Our Kudos

In 1973, founding partners Stephen Lowey and Richard B. Dannenberg received high praise for their "skill, diligence, and resourcefulness" as lead counsel in Cannon v Texas Gulf Sulphur Company (S.D.N.Y.) from Hon. Dudley B. Bonsal. The firm has since continued to earn kudos from federal and state judges for its achievements in complex litigation. 

Here are some examples:

    “I note that at the end of Mr. Cohen’s papers are his law firm’s resume and quotes the approval of various of my state and federal colleagues for the work of the Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart firm.  I will join in that chorus … [The] claims in this case were complex, they required participation of highly skilled and specialized attorneys and all the firms involved worked with great effort to prosecute their claims and defenses efficiently and effectively.

    In re Archstone Westbury Tenant Litigation
    Hon. Timothy S. Driscoll, N.Y. Supreme Court Justice, Nassau County:

“[t]he successful prosecution of the complex claims in this case required the participation of highly skilled and specialized attorneys.”  [Referring to the Lowey firm, and  Barbara Hart, in particular]

    In re Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Hon. James S. Ware, United States District Judge, N.D. California

“the Lowey Firm … has worked tirelessly to promote harmony and efficiency in this sprawling litigation….  [The Lowey firm] has done a superb job in its role as Liaison counsel, conducting itself with professionalism and efficiency….”

    In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation
    Hon. Denise L. Cote, United States District Judge, S.D.N.Y.

“Dear Mr. Lowey,

    Thank you very much for your report on the recently concluded American Bank & Trust proceedings.  I agree with your conclusion that they were eminently successful.  As I indicated last week, this was due mainly to the professional competence exhibited by yourself and Mr. Brachtl as lead counsel…”

    In re American Bank & Trust Company
    Hon. Arnold G. Fraiman, N.Y. Supreme Court Justice, New York County

“The Lowey firm’s high caliber representation of the class against the Oracle defendants served as tangible evidence of its ability to represent the class against Andersen....  Class counsel’s able, persistent and patient performance in achieving the present recovery has not gone unnoticed”].

    In re Oracle Securities Litigation,
    Hon. R. Vaughn Walker, United States District Judge, N.D.California

The attorneys of the Lowey firm “are highly experienced specialists” whose work is “of very high quality.”  

    Winston v. Mezzanine Investments, L.P.,
    Hon. Louise Gruner Gans, N.Y. Supreme Court Acting Justice, New York County

The attorneys of the Lowey firm and co-counsel “did highly skilled work against highly skilled opposition.  I read the opening brief carefully ... it was very well done and a piece of work ... there was some high-wall lawyering done here.”

    In re Seagate Technology, Inc. Shareholders Litigation,
    Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr., Vice Chancellor, Chancery Court of Delaware

 "The $8 million settlement, particularly given the bankruptcy procedures that you had to undergo, is excellent, in light of the circumstance. And most importantly, the reaction of the class has been exceptional with only two opt-outs and no objections at all received."

    In re Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc. Securities Litigation,
    Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton, United States District Court of Northern California 

I commend the plaintiffs for the work they did in this case and for having, once done their investigation and filed the case, diligently prosecuted it.  I have no difficulty in this case approving the fee request that’s been made, and the request for reimbursement of expenses that has also been presented.  While, as Mr. Cohen points out, the fee amounts to something close to a third … this case … would have been basically an orphan, or a case that no one would have brought had he not brought it.  You produced what appears to be a substantial result for your clients.

     In re New Century Equity Holding Corp. Derivative Litigation, Civ. Action No. 638-N, June 21, 2006
    Hon. Stephen P. Lamb, Vice Chancellor, Delaware Chancery Court, New Castle County