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Barry S. Pollack is a partner in the Litigation Department of our Boston office. He is also a member of the firm s Hiring Committee. Mr. Pollack is a former federal prosecutor focusing his national practice on the representation of corporations, directors, officers and individuals in government investigations, securities claims, SEC inquiries, white collar defense, class actions and other commercial disputes at the trial and appellate levels. He has conducted internal corporate investigations and represented targets, victims, witnesses or the government in numerous criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions in a variety of jurisdictions. In addition, Mr. Pollack represents victims of international child abductions. Mr. Pollack previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey. Representative Client Work Obtained dismissal in the Southern District of New York, and affirmance in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, of class action claims in excess of $20 million against corporate officers of an internet technology company arising from the alleged sale of unregistered securities Successfully blocked a securities class action plaintiff from enjoining a merger of public companies Successfully represented numerous corporate officers against fiduciary duty-based claims Representation as lead trial counsel for party winning a $27 million jury verdict on tort claims against a subsidiary of a Fortune 50 company in the Connecticut Complex Litigation Docket Representation as lead trial counsel for party winning $1.5 million jury verdict on quantum meruit claim against a Fortune 1000 telecommunications company in the District of New Jersey Representation of corporate officers of a technology company in an SEC investigation resulting in no formal action Representation of a vice president of a technology company who had been named as the target of a federal investigation, and since terminated, in the alleged theft of trade secrets Representation of an accountant to avoid federal felony charges and restitution penalties in an alleged computer hacking matter Obtained suppression of all evidence based on unlawful search and seizure, requiring dismissal of federal prosecution Bar & Court Admissions New York, 1992 California, 1993 Massachusetts, 1998 Supreme Court of the United States U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York U.S. District Court, Central District of California U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Tax Court Publications Sullivan & Worcester LLP Wins $10. 5 Million Verdict on Behalf of Telecommunications Entrepreneur Alfred West Against IDT Corporation (April 18, 2008) Limitations on Censure Through Adverse Publicity, Massaachusetts Lawyers Weekly (August 28, 2006) "Rethinking Guilt, Juries and Jeopardy," (co-author) 91 Mich. L. Rev. 1 (1992) "Saving Rights From a Remedy," (co-author) 73 Bost. Univ. L. Rev. 147 (1993) "Balancing the Fourth Amendment Scales," (co-author) 45 Hast. L.J. 21 (1993) Teaching & Speaking Engagements Speaker, "Defending the White Collar Case," sponsored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Speaker on intellectual property crimes Distinguished Speaker on business ethics and compliance programs at UCLA Executive MBA Program Commentator on regional and national news programs Awards & Honors Selected as one of the Top Ten Lawyers of the Year by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2005) Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2005, 2006, 2007) AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2001 Child Advocate of the Year Award at annual charity reception at the federal court Professional & Civic Activities Professional Liability Underwriting Society National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Director and Clerk, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Boston Bar Association Education J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 1992; Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Review B.S., cum laude, State University of New York at Albany, 1987 | 