Adrienne M. Ferraro

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Adrienne M. FerraroAssociateCleveland Tel: 1.216.586.7370Fax: 1.216.579.0212
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Adrienne Ferraro has experience in a wide range of complex litigation, with a focus on representing companies and their officers and directors in securities, derivative, and shareholder litigation.She also has experience defending clients in litigation brought on behalf of employee benefits plans.In addition to participating in the representation of clients in contests for corporate control, Adrienne regularly advises public and private clients on a variety of matters of corporate governance.Moreover, she has extensive experience defending clients under investigation by the SEC, as well as conducting internal client investigations.

Representative clients in recent public matters include Boykin Lodging Company, Cardinal Health, Diebold, and Xcel Energy.In 2005, Adrienne gained invaluable plaintiff-side experience as part of the 10-week trial of Crowley v. Chait, No. 85-2441 (D.N.J.), which resulted in a jury verdict of $119.9 million for the Vermont Commissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration, as the receiver of Ambassador Insurance Company.The judgment was secured against Ambassador's former president and CEO and the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on the basis of allegations of corporate mismanagement and accounting malpractice.

Licensed to practice before the Ohio Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Adrienne has also represented clients in a number of other federal jurisdictions.She is a member of the Ohio and Cleveland Bar Associations, and she participates in the Firm's private landlord-tenant project in conjunction with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland.Adrienne also serves on the Alumni Advisory Counsel of Cleveland Scholarship Programs.

Adrienne M. FerraroAssociateCleveland Tel: 1.216.586.7370Fax: 1.216.579.0212