Craig J. Geraci, Jr. is a partner in KSF’s Louisiana office and focuses on federal securities litigation and other complex class action litigation. He is actively involved in cases pending before federal courts across the United States. Mr. Geraci has litigated numerous securities matters and helped recover more than $100 million for shareholders allegedly defrauded […]
Matthew P. Woodard
Matthew Woodard, an associate in KSF’s Louisiana office, focuses on federal securities class action litigation. He is involved in cases pending before federal courts across the United States. Mr. Woodard received his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law in 2012, where he served as the Senior Managing Editor for the Tulane Journal of Law […]
Michael A. Swick
Michael A. Swick is a co-founding partner of KSF and heads the firm’s case starting department, overseeing case evaluation and initiation in the firm’s securities, shareholder derivative and mergers & acquisitions practice groups. Prior to founding KSF, Mr. Swick had a distinguished career working at several of the nation’s premiere class action litigation firms. Relying […]
Michael J. Palestina
Mr. Palestina practices securities and other complex class action litigation. He focuses his practice on securities litigation involving mergers and acquisitions. In his capacity as a KSF partner, Mr. Palestina currently serves as lead, co-lead, or executive committee counsel in several ongoing M&A cases and has previously served in the same capacity in several successfully […]
Melinda A. Nicholson
Melinda A. Nicholson, a partner in KSF’s Louisiana office, focuses on shareholder derivative and class action litigation, representing institutional and individual shareholders in corporate governance litigation and securities fraud actions, and antitrust matters. Ms. Nicholson also oversees KSF’s shareholder derivative practice. Ms. Nicholson has been involved in a number of significant derivative and class action […]
Kim E. Miller
Kim E. Miller is a KSF partner who specializes in securities litigation and other complex class action litigation. Ms. Miller also supervises the New York City office of KSF. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Ms. Miller was a partner at one of the nation’s leading plaintiff class action firms. Ms. Miller also spent […]
J. Ryan Lopatka
J. Ryan Lopatka, a partner in KSF’s New York office, focuses primarily on federal securities class action litigation. Mr. Lopatka was a member of the team that litigated against Halliburton Company in one of the most closely followed securities cases of all time. The litigation, which spanned more than a decade, included two landmark decisions […]
Alayne K. Gobeille
Alayne Gobeille is an associate in the Louisiana office of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC. Ms. Gobeille completed her undergraduate work at the University of California at Davis, earning a B.S. in Fermentation Science in 2000. She went on to earn a Masters Degree in Natural Resources from Cornell University in 2003. After graduate school, Ms. […]
Andrew J. Gibson
Mr. Gibson is of counsel to KSF. Andrew focuses his practice on merger and acquisition litigation, shareholder derivative actions, and other complex class action litigation. Mr. Gibson is also responsible for the formation and management of the firm’s Business Loss Claim division, wherein he represents hundreds of businesses and non-profit organizations in claims under the […]
Charles C. Foti
Charles C. Foti, Jr. served as the Attorney General for the state of Louisiana from 2004-2008, after serving for 30 years as one of the most innovative law enforcement officials in the United States as Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff. Throughout his career, General Foti has remained committed to public service. As Attorney General for the […]