Eric Alan Isaacson

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Focusing on appeals in class actions and federal securities litigation.

Experience: 38 years

Appeals & Appellate, Securities Law, Consumer Law and 2 others

California, 1st Circuit, 2nd Circuit and 17 others

Roberto Alvarez Award, Hero Award and 4 others

Awards 6

Experience 38y

Videos 1

Online & Web 7

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For more than twenty five years I have represented investors and consumers in class-action litigation, focusing primarily on federal civil appeals. I have briefed and argued appeals before all but two of the thirteen federal circuits, and was intimately involved in briefing the merits in three cases before the United States Supreme Court. My pro bono work has included writing and filing amicus curiae briefs on behalf of religious organizations and faith leaders opposing discrimination and supporting religious liberty and equal rights for all.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

California

Since 1985

1st Circuit

Since 2009

2nd Circuit

Since 2004

3rd Circuit

Since 2001

4th Circuit

Since 2003

5th Circuit

Since 1999

6th Circuit

Since 1997

7th Circuit

Since 2002

8th Circuit

Since 1996

9th Circuit

Since 1989

10th Circuit

Since 1996

11th Circuit

Since 1998

Central District of California (federal)

Since 1989

D.C. Circuit

Since 2007

Eastern District of California (federal)

Since 1987

Federal Circuit

Since 2011

Northern District of California (federal)

Since 1990

Southern District of California (federal)

Since 1989

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1995

Western District of Oklahoma (federal)

Since 2018

Professional Experience

2016 - Current

Law Office of Eric Alan Isaacson

principal

A solo appellate practice gives me the flexibility to focus my attention exclusively on cases and causes that I believe in.

2004 - 2016

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP

founding partner

I was a founding partner of one of the nation's largest plaintiffs' side class-action law firms. My practice with the firm focused primarily on briefing and arguing federal appeals in securities class actions.

1989 - 2004

Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP

associate, and then partner

I started as an associate in November of 1989. After serving as part of a trial team prosecuting a securities-fraud case tried before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, my focus shifted to appellate work in federal securities cases and other class actions. I became a partner in January of 1994.

1986 - 1989

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

litigation associate

I worked for three years as a litigation associate with O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles. I was a junior member of a trial team that successfully prosecuted a trademark-infringement action before the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

1985 - 1986

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

law clerk to the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace

Education

1982 - 1985

Duke University School of Law

J.D. (1985)

Honors: J.D., with high honors; Order of the Coif

1978 - 1982

Ohio University

B.A. (1982)

Honors: summa cum laude

Awards

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

Roberto Alvarez Award

American Constitution Society San Diego Lawyer Chapter

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

Hero Award

St. Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Community Service

San Diego Democrats for Equality

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

President’s Annual Award for Volunteer Service

Unitarian Universalist Association

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services “for voluntary provision of legal services to the poor”

California State Bar Association

year - Eric Alan Isaacson

Distinguished Service Award

San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program

Contacts

6580 Avenida Mirola 6580 Avenida Mirola La Jolla CA 92037-6231 Telephone: (858) 263-9581 Cell: (858) 263-9581

Videos

Scheme Liability, Section 10(b), and Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta (3 of 3)

October 5, 2007
Speakers: Moderator: Prof. Jonathan H. Adler, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Eric Alan Isaacson, Partner, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Ashley C. Parrish, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Presented by: the Center for Business Law and Regulation
Cosponsored by: Corporate Law Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies

Summary: Supreme Court Preview Symposium
Debate Stoneridge v. Scientific-Atlanta

On October 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Stoneridge Investment Partners v. Scientific-Atlanta, arguably the most important securities law case to reach the Court in a decade. In Stoneridge, the Court will consider whether primary liability under Section 10(b) extends to third-parties, such as auditors, attorneys, or vendors, who engage in allegedly fraudulent transactions with a public corporation.

In Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver (1994), a divided Supreme Court rejected claims of secondary liability under Section 10(b). Stoneridge calls upon the court to revisit Central Bank and reconsider the limits on liability for third-parties in securities litigation.

This case is of tremendous importance to all those with a corporate law or securities practice, as well as those who work with financial services or retirement and pension funds. Numerous trade associations and thirty states, including Ohio, have already participated in the case as amici, with more to follow.