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Published on: 5/17/2009
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James Kelly-Kowlowitz
Associate
jkelly@wolfpopper.com
(212) 451-9635
James Kelly-Kowlowitz is an associate at Wolf Popper.
He is a summa cum laude graduate of
Brooklyn
Law
School
, where he received various awards including the CALI Award for Excellence in Securities Regulation and the Edith C. Blum Foundation Prize for exceptional achievement in the area of Taxation.
Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz obtained a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at
Binghamton
, where he was a member of Beta Alpha Psi, National Honor Society.
During law school, Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz interned for the Honorable Allan L. Gropper at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, S.D.N.Y., and interned for the New York City Department of Finance, Office of Legal Affairs.
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Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz is also a Certified Public Accountant with extensive knowledge of taxation, accounting and financial reporting.
Since joining Wolf Popper in September of 2004, Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz has primarily concentrated on ERISA class action litigation.
Cases in which Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz actively represented plaintiffs include In re AIG ERISA Litigation, Master File No. 04-cv-9387 (JES) (AJP) (S.D.N.Y.), where defendants' motions to dismiss the consolidated complaint was defeated in toto.
On October 7, 2008, the Court approved the settlement of the AIG ERISA Litigation, in the amount of $24.2 million.
Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz is currently representing participants and beneficiaries of the Citigroup 401(k) Plan and the Citibuilder 401(k) Plan for
Puerto Rico
, for violations of ERISA in connection with the loss of value in Citigroup stock acquired and held by present and former employees of Citigroup through the plans.
Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz also spends much of his time representing investors injured as a result of the failure of directors and officers to fulfill their fiduciary duties to shareholders.
Many of his cases involve the failure of directors to obtain the highest price in the sale of a company or to provide shareholders with sufficient information so that they could make an informed decision in a merger or tender offer situation.
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Mr. Kelly-Kowlowitz is admitted to the Bar of the State of