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 for the District of Michigan, the Southern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California

Memberships
• American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation
• American Association for Justice, Women's Caucus
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Consumer Attorneys of California

A. J. De Bartolomeo has twenty years of experience in complex litigation, including the prosecution and defense of class actions arising under the securities, communications, consumer protection and copyright laws, and experience in the collection of class action recoveries and claims administration in bankruptcy proceedings. Ms. De Bartolomeo has served as court-appointed lead counsel and class counsel in several class actions throughout the United States.

Ms. De Bartolomeo served as Lead Counsel in Telstar v. MCI, Inc. (S.D.N.Y) (achieved settlement for over $2.8 million in cash on behalf of class of commercial subscribers alleging FCA violations), Lehman v. Blue Shield (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco County) (parties negotiated a settlement for over $6.5 million in cash on behalf of class of subscribers overpaying insurance premiums), Powers Law Offices v. Cable & Wireless, USA (D. Mass.) (Bankr. D. Del.) (achieved settlement for over $2.2 million in cash after Chapter 7 filing on behalf of Rule 23(b)(3) certified class of commercial customers alleging FCA violations), and In re Cosmo Store Services, (Bankr. C.D. Cal.) (achieved settlement for $1 million in cash after Chapter 11 filing on behalf of class of unsecured creditor employees). Ms. De Bartolomeo has also held a Leadership position in In re American Express Advisors Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y), CALSTRS v. Quest Communications, et al. (Cal. Super. Ct. San Francisco County), Cromwell v. Sprint Communications (D. Kan), and Brennan v. AT&T Corp. (S.D. Ill.). Ms. De Bartolomeo served as second chair in In re MCI Non-Subscriber Rates Litigation (MDL, S.D. Ill.) ($100 million settlement).

Ms. De Bartolomeo was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the In re: Yasmin and Yaz (Drospirenone) Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation, Multi-District Litigation involving claims against the manufacturers of the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella. She currently serves as Co-Lead counsel in In re Electronic Database Copyright Litigation, (MDL, S.D.N.Y), and In re Girls Gone Wild Litigation (Los Angeles Super. Ct.).

She is a member of the American Bar Association Section on Litigation, the Women's Caucus of the American Association for Justice, the American Bankruptcy Institute and Consumer Attorneys of California. She is a former member of the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, where she served on the Task Force on Securities Litigation and Damage Calculation. 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, she was a featured speaker at the Women’s Leadership Summit at the AAJ Annual Convention in Vancouver (July 2010), and the Fact-finding Mission to Class Actions in the United States, sponsored by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Kyoto Bar Association. She is the author of “Facilitating the Class Action Approval Process,” AAJ’s Women Trial Lawyers Caucus Newsletter, Summer 2010.

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). 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, the Eastern District of Wisconsin, and the Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Districts of California.