Michael S. Bigin received his bachelor’s degrees in 1995 from the State University of New York at Oswego (B.A., History; B.S., Business Administration), and received his J.D. in 1999 from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was a member of theAmerican Bankruptcy Institute Law Review and the Moot Court Honor Society.
Before joining the Firm, Mr. Bigin was an associate at a Manhattan law firm where he represented plaintiffs in securities class actions, including: In re Ikon Office Solutions, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 98-CV-4606 (E.D. Pa.) ($111 million recovery); and In re Computer Associates Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-1226 (E.D.N.Y.) (settlement of 5.7 million shares, value estimated at $134 million).
While at the Firm, Mr. Bigin has worked on numerous class actions that have resulted in substantial recoveries for investors, including: In re Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 04-CV-8144 (CM) (S.D.N.Y.) ($400 million recovery); In re Royal Dutch/Shell Transport Securities Litigation, No. 04-374 (JAP) (D.N.J.) (U.S. settlement with a minimum cash value of $138.3 million and a contingent value of more than $180 million, in addition to a $350 million European settlement that the Firm was substantially responsible for obtaining; and In re Cigna Corp. Securities Litigation, No. 02-CV-8088 (E.D. Pa.) ($93 million recovery). Currently, Mr. Bigin is representing investors in Kinnett v. Strayer Education, Inc., No. 10-CV-2317-T-23MAP (M.D. Fla.), which alleges that the defendants, for-profit schools, made false statements and material omissions concerning student enrollment growth and student recruiting. In addition, he represents investors in Applestein v. Medivation, Inc., No. 10-CV-00998 (EMC) (N.D. Cal.), in which plaintiffs allege that defendants inflated the price of Medivation stock by making false statements concerning the efficacy of its chief drug’s treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. He is also representing investors in Szymborski v. Ormat Technologies, Inc., No. 3:10–CV–00132–ECR (D. Nev.), which alleges that investors suffered damages as a result of defendants’ use of improper accounting principles; defendants’ motion to dismiss was defeated earlier this year, and the case is in discovery. In addition, Mr. Bigin is representing a proposed class of plaintiffs who own Keurig Brewing Systems that do not function as advertised in Green v. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. and Keurig, Inc., 2:11-CV-02067-SDW-MCA (D.N.J.), a consumer class action pending in the District Court of New Jersey. He is also working on 35-41 Clarkson LLC v. New York City Housing Authority, 11-CIV-6770 (S.D.N.Y.), in which the Firm represents a class of landlords denied due process rights to address the New York City Housing Authority’s failure to pay mandated rent increases and failure to reimburse rents owed retroactively pursuant to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations; the action seeks both damages and equitable relief on behalf of the putative class. Mr. Bigin is also working on several other actions involving securities fraud, consumer fraud, antitrust, and mass torts.
Mr. Bigin is admitted to practice in the States of New York and Connecticut, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
