Julia Rider has 35 years of experience as a litigator in a wide variety of practice areas include securities fraud class actions, complex tort actions; professional liability, employment practices, insurance coverage and financial institution related actions.

Representative experience:

• Represented defendants in San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel fire litigation which involved wrongful death and multiple product liability claims arising from a fire which killed 98
  people. The multi-district litigation case was tried in Puerto Rico. Won a major motion
  regarding insurance coverage which facilitated settlement.
• Represented a major life insurance company in a securities fraud class action, and secured a settlement primarily funded by comprehensive general liability, directors and officers liability and fidelity bond insurance.
• Represented accounting firms in actions alleging malpractice, securing favorable settlements
• Currently represents defendants in a securities fraud class action arising from the sale of Med Cap promissory notes.
• Represented a defendant in a securities fraud class action arising from the bankruptcy of a major aggregate production company. The case settled just before the class certification motion was heard, a settlement funded by insurance.
• Represented the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in a variety of actions arising from the collapse of savings and loan associations and banks.
• Represented bankruptcy trustee in fraudulent transfer claims against major commodities futures advisors and brokers in connection with a Ponzi scheme involving precious metals.

More about me on the Women Lawyers of JMBM page.