Stefanie J. Sundel concentrates her practice on prosecuting complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional investors, with a particular emphasis on litigation strategy and new case development.

Since joining Labaton Sucharow, Ms. Sundel has been responsible for prosecuting several of the Firm’s cases, including In re Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Securities Litigation, In re Countrywide Financial Corp. Securities Litigation, In re Mercury Interactive Securities Litigation, and the securities litigations against BP and Vivendi.

Ms. Sundel has the unique experience of participating in one of only eleven securities class action trials since the passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Having completed her undergraduate studies in Lugano, Switzerland, Ms. Sundel is active in educating European institutional investors on developing trends in the law, particularly the ability of international investors to participate in securities class actions in the United States.

Ms. Sundel is a regular contributor to "Eyes On Wall Street" (www.eyesonwallstreet.com), Labaton Sucharow’s blog on economics, corporate governance, and other issues of interest to investors.  She is the co-author of "Corporate Democracy in Action After 'Citizens United'," New York Law Journal, March 8, 2010

Ms. Sundel is a member of the NASCAT Women’s Initiative, and also devotes time to pro bono matters affecting women’s rights.

Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Ms. Sundel was an associate at New York City-based law firm where she was a member of the team litigating In re Adelphia Communications Corp. Securities & Derivative Litigation, arising out of one of the most egregious financial frauds ever uncovered at a public company.

An active member of the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Ethics and Professionalism, Ms. Sundel published an article in the New York Litigator’s Spring 2008 Newsletter discussing revisions to the rules promulgated by the Committee on Standards of Attorney Conduct (“COSAC”), and also co-authored a Report on Proposed COSAC Rules & Revised Rules of Lawyer Advertising.

Ms. Sundel is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and the New York County Lawyers’ Association.

She is fluent in Italian.