Martis Alex concentrates her practice on prosecuting complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional investors. Ms. Alex has extensive experience managing complex nationwide litigation, including securities class actions as well as product liability and consumer fraud litigation. She has successfully represented investors and consumers in cases that achieved cumulative recoveries of hundreds of millions of dollars for plaintiffs.
Ms. Alex was an integral part of the team that successfully litigated In re Bristol-Myers Squibb Securities Litigation, where Labaton Sucharow was able to secure a $185 million settlement on behalf of investors, as well as meaningful corporate governance reforms that will affect future consumers and investors alike. She is currently litigating In re American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, a major securities class action brought by Lead Plaintiff Ohio (comprised of several of Ohio’s retirement systems).
Ms. Alex was Lead Trial Counsel and Chair of the Executive Committee in Zenith Laboratories Securities Litigation, a federal securities fraud class action which settled during trial, and achieved a significant recovery for investors. She also was Chair of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Napp Technologies Litigation, where Labaton Sucharow won substantial recoveries for families and firefighters injured in a chemical plant explosion. Ms. Alex served as Co-Lead Counsel or in a leadership role in several securities class actions that achieved substantial awards for investors, including Cadence Design Securities Litigation, Halsey Drug Securities Litgation, Slavin v. Morgan Stanley, Lubliner v. Maxtor Corp. and Baden v. Northwestern Steel and Wire. She also served on the Executive Committee or in other leadership roles in national product liability actions against the manufacturers of breast implants, orthopedic bone screws, and atrial pacemakers, and was a member of the Plaintiffs’ Legal Committee in the national litigation against the tobacco companies.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Alex was a trial lawyer with the Sacramento, California District Attorney's Office. She is a frequent speaker at national conferences on product liability and securities fraud litigation, and is a recipient of the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Award for Excellence in Advocacy.
Ms. Alex earned a J.D. from McGeorge Law School and a Masters Degree in Psychology from California State College. She is admitted to practice in New York, California, the United States Supreme Court, and in Federal Courts in several jurisdictions.
