ASSISTENTES JURÍDICOS CONTENCIOSO

Pauline Hunter

PAULINE HUNTER Enfermeira Gestora de Casos

Nicola McGarahan

NICOLA MCGARAHAN Administradora Jurídica

Emmanuella Ekwegh

EMMANUELLA EKWEGH Administratora Jurídica

Elisa Thomasset

ELISA THOMASSET Assistente Jurídica – Atendimento ao Cliente

Charne’ Rossouw

CHARNE’ ROSSOUW Assistente Jurídica – Atendimento ao Cliente

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Pogust Goodhead (nome comercial de Excello Law (2) Limited)
SRA License Number 512898

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NOAH WORTMAN

Diretor de Reparação de Danos Coletivos Globais

Como Diretor de Reparação de Danos Coletivos Globais no PGMBM, Noah traz sua ampla experiência em avaliar e analisar condutas corporativas inapropriadas nos mercados financeiros, assim como seu compromisso em encontrar litígios mundiais e soluções de engajamento de acionistas para investidores ao redor do mundo. Ele possui ampla experiência representando interesses de investidores globais, promovendo governança corporativa e administração de investidores, e implementando estratégias para alcançar a reparação por danos coletivos. Noah divide seu tempo entre a Filadélfia e Londres, com um objetivo global, onde se esforça para garantir acesso à justiça a investidores institucionais mundiais (incluindo instituições financeiras, fundos empresariais de previdência privada, gerentes e proprietários de ativos e fundos estatais de investimento e fundos de pensão) e outros, mediante estratégias de engajamento e de litígio, incluindo litígios globais de acionistas (classe/grupo, opt-out/direto e opt-in), antitruste/concorrência/litígios sobre cartel, litígios financeiros complexos, privacidade global/litígios por violação de dados, e litígios mundiais sobre patentes. Mais recentemente, Noah foi Gerente Sênior de Reparação de Danos Coletivos no Omni Bridgeway, onde ele trabalhou com investidores institucionais mundiais para implementar estratégias de financiamento de litígios, a fim de auxiliar no exercício de direitos de seus acionistas em buscar a reparação judicial de empresas, publicamente listadas, nas quais um suposto ilícito tenha ocorrido. Anteriormente, Noah foi Diretor Administrativo, Chefe Global e das Américas do Setor de Ações Coletivas para o Grupo Goal, sediado em Londres. Ele foi responsável pelas atividades operacionais e pela visão estratégica da empresa nas Américas e conduziu as iniciativas de alcance global da empresa em valores mobiliários e no setor de ações coletivas em litígios antitruste em nome de sua clientela de investidores institucionais globais. Antes de fazer parte do Grupo Goal, Noah exerceu funções similares no Escritório de Advocacia Stewarts, como Diretor de Desenvolvimento de Caso em Litígios de Proteção ao Investidor e na Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, ajudando investidores institucionais mundiais a exercerem seus direitos relacionados à recuperação de suas perdas de investimento, nos termos das leis que disponham sobre valores mobiliários em jurisdições ao redor do mundo. Noah é um palestrante frequente ao redor do mundo em matéria legal de reparação de danos, recuperação, direitos e responsabilidades de acionistas. Ele também é membro de diversas organizações relevantes de investidores institucionais mundiais e integra o Comitê de Gestão Mundial da Rede Internacional de Governança Corporativa (ICGN) e, anteriormente, prestou serviços ao antigo Comitê de Responsabilidades de Acionistas do ICGN, ao Conselho Consultivo de Eventos do Instituto do Fundo Estatal de Investimentos, e ao Conselho Consultivo de Mercados do Conselho de Investidores Institucionais. Noah frequentou a Columbia University e a Albert A. List College of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

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IAN BERG

Partner

Ian Berg serves as a Partner in the firm’s Global Securities Litigation Department, as the head of U.S. Securities Litigation. Ian is an experienced litigator who has represented institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals in U.S. securities class actions and direct actions, leading to the recovery over $4 billion in losses due to alleged fraud and misrepresentations. Ian has strong skills in all aspects of complex litigation, including developing and implementing redress strategies, leading litigation and discovery, and negotiating favorable resolutions. Ian has argued successfully before federal courts throughout the United States, including U.S. Federal District Courts and U.S. Courts of Appeal.

Ian has favorably resolved several U.S. securities class actions while serving as the Court-appointed Lead Counsel, and a number of individual direct actions while serving as the lead litigator on behalf of notable institutional investors and various types of funds. Ian also played an important role on the litigation teams prosecuting some of the largest securities fraud cases brought on behalf of investors in the United States, including the “IPO Securities Litigation” action that encompassed more than 300 companies and 50 investment banks involved in a massive scandal related to IPO practices in the early 2000s and the notorious Tyco securities fraud litigation that recovered over $3 billion for investors.

Ian’s representative cases include:

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund, Inc., et al. v. American International Group, Inc. et al., 1:15-cv-00774-LTS (S.D.N.Y.)

General Electric Pension Trust, et al. v. American International Group, Inc. et al., 1:15-cv- 00957-LTS (S.D.N.Y.)

City of Orlando Police Pension Fund v. Page, 4:13-cv-02038-PJH (N.D. Cal.)

Pyramid Holdings, Inc. v TerraForm Global, Inc. et al, 1:16-cv-07981-PKC (S.D.N.Y.)

