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Ellen A. Gusikoff Stewart was born in New York, New York in 1964. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Muhlenberg College in 1986 and her Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1989. Ms. Stewart was admitted to the California Bar in 1989 and is admitted to practice before all federal courts in California, the Sixth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the Western District of Michigan.
Ms. Stewart currently practices in the Firm's settlement department, negotiating and documenting the Firm's complex securities, merger and consumer privacy class and derivative actions. Notably, recent settlements include: Schwartz v. TXU Corp., (N.D. Tex. 2005) ($149.75 million in cash plus corporate governance reforms); In re Doral Fin. Corp. Sec. Litig., (S.D.N.Y. 2007) ($129 million plus corporate governance reforms); In re Chiron S'holder Deal Litig., (Cal. Super. Ct., Alameda County, 2006) (significant increase in merger consideration); In re Payment, Inc. S'holder Litig., (Davidson County, Tenn. 2006) (increased merger consideration and improved merger terms).
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