Catherine A. Torell Catherine A. Torell is Of Counsel at Cohen Milstein. She joined the Firm in 2002 and is a member of the Securities Fraud/Investor Protection practice group. Currently, Ms. Torell is involved in the In re Parmalat Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.) in which Cohen Milstein serves as co-lead Counsel. She also conducts investigations of securities fraud cases for the practice group, working with all of its litigators. Prior to joining Cohen Milstein, Ms. Torell was associated with the firm of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP, where she served as one of co-lead counsel in In re Providian Financial Securities Litigation ($38 million settlement). In approving the settlement, the Court remarked on the "extremely high quality" and "skill and efficiency" of plaintiffs' counsel's work throughout the litigation. Ms. Torell also was previously associated with Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, where she served as counsel to the New York City Pension Funds in In re Orbital Sciences Corp. Securities Litigation ($22.5 million settlement), and was a key member of the litigation team that successfully resisted defendants’ efforts to dismiss the case. Ms Torell also served as counsel to the Florida State Board of Administration in LaPerriere v. Vesta Insurance Group, et al., and as counsel to Amalgamated Bank of New York in In re Bristol-Myers-Squibb Securities Litigation ($61 million settlement). Ms. Torell received a B.A. in Political Science from Stony Brook University (1984) and her law degree from St. John's University School of Law (1990) where she was the recipient of the Federal Jurisprudence Award. Ms. Torell is admitted to practice in New York. Contact: ctorell@cmht.com Practice Area: |
