Zachary M. Ratzman concentrates his practice in the area of securities fraud litigation. Since early 2005, he has litigated the case In re American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, on behalf of three Ohio pension funds and a class of defrauded investors, and has played key roles in other noteworthy actions, including In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Securities Litigation.

Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Mr. Ratzman practiced white collar criminal defense and complex commercial litigation as an associate in the New York offices of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. Prior to that, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Harold Baer, Jr., U.S. District Judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Mr. Ratzman maintains a strong commitment to pro bono work. He served as a non-partisan election monitor in Cleveland, Ohio during the 2004 presidential election, and has represented indigent criminal defendants throughout the appellate process in the New York state courts.

Mr. Ratzman received a B.A. from Ohio University, where he graduated summa cum laude and with Phi Beta Kappa honors. He earned a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he served as a teaching assistant in the University’s Department of Communications Studies.

Mr. Ratzman is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.