Chris Lometti joined Cohen Milstein in 2009 as Of Counsel.  Since joining the firm, he litigated the Leap Wireless case (S.D. Cal) ($13.75 million recovery) and is one of the lead attorneys in many of the firm’s ongoing mortgage-backed securities cases, including Lehman; WaMu; Countrywide; Bear Stearns; HEMT (Credit Suisse); Harborview (RBS Greenwich Capital); Rali and Novastar.

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, he was a founding member of Schoengold Sporn Laitman & Lometti, P.C. (“SSLL”), where he practiced for more than thirteen years in the area of securities class action litigation.

While at SSLL, Mr. Lometti oversaw the firm’s institutional client development efforts. Under his supervision, the firm established relationships with dozens of Taft-Hartley pension and benefit funds which the firm represented in numerous securities class action lawsuits over the years.  In addition, Mr. Lometti participated in the successful litigation of these and other cases, including WorldCom ($6.15 billion recovery), Bank One ($50 million), USN Communications ($45 million), Nicor ($39 million), PNC ($47 million), Westar ($30 million), SpectraVision ($28 million) and SPX ($10 million).

In In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation, 02-CV-3288 (S.D.N.Y.), Mr. Lometti represented a named plaintiff and certified class representative with a significant financial interest in WorldCom bonds.  That case was settled in 2005 for over $6.15 billion, the second-largest securities fraud settlement of all time. A majority of the settlement proceeds in the WorldCom case was allocated to the bond claims of Mr. Lometti’s client and the class they represented. In addition, in In re Nicor Securities Litigation, 02-CV-5168 (N.D. Ill.), Mr. Lometti represented a Taft-Hartley pension and benefit fund in their capacity as sole lead plaintiff. Despite the fact that the case asserted claims under Section 10b of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which centered on complex accounting rules governing the financial reporting of natural gas leases, the case was eventually settled for $39 million.

Prior to SSLL, Mr. Lometti was associated with Shea & Gould, a large New York City-based commercial litigation firm, where he practiced in the Litigation Department.  While there, he represented an array of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, in a wide variety of commercial litigation disputes, including SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, securities class actions and ERISA matters.

In addition to serving as a commercial mediator for the New York State Unified Court system for many years, Mr. Lometti has served as an arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers since approximately 1991.  In 2011, Mr. Lometti was elected to Super Lawyers.  Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.  The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Mr. Lometti received a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham College in 1983, and his J.D. from Fordham Law School in 1986.  He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the New York County Lawyers Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Mr. Lometti is admitted to practice in the State of New York, and is resident in the firm’s New York office.