Warren Stern has been a member of the Litigation Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz since 1979, and a partner since 1985. At Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Mr. Stern concentrates on corporate and securities litigation, and he has been particularly active in the financial services area.

Mr. Stern is admitted to practice in a number of federal courts around the country, including the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Stern received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Columbia in 1974 and received his law degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard in 1978, where he served on The Harvard Law Review. Prior to joining Wachtell Lipton, Mr. Stern clerked for the Hon. Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Stern will be a Covington & Burling Distinguished Visitor and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School in 2008, and has taught securities law at New York Law School and has made a number of presentations on securities law topics before professional organizations. Mr. Stern has extensive experience and training in commercial arbitration and mediation.

Mr. Stern is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Securities Litigation Report. Mr. Stern's pro bono activities have included human rights work with the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and the New York City Bar Association.