Warren R. Stern
Education
- Columbia University, B.A. 1974, summa cum laude
- Harvard Law School, J.D. 1978, magna cum laude (Harvard Law Review)
Clerkships
Honorable Henry J. Friendly, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1978 – 1979
Warren R. Stern
Warren R. Stern has been a member of the Litigation Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz since 1979, a partner from 1985 to 2009 and now is Of Counsel. At Wachtell Lipton, Mr. Stern concentrates on corporate and securities litigation, and he has been particularly active in cross-border matters and the financial services area.
Mr. Stern is admitted to practice in a number of federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Mr. Stern was a Covington & Burling Distinguished Visitor and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School in 2008, and has taught securities regulation at Harvard since 2009. Mr. Stern is also an adjunct professor of law at New York University Law School, where he teaches securities law and litigation, and has taught securities regulation at Vanderbilt Law School. He was named in 2008 as one of Lawdragon‘s “100 Lawyers You Need to Know in Securities Litigation” and was selected by Super Lawyers in 2011 as a leading New York lawyer in securities litigation.
Mr. Stern is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 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.
Select Publications
- The Circuits Split on Securities Act Pleading Standards,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, May 31, 2013.
- Federal Court Dismisses Claim that Delaware Law Requires Compensation Disclosures Not Required by Federal Law,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 10, 2013.
- Delaware Federal Court Dismisses Say-on-Pay Case,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, March 21, 2013.
- Litigation of Investor Claims: State v. Federal Court,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, February 12, 2013.
- Delaware Supreme Court Holds that Insured's Payment of Defense Costs Does Not Trigger Excess Insurer's Coverage Obligations,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, September 27, 2012.
- Supreme Court Rules Loss Causation Need Not Be Proven at Class Certification Stage,
in Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter Volume 31 Number 5, August 2011.
- D.C. Circuit Rules That Disclosure To An Independent Auditor Does Not Waive Work Product Protection,
in Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter Volume 45 Number 1, September 2010.
- Federal Court Dismisses F-Squared Securities Fraud Claims Brought by U.S. Purchaser of Shares in a Foreign Company on a Foreign Exchange,
in Securities Act Litigation Reporter Volume 29 Number 2, May 2010.
- Directors' and Officers' Insurance: The Importance of Consent to Settlements,
in Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter Volume 43 Number 2, October 2009.
- Loss Causation Update: Corrective Disclosure, Relevant Truth and the Flowserve Decision,
in Securities Litigation Report Volume 6 Issue 8, September 2009.
- Directors' and Officers' Insurance,
in The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, August 7, 2009.
- Loss Causation in Light of DURA - Recent Cases,
in Securities Litigation Report Volume 5 Issue 3, March 2008.
