Marc Topaz

crisis, including cases seeking recovery on behalf of shareholders in companies affected by the subprime crisis, as well as cases seeking recovery for 401K plan participants that have suffered losses in their retirement plans.

Mr. Topaz has also played an instrumental role in the firm’s option backdating litigation. These cases, which are pled mainly as derivative claims or as securities law violations, have served as an important vehicle both for re-pricing erroneously issued options and providing for meaningful corporate governance changes. Mr. Topaz has played an important role in the firm’s focus on remedying breaches of fiduciary duties by corporate officers and directors and improving corporate governance practices of corporate defendants.

Mr. Topaz serves on the Board of the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia and has been actively involved with the Divine 9 which has raised money for charities such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and Bringing Hope Home.

Mr. Topaz received his law degree from Temple University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Temple Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Honor Society. He also received his Master of Law (L.L.M.) in taxation from the New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the New York University Tax Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania