Overview

Mr. Glen Abramson is a Partner at Milberg who has served as co-lead counsel in numerous successful consumer protection, insurance, securities fraud, and product defect class actions.

Prior to joining Milberg, Mr. Abramson practiced at Berger Montague PC and Dechert LLP in Philadelphia, where he handled complex commercial litigation and class actions across a wide range of practice areas including securities, financial services and insurance, product liability, and whistleblower suits.

Mr. Abramson is a graduate of Cornell University (B.A. with distinction, 1993) and Harvard Law School (cum laude, 1996). He is a past member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau and is a member of Cornell University’s Phi Beta Kappa honors society.

Notable Cases and Leadership Roles

Skochin v. Genworth Life Insurance Company, No. 3:19-cv-00049-REP (E.D.Va.) –  As co-lead counsel, Mr. Abramson obtained a settlement on behalf of 200,000 long-term care insurance policyholders resulting in cash damages payments of approximately $240 million as well as more than $1 billion in additional paid-up insurance coverage. Mr. Abramson was also co-lead counsel in Halcom v. Genworth Life Insurance Company, No. 3:21-cv-00019-REP (E.D.Va.), where the Court approved a settlement for more than 144,000 policyholders in June 2022, and Haney v. Genworth Life Insurance Company, No. 3:22-cv-00055-REP (E.D.Va.), in which a settlement on behalf of an additional 350,000 long-term care policyholders was approved in December 2022.

Weiss v. SunPower Corporation, No. 21CV384151 (Cal. Sup. Ct.) – Mr. Abramson was co-lead counsel in a case alleging defects in solar panel microinverters sold by SunPower. The settlement on behalf of solar panel owners provided for $4.75 million in cash and required SunPower to complete retrofitting of nearly 17,000 solar panels containing the allegedly defective microinverters.

Klug/Sharp v. Watts Regulator Co.I Nos. 8:15-cv-00061-JFB-TDT and 8:16-cv-00200-JFB-TDT (D.Neb.) – Mr. Abramson was co-lead counsel in two related cases alleging defects in water heater and Floodsafe connectors sold by Watts. The cases settled for a combined $14 million.

Casey v. Citibank, N.A., No. 5:12-cv-00820 (N.D.N.Y.) – As Co-Lead Counsel, Mr. Abramson obtained a settlement valued at $110 million in this consolidated class action on behalf of nationwide classes of borrowers whose mortgage loans were serviced by Citibank or CitiMortgage and who were force-placed with hazard, flood, or wind insurance.

In re Oppenheimer Rochester Funds Group Securities Litigation, No. 09-md-02063-JLK-KMT (D. Colo.) – As Co-Lead Counsel, Mr. Abramson represented shareholders in Oppenheimer municipal bond funds in connection with losses suffered during the financial crisis of 2008. The case settled in 2014 for $89.5 million.

In re Tremont, Securities Law, State Law, and Insurance Litig., No. 1:08-cv-11117-TPG. – Mr. Abramson represented insurance policyholders who lost money in connection with the Madoff Ponzi scheme. The combined cases were settled for more than $100 million.

In re Mutual Fund Investment Litig., No. 04-md-15861-CCB. – As Co-Lead Counsel, Mr. Abramson represented shareholders of various mutual fund families who lost money as a result of market timing in mutual funds. Mr. Abramson was lead counsel for Scudder/Deutsche Bank mutual fund shareholders and helped orchestrate combined settlements of more than $14 million.

In re Fleming Companies, Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 03-md-1530 (E.D. Tex.) – As Co-Lead Counsel, Mr. Abramson represented shareholders of Fleming Companies, Inc. in connection with losses suffered as a result of securities fraud by Fleming and its auditors and underwriters. The case resulted in a $93.5 million settlement.