In re Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2672 (CRB); BRS v. Volkswagen AG, et al., 16-cv-3435 (N.D. Cal.) (“Bondholder Securities Action”)

Ian is most proud of his work educating investors about securities litigation. Towards that goal, Ian has been a speaker on various topics and has authored or co-authored the following articles: “Other People’s Money: The Unrealized Conflicts of Securities Lending” (Wall Street Lawyer, July 2010); “Why Institutional Investors Opt-Out of Securities Fraud Class Actions and Pursue Direct Individual Actions” (PLI Securities Litigation and Enforcement Institute, July 23, 2009); “Credit Rating Agencies: Out of Control and in Need of Reform” (Securities Litigation & Regulation Reporter, June 30, 2009); “Ruling Warns Funds to Follow Class Actions” (Pensions & Investments, December 8, 2008); and “The 7th Circuit Sends a Strong Message: Institutions Must Monitor Securities Class Actions Claims” (The NAPPA Report, August 2008).

Ian attended the Northwestern University School of Law and Northwestern University.

MIKE DALY

Partner

Mike Daly is the Managing Partner of Pogust Goodhead’s Philadelphia office.

Mike joined Pogust Millrood (which would later become Pogust Goodhead) in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, Mike was a healthcare litigation lawyer in a large Philadelphia-based defense firm where he represented medical facilities and healthcare professionals in civil liability cases.

At Pogust Goodhead, Mike represents individuals throughout the country in class action and mass tort claims involving consumer fraud, environmental harm, defective medical devices, and harmful pharmaceuticals. Mike spent his first several years at Pogust Goodhead serving as bellwether counsel in the Testosterone Replacement Therapy, Mentor pelvic mesh, GranuFlo dialysate, and Zofran birth injury MDLs. Mike also has managed the firm’s Roundup herbicide litigation and represents hundreds of plaintiffs in their pursuit for justice against the manufacturer of Roundup, Monsanto.

Currently, Mike is serving as lead counsel on behalf of hundreds of individuals in the Injectafer intravenous iron lawsuits pending in Philadelphia state and federal court.

Mike and his team at Pogust Goodhead commenced and have led the Injectafer lawsuits since their inception in 2018.

Mike is also heavily involved in the litigation involving certain hernia mesh products and serves as the Co-Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Hernia Mesh Litigation Group. He has been appointed to leadership positions in both the Bard Davol Hernia Mesh Litigation that has been coordinated in Rhode Island state court (Plaintiff’s Steering Committee), and continues in his Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee leadership role in the Ethicon Physiomesh, Proceed, and Prolene Hernia System (PHS) multicounty litigation mass torts that involve thousands of plaintiffs injured by Ethicon’s products.

Mike also leads the firm’s efforts in the Abbott formula recall and Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) litigations, as well as the Elmiron vision loss litigation that is pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Mike’s efforts have resulted in millions of dollars in recovery for our firm’s clients.

Since our US firm’s evolution into an international law firm with offices in the US, UK, Netherlands, and Brazil, Mike is busy building products liability litigations on behalf of claimants worldwide, and often relies on the expertise and experience built during his career as a US litigator. In addition to litigating, Mike also serves as a guest speaker on mass torts and products liability matters at seminars both stateside and internationally. Mike has lectured frequently at the American Association for Justice (AAJ) conventions, Harris Martin conventions, and even internationally at a litigation conference held at Oxford University.

On a more informal note, Mike was born, raised, and educated in Pennsylvania and has spent most of his life in the greater Philadelphia region. He is a proud 2007 graduate of Penn State and 2010 graduate of the Villanova School of Law. In his ever-dwindling spare time, Mike remains an active member of Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence Region and a supporter of the Penn State Alumni Association. Of course, Mike’s favorite time is spent away from work with his wife, son, and dog!

JOSHUA NEUMAN

Associate

Joshua Neuman joined Pogust Millrood (now Pogust Goodhead) in 2020.

Prior to joining Pogust Goodhead, Josh was an associate at a premier defense firm in the Philadelphia area, representing medical providers in professional liability actions. Josh also represented putative classes in complex civil litigations against pharmaceutical companies.

At Pogust Goodhead, Josh represents individuals in mass tort, products liability, class action, and personal injury claims. Josh serves as an arbitrator in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. The primary focus of these complex civil matters includes pharmaceutical drugs and devices, consumer fraud, and harmful products. Josh also represents businesses in commercial litigation matters. As an associate, Josh provides insight throughout each phase of the litigation – including the pleadings, discovery, pre-trial, and trial stages.

Josh graduated with Honors from the University of Michigan, and attended Temple University Beasley School of Law. While in Law School, Josh was President of the Jewish Law Students Association and advocated for students’ rights as a conduct board advisor. Following his first year of law school, Josh interned for Judge Angelo J. Foglietta in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and Judge Mary K. White in the Superior Court of New Jersey. He also clerked for two preeminent Philadelphia law firms, giving him the opportunity to participate in depositions, arbitrations, and settlement negotiations.

Outside of his legal practice, Josh is an active board member of the Greater Philly Hillel Network and the Brandeis Law Society. Josh is also an avid sports fan, and enjoys playing softball, football, volleyball, and golf. Josh resides in Center City Philadelphia with his wife and Boston Terrier, Ernie.

Education

• J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2016

• B.A., University of Michigan, 2013

Jurisdictions

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Michigan

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

• United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Pennsylvania Bar Association

• New Jersey State Bar Association

• Philadelphia Bar Association

• Montgomery County Bar Association

• The American Association for Justice

• The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association

• Pennsylvania Association for Justice

• Oakland County Bar Association

Awards

• Recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, Rising Star 2020 – 2022

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