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Profile Title: Partner Location: New York Telephone: 212.594.5300 or 800.320.5081 Fax: 212.273.4376 Admitted: New York, 1987 New Jersey, 1994 Education: B.A., Cornell University, 1982 J.D., New York University School of Law, 1986 cum laude Practice Areas Consumer Litigation Mass Tort / Environmental Litigation Institutional Investor Insurance Litigation Securities Litigation Mr. Friedman was an editor of the Law Review at NYU and began his legal career as a clerk for the Honorable Max Rosenn, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was an associate at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett for seven years before joining Milberg Weiss. Mr. Friedman specializes in complex commercial matters, including securities, consumer, and life insurance class actions. He also has an active mass tort practice. He has recovered billions of dollars on behalf of injured plaintiffs, including as lead counsel in numerous vanishing premium and churning life insurance sales practice class actions (including cases against Prudential and Metropolitan Life). In 2002, Mr. Friedman acted as lead counsel on behalf of various asbestos committees in the W.R. Grace bankruptcy, and successfully recovered approximately $1 billion through a fraudulent conveyance litigation that settled on the eve of trial. Mr. Friedman is a member of the Federal Bar Council, the American Bar Association, the American Trial Lawyer Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association | 