Darren J. Check, a partner of the firm, concentrates his practice in the area of securities litigation and institutional investor relations. He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College where he received a degree in History, with honors. Mr. Check received his law degree from Temple University School of Law and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Mr. Check began his career at SBTK by working extensively with Mr. Kessler in In re Initial Public Offering Sec. Litig., No. 21 MC 92 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 12, 2002).

Currently, Mr. Check concentrates his time as the firms Director of Institutional Relations and heads up the firms business development and portfolio monitoring departments. He consults with institutional investors from around the world regarding their rights and responsibilities with respect to their investments and purchases and taking an active role in shareholder and consumer litigation. Mr. Check assists clients in evaluating what systems they have in place to identify and monitor shareholder and consumer litigation that has an affect on their funds, and also assists them in evaluating the strength of such cases and to what extent they may be affected by the conduct that has been alleged. He currently works with clients in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

Mr. Check regularly speaks on the subject of shareholder litigation, corporate governance, investor activism, and recovery of investment losses. Mr. Check has spoken at or participated in panel sessions at conferences around the world, including the MultiPensions 2005 Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the European Pension Symposium in Florence, Italy; the Public Funds Summit in Phoenix, Arizona; the European Investment Roundtable in Barcelona, Spain; The Rights & Responsibilities Of Institutional Investors in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Corporate Governance & Responsible Investment Summit, Stockholm, Sweden; Pension Fund Investment World – Germany in Frankfurt, Germany, and Australian Investment Management Summit in Melbourne, Australia.

Mr. Check has also been actively involved in the precedent setting Shell settlement, as well as the direct action litigation against Vivendi and Merck.

Darren Check
Main: (610) 667.7706
Direct: (610) 822.2235
Fax: (484) 270.1484
dcheck@sbtklaw.com
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