Hillary Stakem is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s San Diego office, where her practice focuses on complex securities litigation.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
Stakem was a member of the litigation team in Jaffe v. Household Int’l, Inc., a securities class action that obtained a record-breaking $1.575 billion settlement after 14 years of litigation, including a six-week jury trial in 2009 that resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs. She was also a member of the litigation teams that secured a $388 million recovery for investors in J.P. Morgan residential mortgage-backed securities in Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and that obtained a $350 million settlement on the eve of trial in Smilovits v. First Solar, Inc., the fifth-largest PSLRA settlement ever recovered in the Ninth Circuit. Stakem also helped secure a $131 million recovery in favor of plaintiffs in Bennett v. Sprint Nextel Corp, a $100 million settlement for shareholders in Karinski v. Stamps.com, a $97.5 million recovery in Marcus v. J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and an $87.5 million settlement in Monroe County Employees’ Retirement System v. The Southern Company.
Stakem received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Chinese, magna cum laude, from the College of William and Mary. Stakem earned her Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law, where she was a member of the UCLA Law Review.