An accomplished litigator, Jonathan M. Plasse has devoted over 30 years of his practice to the prosecution of complex cases involving securities class action, derivative, transactional, and consumer litigation. Currently, he is prosecuting securities class actions against Schering-Plough, Fannie Mae and Morgan Stanley.

Most recently, Mr. Plasse was an integral member of the team representing the New York State Common Retirement Fund and the New York City Pension Funds as lead plaintiffs in In re Countrywide Financial Corporation Securities Litigation. The $624 million settlement is one of the largest securities fraud settlements in U.S. history. His other recent successes include serving as Co-Lead Counsel in In re General Motors Corp. Securities Litigation ($303 million settlement) and In re El Paso Corporation Securities Litigation ($285 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. 

Mr. Plasse serves as the Chair of the Securities Litigation Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He has also chaired and been a regular speaker at continuing legal education seminars relating to securities class action litigation.

During his time at Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Plasse served as a member of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law.

Mr. Plasse has received a rating of AV from the publishers of the Martindale-Hubbell directory.