Robbins, Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (“Robbins Geller”) is a law firm in San Diego, California. The firm was formed in May 2004 when Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach split with the New York office, becoming Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman.
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Robbins Geller has been named to the National Journal’s Plaintiffs’ Hot List[1] in every year of the firm’s existence. The 2008 award notes that Coughlin Stoia has “been retained by dozens of public and private funds managing $50 billion in assets. The firm has filed 150 new cases and has been appointed lead counsel in dozens more” and cites the following “noteworthy cases:”
In re UnitedHealth Group Sec. Litig., No. 06-CV-01691 (D. Minn.). Lead counsel Darren Robbins, Michael Dowd, Ramzi Abadou and Andrew Brown. In July, the firm recovered $895 million for shareholders in an options backdating class action — a recovery more than five times the previously largest win.
Carpenters Health & Welfare Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity v. Coca-Cola Co., No. 00-CV-2838 (N.D. Ga.). Lead counsel Patrick Coughlin, Keith Park, Scott Saham, Steve Pepich and Dennis Herman. A federal judge in Atlanta gave preliminary approval to a $137 million settlement of a shareholder suit alleging that Coka-Cola executives engaged in "channel-stuffing" — pressuring soft drink bottlers into buying at least $600 million worth of excess concentrate syrup to bolster sales artificially and mask faltering revenues.
In re BP PLC Shareholder Litig., No. 3AN-06-11929CI (Anchorage, Alaska, Super. Ct.). Lead counsel Patrick Coughlin, Patrick Daniels, and Mary Blasy. The firm represented shareholders in taking BP PLC to task for a series of blows to the company's value, including the 2006 Prudhoe Bay oil spills, the 2005 Texas City, Texas, refinery explosion and certain commodities trades. The company agreed to reforms including annual meetings with top shareholders and improved access for shareholders to board activities. The company agreed to pay the plaintiffs' $9.75 million in legal fees.