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Brian began his legal career in the Los Angeles office of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP.  He then joined the leading international law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as an associate and was later promoted to special counsel.  During that time, Brian represented large, publicly-traded companies in high-stakes, complex litigation and regulatory matters.

Brian is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits, the U.S. District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California, and the District Courts of Arizona and the District of Columbia.

Brian has in the past worked extensively with Public Counsel’s Adoptions Project, finalizing numerous adoptions. He also represented a family in an administrative hearing against Los Angeles County regarding the County’s failure to properly pay adoption assistance, resulting in a substantial increase in the monthly payments and significant lump sum payment for past deficiencies. Brian was honored as the Adoptions Project’s Advocate of the Year for 2003. He has also participated, on a pro bono basis, in other family law and parental rights issues.  Finally, Brian was part of a team that litigated a significant prisoner’s rights litigation that resulted in a favorable outcome for deaf prisoners in the federal prison system.

• • Represented a Fortune 100 company in a coordinated proceeding involving more than 25 nationwide and state class actions involving claims of fraud, violations of consumer protection statutes, and breaches of express and implied warranties arising out of the sale of polycarbonate baby bottles and products.

  • Represented major investment banks in the Enron Securities class actions and University of California Regents, et al. v. AOL Time Warner Inc., et al, participating in all aspects of the defense of these actions.

Chris founded the Law Office of Christopher Mooney in 2018, a New York City based practice dedicated to advocacy for freelance workers. Prior to 2018, Chris concentrated on plaintiff representation in complex litigation matters, including securities fraud, commodity manipulation, price-fixing, and exchange-related antitrust claims. Chris has also worked as a financial associate at one of the world’s largest banks, where he helped manage an $8B portfolio of private equity investments, and is a licensed C.P.A. (currently unregistered) with experience in the audit and review of S.E.C. registered entities.

Chris earned his J.D. in 2013 from Fordham University School of Law, where he served as a member of the Dispute Resolution Society, and interned for the Honorable George B. Daniels (S.D.N.Y.) as well as the S.D.N.Y. U.S. Attorney’s Office. He received his B.B.A., cum laude, in accounting and finance from Baruch College.

Mr. Ni is one of a handful of U.S. attorneys practicing complex commercial litigation who is also fluent in Mandarin.  Mr. Ni advises individuals and companies in numerous complex disputes, with particular expertise in securities litigation and risk management for listed companies.

Mr. Ni was a litigator at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, the top shareholder rights law firm in the U.S., where he prosecuted numerous securities class actions against U.S. listed corporations on behalf of hedge fund and pension fund investors.  These actions ranged across a multitude of industries, were before diverse jurisdictions throughout the U.S., and involved both domestic and international discovery.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Ni also practiced as an associate in the litigation department of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, a major transnational law firm, where he participated in complex arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and World Bank Investment Treaty (ICSID) Tribunals, and in large-scale corporate investigations in several jurisdictions.

Ivy, an experienced class action attorney focusing on prosecuting securities fraud, is a creative and collaborative problem-solver with a proven track record of recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of clients. Most recently, along with SLF, she successfully obtained a $10.5M recovery in Lowry et al. v. RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. et al., a case arising out of manipulative accounting practices. That recovery represents approximately 30% of plaintiffs’ estimated damages, which is over 3x the typical amount recovered in securities fraud class actions of that size.

Before joining SLF, Ivy successfully prosecuted numerous securities fraud class actions resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in recoveries for injured investors at a national class action firm. Those cases include In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Sec. Litig. ($600M settlement); Jones v. Pfizer Inc. ($400M settlement); Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., et al. ($388M settlement); Silverman v. Motorola, Inc. ($200M settlement); In re HealthSouth Corp. Sec. Litig. ($109M auditor settlement); In re MGM Mirage Securities Litigation ($75M settlement); Massachusetts Bricklayers and Masons Trust Funds et al. v. Deutsche Alt-A Securities Inc et al. ($32.5M settlement); City of Ann Arbor Employees’ Retirement System et al. v. Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. et al. ($25M settlement); In re Genworth Financial, Inc. Sec. Litig. ($20M settlement); and Shankar v. Imperva, Inc. ($19M settlement). She was a member of the team that certified classes in the cases against Motorola, Inc., Pfizer Inc., Genworth Financial, Inc., and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Recognizing her work in securities fraud and class action litigation, Super Lawyers Magazine named Ivy a Rising Star for 2015-2018 and a Super Lawyer for 2019.

Eric Herzog is the Director of Client Data Analytics for the Schall Law Firm and possesses a wide range of analyst/accounting experience across diverse fields. Having worked in non-profit, technology, and film/television sectors, including work with Fortune 500 companies, he offers our clients a unique perspective and attention to detail. Eric holds a B.A. from the American School of Professional Psychology.

Rina started with SLF in 2019 and shares Brian’s vision of a client-centric approach. She is committed to understanding clients’ needs and providing them clear and fulsome counsel from the inception of a class action through final approval of any settlement.

On behalf of the Firm’s clients, Rina has participated in over 20 mediations, resulting in millions of dollars recovered for shareholders. She also has extensive experience in all phases of litigation, particularly in securities fraud and employment class actions involving over 1,000 plaintiffs. Her expertise arises from cases involving multifaceted data management and damage analysis.

Rina has made significant contributions to SLF, namely securing the client and ensuring an optimal recovery for the shareholders in the $90 million settlement in Klein, et al. v. Altria Group., et al.

In addition, Rina has worked for Fortune 500 companies in different legal and business capacities. She has handled single plaintiff and class action litigation for employees and employers, including cases alleging wrongful termination, discrimination, wage claims, and unfair labor practices.

Sherin Mahdavian is a transactional and litigation attorney with experience in the fields of business and regulatory law.

In 2011, Sherin graduated a year early from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in political science. She then continued straight into law school at the UCLA School of Law, graduating with a specialization in business law. Sherin went on to take the bar exam at 23 years old and immediately immersed herself in the legal profession.

While in law school, Sherin interned at Congressman Brad Sherman’s office as a federal agency liaison, and worked at one of the top lobbying firms in Los Angeles, Arnie Berghoff & Associates.

After graduating, she worked at Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP, a mid-sized law firm in Downtown LA, where she specialized in the areas of regulatory, business, and environmental law. While there, she focused her efforts on transactional work and client relations. She now works as an associate attorney at Schall Law, focusing her practice on client services and case development.

Brian founded SLF with the vision of a client-centered approach to achieving the maximum recovery possible for all class members. To that end, SLF has helped recover nearly half a billion dollars for investors since 2017, including some of the largest recoveries of all time in securities fraud cases. Committed to his vision, Brian looks forward to continuing to empower investors to take a more active role in the litigation than they traditionally have, thereby shaping the securities class action sector to better represent the entire class.

Brian began his legal career working for the Honorable Patrick J. Walsh in federal court at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and at American Funds – the world’s most powerful controlling shareholder at that time.

Brian went on to work for Beach Point Capital Management, a multi-billion-dollar fund manager where he focused on Dodd-Frank compliance, with a special emphasis on complex derivatives. He then worked at Glancy Prongay & Murray, one of the country’s top securities fraud class action firms, and subsequently co-founded Goldberg Law PC where he vigorously fought for shareholder rights in some of the largest class action cases in recent years.