Paul C. Whalen is admitted to practice in the State
of New York. He received his law degree from Brooklyn Law School and a Bachelor
of Science in Political Science from New York University. Mr. Whalen is a Series
7 licensed stockbroker and worked with Bear Stearns and PaineWebber. As a
commercial bank analyst, he developed the commercial paper computer system for
Banco de Santander and Bank of Scotland.
Mr. Whalen is a shareholder of Whalen & Tusa, P.C. since its founding in
November, 2003. He is a managing partner and litigating attorney participating
in all aspects of firms’ complex and multi-district federal and state class
action practice. Prior to the forming of Whalen & Tusa, Mr. Whalen was a sole
practitioner concentrating his practice in the areas of consumer fraud and
securities litigation where he was counsel in Covad Communications Group,
Inc. Securities Litigation, Nature's Bounty, Inc. Securities Litigation,
Doubleclick, Inc. Consumer Privacy Litigation, and VISX Securities
Litigation.
With Mr. Tusa, Mr. Whalen was lead class counsel for the
settlement class in Peck v. AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., settled 2002 in
New York State Supreme Court.
The court approved a settlement of a class action involving
consumers from three states who contracted with AT&T Wireless for cell phone
service. The suit alleged that defendants improperly credited calls causing
plaintiff and the class to lose the benefit of weekday minutes included in their
calling plans by deceptive practices and false advertising. In approving the
settlement Justice Moskowitz stated: “Class counsel have extensive experience in
the litigation of complex consumer class actions and have spent considerable
time and effort investigating the claims in this case”
The Firm negotiated a settlement worth over $35 million for a class of 900,000
consumers (with only 0.06% of the class as opt-outs) in New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut.
Justice Moskowitz stated, “After intense negotiation … [t]he
Settlement provides significant benefits to the Class. Indeed, about 74% of the
Class will receive more minutes than they lost…. This means that the majority of
the Class is actually being overcompensated.”
Mr. Whalen worked for the firm of Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP, where he
was actively involved as lead counsel for plaintiffs in many securities and
consumer fraud class action lawsuits including: Playmobil Antitrust
Litigation, Cendant Corporation Securities Litigation, US Robotics Securities
Litigation, Shiva Derivative Securities Litigation, Capstead Securities
Litigation, IPO Flipping Securities Litigation, Quality Dining Securities
Litigation and Phillips Services Securities Litigation. Mr. Whalen is
actively involved in all class action cases prosecuted by Whalen & Tusa, P.C.
Joseph S. Tusa received his law degree from University Of South Carolina
- School Of Law and his LL.M. in Corporate Law from the New York University -
School Of Law. There, he was a member of the International Economics Honor
Society and inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society.
Mr. Tusa is a shareholder of Whalen & Tusa, P.C. since its
founding in November, 2003. He is a managing partner and litigating attorney
participating in all aspects of firms’ complex and multi-district federal and
state class action practice concentrating in banking, securities, antitrust,
corporate governance, corporate fiduciary duty, shareholder rights and consumer
unfair and deceptive practice law.Prior to his founding of Whalen & Tusa, Mr.
Tusa worked for the firm of Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP. Mr. Tusa is a
member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), and a member of
the New York State Bar Association - Federal and Commercial Section - Antitrust
Committee.
Mr. Tusa served as lead or co-lead counsel in the following
class actions which obtained a substantial recovery for the class: Quest
Diagnostics Consumer Litigation; Title Insurance Provider Antitrust and
RESPA Litigation; The Wall Street Journal Subscription Consumer
Litigation; Washington Mutual Financial Consumer Litigation;
Astoria Financial Consumer Litigation; Cambridge Credit Counseling
Consumer Litigation; Genus Credit Management Consumer Litigation;
Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride (Cipro) Antitrust & Consumer Litigations;
Neurontin Antitrust & Consumer Litigation; Tamoxifen (Novaldex) Antitrust
& Consumer Litigations; Mylan Laboratories Antitrust & Consumer
Litigations; Cardizem Antitrust & Consumer Litigations; Brand Name
Prescription Drug Antitrust and Consumer Litigations; Prudential CMO
Securities Litigation; Itron Securities Litigation; Coumadin
Antitrust and Consumer Litigations; Fleming Shareholder Derivative
Litigation; Syquest Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Nine West
Antitrust Litigation; Tower Semiconductor Securities Litigation;
Columbia/HCA Shareholder Derivative Litigation; SystemSoft Securities
Litigation; MasterCard/Visa Antitrust Litigation; Merrill Lynch
Shareholder Derivative Litigation; CCA Shareholder Litigation;
Capstead Mortgage Securities Litigation; and General Motors/GME
Shareholder Litigation. |
