Stephanie Schroder
Stephanie has helped institutional investors recover billions of dollars from securities fraud class action litigations.
Stephanie has helped institutional investors recover billions of dollars from securities fraud class action litigations.
Stephanie Schroder is the Co-Head of the U.S. Securities Practice Group at DiCello Levitt. Based in the firm’s San Diego office, Stephanie has more than twenty-four years of experience representing institutional investors, including public and multi-employer pension funds, in complex securities litigation and providing counsel on corporate fraud matters. She is deeply committed to advancing accountability and transparency in the United States and global financial markets.
Stephanie has represented institutional investors in securities fraud litigation that has resulted in billions of dollars in collective recoveries. Before joining DiCello Levitt, Stephanie was part of a team that obtained a $1.21 billion settlement in In re Valeant Pharms. Int’l, Inc. Sec. Litig., a case that Vanity Fair reported as “the corporate scandal of its era” that had raised “fundamental questions about the functioning of our health-care system, the nature of modern markets, and the slippery slope of ethical rationalizations.” This is the largest securities class action settlement against a pharmaceutical manufacturer and the ninth largest securities class action settlement ever. Additional prominent cases include: In re AT&T Corp. Sec. Litig. ($100 million recovery at trial); In re FirstEnergy Corp. Sec. Litig. ($89.5 million recovery); Rasner v. Sturm (FirstWorld Communications); and In re Advanced Lighting Sec. Litig. Stephanie also specializes in derivative litigation for breaches of fiduciary duties by corporate officers and directors. Significant litigation includes In re OM Grp. S’holder Litig. and In re Chiquita S’holder Litig. Stephanie previously represented clients that suffered losses from the historic Madoff fraud in the Austin Capital and Meridian Capital litigations, which were also successfully resolved. In addition, Stephanie is a frequent lecturer on securities fraud, shareholder litigation, and options for institutional investors seeking to recover losses caused by securities and accounting fraud.
Stephanie is a member of the Bar in California and Kentucky. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky, College of Law. In 2006, she helped campaign for her father, the late Justice Wil Schroder, who was elected to the Kentucky Supreme Court and served from 2007, until his retirement in January 2013.