Albert M. Myers, a partner in the New Orleans office of KGS, defends the rights of shareholders in publicly traded companies in class action litigation and shareholder derivative litigation. Prior to joining KGS, he practiced at prominent defense firms in New York and Atlanta.

A skilled litigator and counselor, Mr. Myers has appeared as counsel in numerous federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels. Reported cases include:

Bailey v. Cumberland Casualty & Surety Co., No. 7:04-cv-02162-TMP, slip op. (N.D. Ala. June 3, 2005), aff’d, No. 05-13740-BB (11th Cir. May 11, 2006)

In re Recoton Corp. Securities Litigation, 358 F. Supp. 2d 1130 (M.D. Fla. 2005)

Rodriquez v. Topps Co., 104 F. Supp. 2d 1224 (S.D. Cal. 2000)

Oran v. Stafford, 226 F.3d 275 (3d Cir. 2000)

Kwiatkowski v. Bear Stearns Co., No. 96 Civ. 4798 (JGK), 1997 WL 538819 (Aug. 29, 1997)

Quaker Oats Co. v. Borden, Inc., No. 95 Civ. 9300 (RO), 1996 WL 255386 (S.D.N.Y. May 15, 1996).

Mr. Myers was part of the trial team that settled the In re Recoton Corporation Securities Litigation matter on highly advantageous terms for the client.

Mr. Myers received his B.A. from Yale University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from New York Law School, where he was the John Ben Snow Scholar (1991-1994), a Teaching Fellow, and Chief Articles Editor of the New York Law School Law Review, and coached the school’s moot court team in the Kaufman Securities Law Competition. He served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Prudence Carter Beatty of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, and is the author of Anatomy of a Cross-Border Securities Investigation: A Case Study (Int’l Bar Ass’n, Oct. 2004), Whom May the Corporation Serve? – The Constitutionality of Nonstockholder Constituency Statutes, 39 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 449 (1994), and other publications.

Mr. Myers is a member of the Georgia and New York bars, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, and the International Bar Association.

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