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Boris Feldman Download Boris Feldman's PowerPoint presentation Listen to a replay of the presentation. Having trouble playing this file? Try upgrading your Windows Media Player Boris Feldman specializes in securities litigation and counseling. He has represented companies and their officers in more than 70 shareholder class actions and derivative suits throughout the United States (including a dozen financial restatement cases). He has also advised audit committees and boards of directors in internal investigations into accounting matters. Boris recently tried and won the case of Walter Hewlett v. Hewlett-Packard Company in the Delaware Court of Chancery, on behalf of HP. Boris has been at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto since 1986. He is a member of its Executive Management Committee. Boris was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1955. He attended Yale College on a National Merit Scholarship. At Yale, he was President of the Yale Debate Association and Speaker of the Yale Political Union. Boris graduated from Yale in 1977 (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, distinction in history). Boris graduated from Yale Law School in 1980. At the law school, he served as Note & Topics Editor of The Yale Law Journal (Volume 89). He was also the Director of Debating for Yale University. In 1980-81, Boris served as law clerk to Judge Abraham D. Sofaer in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Boris was an associate at Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., between 1981 and 1985. In 1985-86, Boris served as Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State. Boris is a lawyer-representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and a member of the Ninth Circuit's Lawyer Representative Coordinating Committee. He is co-chair of the lawyer representatives to the Northern District of California. Boris is active in TechNet. He is on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Campaign for Legal Services. Boris was a member of the six-person advisory committee established by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to propose modifications of the Local Rules in light of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Boris testified before the Senate Banking Committee on the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act. He was appointed to a blue ribbon panel to propose changes in the California shareholder laws. He was a member of the Santa Clara County Superior Court Task Force on Complex Litigation. Boris has lectured on shareholder and disclosure issues before ALI-ABA, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Glasser Legalworks, NASDAQ, National Investor Relations Institute, New York Stock Exchange, PLI, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Risk & Insurance Management Society, SEC Institute, Stanford Directors' College, and Software Publishers Association. He has published approximately 20 articles on various disclosure topics. More resources from Boris are available at: www.borisfeldman.com
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