Javier Bleichmar concentrates his practice in the area of securities class action litigation.  Since joining Labaton Sucharow, he has been a member of the team prosecuting the In re St. Paul Travelers Securities Litigation II on behalf of the Lead Plaintiff, the Educational Retirement Board of New Mexico.

Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Mr. Bleichmar practiced securities litigation at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where he prosecuted securities class actions on behalf of institutional investors. He was actively involved in the In re Williams Securities Litigation, which resulted in a $311 million settlement, as well as securities cases involving Lucent Technologies, Inc., Conseco, Inc. and Biovail Corp.

Mr. Bleichmar earned a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 and a J.D. from Columbia University Law School in 1998. During law school, he was the managing editor of the Journal of Law and Social Problems. Additionally, he was awarded the Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. After law school, Mr. Bleichmar authored the article “Deportation As Punishment: A Historical Analysis of the British Practice of Banishment and Its Impact on Modern Constitutional Law,”14 Georgetown Immigration Law Journal 115 (1999). .

Mr. Bleichmar is admitted to practice in New York and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Mr. Bleichmar is a native Spanish speaker, and he is fluent in French.