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Profile Title: Partner Location: New York Telephone: 212.594.5300 or 800.320.5081 Fax: 212.868.1229 Admitted: New Jersey, 1982 Education: B.A., University of Toledo, 1974 with honors J.D., Seton Hall Law School, 1982 with emphasis on health care law Practice AreasConsumer LitigationInstitutional Investor Insurance Litigation Securities Litigation Ms. Kartalopoulos works primarily in the areas of securities, insurance, consumer fraud and institutional investors. Before joining Milberg Weiss in 1998, she was in government service in the State of New Jersey, holding several positions including Deputy Commissioner of Insurance for Life and Health, Director of Legal Regulatory Affairs for the Department of Health and Senior Services and Executive Director of the New Jersey Real Estate Commission. As Deputy Commissioner of Insurance she managed the New Jersey Insurance Department's Multi-State Task Force investigating the sales practices of the Prudential Insurance Company. She also served on the Board of Directors of MBL Insurance Company as a rehabilitator and managed litigation pursuant to the company's rehabilitation. Thereafter as Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs for the Department of Health and Senior Services, Ms. Kartalopoulos was responsible for litigation management, the development of all regulations implementing the New Jersey Healthcare statutes, the development and implementation of a streamlined Certificate of Need (CN) law, and the development of stringent prompt payment regulations to ensure that HMO's meet contractual obligations to physicians and ensure the stability of the health care network for the benefit of consumers.As Executive Director of The New Jersey State Real Estate Commission, Ms. Kartalopoulos was responsible for implementing consumer disclosure/protection regulations which had been long opposed by the New Jersey real estate industry. She was also responsible for all disciplinary investigations and hearings against realtors, the inspection and registration of out of state land sales marketed in the State of New Jersey, continuing licensing of 84,000 realtors and brokers and the on-going development of real estate regulations. Ms. Kartalopoulos also worked with New Jersey Attorney General Deborah Poritz in the development of Megan's Law. Prior to government service, Ms. Kartalopoulos specialized in local government law and land use representing a number of municipal governments, Planning Boards and Boards of Adjustment. She was responsible for litigation before both the State and Federal Courts, and negotiated significant settlements with the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) for the benefit of low income residents of the State. Ms. Kartalopoulos has co-authored the following publications on the subject of securities and shareholder litigation: Deterring Executive Compensation Excesses: Regulatory Weaknesses, Litigation Strengths (03/05, NY, NY) and Vintage Wine In New Bottles: The Curious Evolution of the Concept of Loss Causation (11/05, NY, NY). | 