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Harvey J. Wolkoff
Partner
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For over 30 years, Harvey has advised clients in a variety of complex litigation matters, including consumer class actions and business fraud, securities and ERISA litigation, data privacy matters, and business contract issues. In addition, he has extensive experience in class action litigation as well as post-merger and acquisition litigation. Harvey has successfully argued several high-profile cases in state and federal courts and has won major appellate victories in a number of federal circuit and state courts of appeals. Harvey currently chairs the firm’s Complex Business Litigation Practice Group and is the former chair of the Litigation Department.
Harvey joined Ropes & Gray in 1975 and went on to accept a position as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York in 1979. He rejoined Ropes & Gray in the fall of 1982 and became a partner in 1984.
Harvey is committed to pro bono work and has represented the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights in several cases.
- Sony. Serving as global coordinating counsel for consumer class actions arising from the recent criminal cyber-attacks on certain of Sony’s computer networks.
- State Street Bank Corporation. Co-lead counsel defending State Street in connection with ERISA and securities litigation arising from subprime mortgage exposure in their mortgage funds.
- Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings/Polar Air Cargo. Lead counsel representing a major air cargo carrier in connection with criminal and civil price-fixing charges.
- Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Lead counsel defending Ameriprise in highly-publicized litigation against The Reserve Trust for losses suffered after The Reserve Trust’s money market account “broke the buck.”
- Heartland Payment Systems. Lead counsel representing this credit card processor in multiple consumer class action litigations stemming from an alleged breach of the company’s data systems.
- Leading Hedge Fund. Lead counsel representing a large and well known hedge fund in connection with breaches of representations and warranties arising from a subprime mortgage pooled trust.
- Gillette. Successfully represented Gillette in multi-district consumer class actions based on advertising claims relating to its market-leading M3Power razor.
Honors & Awards
The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, and Securities (2005-2012) - Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star (2009-2011)
Massachusetts Super Lawyers (2004-2011) Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2008-2011) Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Top Defense Verdict of the Year (2001)
Professional & Civic Activities
- Co-Chairman, Executive Committee, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- Board of Directors, Anti-Defamation League of Boston
- Director and General Counsel, South End Historical Society
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Education
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JD, Columbia University School of Law, 1975; Board of Editors, Columbia Law Review
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BA, summa cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1972; Phi Beta Kappa (Class of 1973)
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire
- U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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