Sean advises institutional investors worldwide on securities litigation and corporate governance matters. A founding partner of Handler Martin, Sean brings over 25 years of experience litigating and resolving many of the country’s largest securities cases to a boutique litigation practice dedicated to protecting the interests of pension funds, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds worldwide.

Sean began his career at Reed Smith LLP before quickly transitioning to a firm that would later become Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP. There, he began helping institutional investors secure appointment as lead plaintiff in some of the largest securities cases in the world, including In re Bank of America Corp. Securities, Derivative, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Litigation, Master File No. 09 MD 2058 (S.D.N.Y.), which settled for $2.425 billion.

For 18 years, Sean served in a leadership capacity at Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, involved in all aspects of the firm’s growth and strategic decision making. Over the last five years of his tenure, he shifted his focus to case resolution, serving as one of the principal negotiators in the settlements detailed below.