Steven Rosato

Experience

1. Associate

   DLA Piper

   May 2017 — Present

   Representative Matters • Represented lead underwriters of $600 million initial public offering in connection with federal class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 • Represent New York-based transportation network company in putative class action brought by drivers alleging fraud, deceptive business practices, and various common-law contract claims • Represent long-term care insurer prosecuting and defending claims in federal court arising out of collapse of hedge fund allegedly engaged in Ponzi-like fraud scheme • Represent global insurance company in connection with claims for coverage under buyer-side representations and warranties insurance policies Representative Experience • Principal drafter of memoranda of law in support of and in opposition to numerous dispositive motions, pleadings, discovery requests, and responses and objections to discovery requests • Take and defend depositions in a variety of litigations, including a federal securities class action, contract dispute over exercisability of options, and other complex commercial disputes • Argue motions to dismiss and motions to compel, appear for regularly scheduled status conferences, and lead meet-and-confers concerning discovery disputes • Responsible for management of various disputes spanning multiple states for single client • Manage discovery process in federal securities class action for five separate clients who served as underwriters in connection with underlying stock offering

Education

• Hamilton College

  Bachelor of Arts, Mathematics, Economics

  2009

• Seton Hall University School of Law

  Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif

  2014