Wasserman, Stephen A.

Mr. Warner graduated order of the curia with a Juris Doctorate degree from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. While attending law school, Mr. Warner was the recipient of a scholarship given to the student who had the best academic performance while working full time outside of law school. Prior to receiving his law degree, Mr. Warner received a Bachelor of Science from The Ohio State University.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Warner was a partner and an associate attorney at several prominent class action law firms. He concentrated his practice in complex class actions, securities arbitrations and shareholder derivative litigation. Mr. Warner participated as class counsel in a wide variety of class action litigation including cases involving millions of consumers. A few of the complex class action cases in which Mr. Warner has participated as counsel include In re Ipod nano cases, (co-lead counsel in federal Multi District Litigation); Martino et al. v. Motorola Inc., (co-lead counsel in nationwide consumer class action); Opperman, et al. v. Verizon Wireless, Inc., (co-lead counsel in nationwide consumer class action); Heitbrink, et al. v. eMachines Inc., (co-lead counsel in nationwide consumer class action); Wiatrowski, et al. v. Sears, et al., (co-lead counsel in nationwide consumer class action); Kreidler, et al. v. Western Southern Life Insurance Co. (lead counsel in nationwide life insurance churning/vanishing premium class action), Cope, et al. v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 82 Ohio St.3d 426 (1998) (counsel in landmark Ohio Supreme Court class certification case); Moody, et al. v. American General Life and Accident Insurance Company, et al. (counsel in nationwide life insurance churning/vanishing premium class action); In re Structural Dynamics (counsel in nationwide securities class action); In re Rio Hair Products (counsel in nationwide consumer class action).

Mr. Warner works in the Firm's Columbus office and participates in the Firm's litigation practice and business transactional practice. Mr. Warner is admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, as well as the Supreme Court of Ohio and all other Ohio state courts.