Patricia I. Avery
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Patricia I. Avery is a senior partner of Wolf Popper. Patricia holds a B.A. from New York University (1973) and is a graduate of New York University School of Law (J.D., 1976), where she was a staff member and then an editor of the Moot Court Board. Since graduation from NYU, Patricia has concentrated on securities and other complex civil litigation, including antitrust and consumer fraud. Patricia has had sole or major responsibilities for many leading decisions in the securities field and in the general area of Federal Civil Procedure. Patricia is the co-author of "To Stay or Not to Stay," Practicing Law Institute (1996); "Selection of Lead Plaintiff Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995," Practicing Law Institute (1996); as well as the co-author (or ghost writer) of a number of other articles on securities law practice and procedure published by the Practicing Law Institute;"The State Court Class Action--A Potpourri of Differences," The Forum, ABA, Vol. XX, No. 4, Summer 1985; and "Proving Damages in Non-Class Securities Cases," presented at the Commercial Law section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, annual convention, July 1986. Patricia was admitted to the New York Bar in January 1977. Since joining Wolf Popper in 1982, Patricia has been involved principally in securities (both class action and derivative), antitrust, and consumer fraud litigation. In addition to playing major roles in many of the leading decisions and substantial judgments obtained by the Firm over the years, Patricia has had sole or principal responsibility at the Firm for numerous securities and other cases, including, among many others: