A. J. De Bartolomeo

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Education
• J.D., University of California, Hastings College of Law, 1988
• B.A., Fairfield University, 1982
• University of London, London School of Economics (General Course Degree, 1981)

Admissions
• California;
• United States Supreme Court;
• United States Court of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits;
• United States District Courts the District of Michigan, the Southern District of Texas, the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California

Memberships
• American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Business Law and Communications;
• American Association for Justice;
• National Association of Public Pension Attorneys;
• Council of Institutional Investors

A. J. De Bartolomeo has fifteen years experience in complex litigation, including the prosecution and defense of class actions arising under the securities, communications, consumer protection and copyright laws.

Ms. De Bartolomeo served as co-lead counsel, representing the California State Teachers Retirement System, in securities litigation against Qwest Communications, Inc., in one of the largest and most pervasive corporate financial frauds in United States history in CalSTRS v. Qwest Communications, et al., in California Superior Court for the County of San Francisco. Ms. De Bartolomeo served as lead counsel in Lehman v. Blue Shield in California Superior Court for the County of San Francisco, where plaintiffs alleged that premium increase practices were unfair and deceptive, and resulted in thousands of people paying additional premiums. The parties negotiated a class-wide settlement, which was approved by the Court. She also served as counsel for the State of New Jersey in a securities fraud matter against Gemstar – TV Guide and two of its former officers in State of New Jersey v. Gemstar.

Ms. De Bartolomeo currently serves as second chair to Mr. Girard in the In Re American Express Financial Advisors Litigation, pending in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. The parties negotiated a settlement and the Court granted preliminary approval. The final fairness hearing is scheduled for July 13, 2007. Ms. De Bartolomeo also currently serves on the Discovery Committee in the In Re Medtronic Defibrillators MDL pending in the United States District Court, District of Minnesota. In addition, she serves as co-lead counsel in the Literary Works in Electronic Databases Litigation, a consolidated, multi-district proceeding on behalf of free-lance authors whose works were incorporated in on-line databases (S.D.N.Y.).

Ms. De Bartolomeo has ten years experience in the negotiation and administration of class action settlements, including the $90 million settlement in MCI Non-Subscriber Rates Litigation. She has also worked in the securities industry from 1982-1985, as an assistant trader at Tucker, Anthony & R.L. Day (now known as RBC Dain Rauscher).

Ms. De Bartolomeo is a member of the American Bar Association Sections on Litigation, Business Law and Communications and the American Association for Justice. She also is a member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, where she is an active participant in the Task Force on Securities Litigation and Damage Calculation, as well as a member of the Council of Institutional Investors.

Ms. De Bartolomeo is a 1988 graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She received her undergraduate degree from Fairfield University in 1982, and a General Course degree in Economics from the University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science (1981). Ms. De Bartolomeo has been invited to speak on consumer and securities class actions, as well as the settlement approval process before defense law firms, institutional investors and government committees; most recently, for the Fact-finding Mission to Class Actions in the United States, sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Kyoto Bar Association. Before joining Girard Gibbs, Ms. De Bartolomeo was an associate with Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi and a Staff Attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Enforcement Division). She is admitted to the California Bar. She also is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the First and Ninth Circuits, and the United States District Courts for the District of Michigan, the Southern District of Texas, and the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California.