An accomplished litigator, Jonathan M. Plasse has devoted 30 years of his practice to the prosecution of complex cases involving securities class action, derivative, transactional, and consumer litigation. His recent successes include serving as Co-Lead Counsel in In re General Motors Corp. Securities Litigation ($303 million settlement), In re El Paso Corporation Securities Litigation ($285 million settlement), and In re International Business Machines Corporation Securities Litigation ($20 million settlement).

Mr. Plasse also served as Lead Counsel in In re Waste Management Inc. Securities Litigation, where he represented the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trusts Funds, and obtained a settlement of $457 million. Representing the New York City Pension Funds, Mr. Plasse led the team that secured a $23.5 million settlement on the eve of trial in the Orbital Sciences Corporation Securities Litigation. Currently, he is prosecuting securities cases against Countrywide Financial Corporation and Take-Two Interactive.

Mr. Plasse is a regular speaker at institutional investor gatherings as well as a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars relating to securities class action litigation.

Mr. Plasse received a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from the State University of New York in Binghamton in 1972. He received a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1976, where he served as a member of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.

He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Plasse is admitted to practice in New York.