivative Litigation (Del. Ch.); ITT v. Hilton Hotels Corp. et al., CV-S-97-0095-PMP(RLH) (D. Nev.); In re PaineWebber Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re ICN /Viratek Securities Litigation(S.D.N.Y.); In re Northeast Utilities Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re Amdahl Corp. Shareholders Litigation (Del. Ch.); In re U.S. Banknote Corp. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); Sommerfield v. Tracinda (D. Nev.); In re Marion Merrell Dow Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D. Mo.); and In re Gulf Oil/ Cities/Cities Service Tender Offer Litigation (S.D.N.Y.).

Mr. Showman’s federal practice is nationwide, and he is a member of the federal bars in New York and Colorado, as well as the appellate bar in the Second Circuit (New York) and Fifth Circuit (Texas). He is also admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court.

OTHER ATTORNEY EXPERIENCE

• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP (2006-2008)
• Wallace A. Showman LLP, New York City (1999 – 2006)
• Wolf Popper LLP, New York City (1991-95, 1997-98)
• Kirby McInerney & Squire LLP, New York City (1995-96)
• LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP, New York City (1988-91)

MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY

• American Bar Association
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• New York State Bar Association
• New York County Lawyers Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York

EDUCATION

• New York University School of Law,
  J.D., 1988
• Queens College, New York City,
  B.A., 1985

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1989

COURT ADMISSIONS

• U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second and Fifth Circuits
• United States Supreme Court