ATTORNEY PROFILES

EUGENE SPECTOR

Eugene Spector, founding partner of Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., is nationally recognized for his work on behalf of class action plaintiffs.

He has handled many high profile cases, including such antitrust class actions as In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1261 (E.D. Pa.), in which he was co-lead counsel and which settled for more than $200 million, the largest antitrust case settlement ever in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where Judge Dubois stated: “The Court has repeatedly stated that the lawyering in this case at every stage was superb …” 2004 WL 1221350, *6 (E.D. Pa. June 2, 2004). Mr. Spector was also co-lead counsel in In re Relafen Antitrust Litigation, No. 01-12239 (D. Mass.), in which a settlement of $75 million was obtained for the class, which Judge Young described as “the result of a great deal of very fine lawyering.” Mr. Spector has been involved in securities class action litigation including Rosenthal v. Dean Witter, which resulted in a landmark decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that recognized, for the first time, that securities fraud could be proved without reliance being alleged. This precedent-setting case was important because under state securities law the reliance element sometimes proved difficult, especially when large numbers of people were involved in a class action suit. Mr. Spector is currently serving as co-lead counsel in such antitrust cases as McDonough v. Babies ‘R Us, et al (In re Baby Products Antitrust Litigation); In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation; and In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation.

Before founding the firm, Mr. Spector was a litigator with Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis. His additional experience includes establishing and heading the securities litigation section of the Philadelphia-based Gross & Sklar, P.C., and serving as a law clerk to Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Herbert B. Cohen and Alexander F. Barbieri.

Mr. Spector is a member of the American, Federal, and Philadelphia bar associations, as well as the ABA’s Antitrust and Litigation Sections and the Securities Law Sub-Committee of the Litigation Section. He is also a member of the Federal Courts Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the American Judicature Society. Mr. Spector has also been appointed to membership on the Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute and to the Board of Visitors of the Temple University Beasley School of Law.

He earned his undergraduate degree (1965) from Temple University, and his law degree (with honors,1970) from Temple University School of Law, where he served as an editor of The Temple Law Quarterly.