Our Litigators of the Week are Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd partners Debra Wyman and Jessica Shinnefield, who just won final approval of an eye-popping $1.025 billion settlement in a securities litigation class action against real estate investment trust Verit, formerly known as American Realty Capital Properties.

U.S. District Senior Judge Alvin Hellerstein in the Southern District of New York also awarded $100 million in attorneys’ fees, plus $5 million in expenses, recognizing that the Robbins Geller team “has pursued the litigation and achieved the settlement with skill, perseverance, and diligent advocacy.”

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