Prior to joining Kaplan Fox, Mr. Strauss served as a senior auditor with one of the former “Big Eight” accounting firms. Combining his accounting background and legal skills, he has played a critical role in successfully prosecuting numerous securities class actions across the country on behalf of shareholders. Mr. Strauss was one of the lead trial lawyers for the plaintiffs in the first case to go to trial and verdict under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
More recently Mr. Strauss has been involved in representing the firm’s institutional clients in the following securities class actions, among others: In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Securities, Derivative and ERISA Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re Credit Suisse-AOL Securities Litigation (D. Mass.); and In re Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.). He has also recently served as lead counsel for lead plaintiffs in In re OCA, Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D. La., $6.5 million settlement) and In re Proquest Company Securities Litigation (E.D. Mich., $20 million settlement).
Although currently practicing exclusively in the area of law, Mr. Strauss is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York.
Mr. Strauss has also been a guest lecturer on the topics of securities litigation, auditors’ liability and class actions for seminars sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Education:
- B.A., Yeshiva University (1986)
- J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (1992)
Bar Affiliations and Court Admissions:
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Bar of the State of New Jersey
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Bar of the State of New York
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U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second and Third Circuits
Professional Affiliations:
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Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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New York State Bar Association
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
