Phillip Kim

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Phillip Kim

New York, Philadelphia Metro

275 Madison Avenue
40th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Tel: (212) 686-1060
Fax: (212) 202-3827

Email: [email protected]

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS

New York

United States District Courts Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern District of New York

United States District Court District of Colorado

United States District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin

United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan

United States District Court Southern District of Texas

United States District Court District of Maryland

United States Courts of Appeals Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits

CLERKSHIPS

EDUCATION

Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2002

The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Economics, 1999

Phil is a partner with 20+ years of experience handling high-stakes securities litigation in federal and state courts across the country. Since joining The Rosen Law Firm in 2005, Phil has achieved numerous settlements in securities class actions for amounts significantly above the historical average recovery for similar cases.

Securities Class Actions

Mr. Kim played a significant role in the historic $250 million Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. securities class action settlement the firm secured in 2019. Mr. Kim was also the lead or co-lead lawyer in a number of significant recoveries including, $48 million Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Fund  (N.Y. Sup.); $25 million Vanguard Target Date Retirement Funds (E.D. Pa.) (pending final approval); $20 million Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (C.D. Cal.);  $15.3 million USA Technologies, Inc. (E.D. Pa.); $13.7 million Astec Industries (E.D. Tenn.);  $13.25 million Blue Apron Holdings, Inc.  (E.D.N.Y.); $11 million The RealReal, Inc., (N.D. Cal.); $10.25 million Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd., (N.Y. Sup. & E.D.N.Y.); $6.51 million Akazoo S.A., (E.D.N.Y.); $6.5 million Global Brokerage, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.); $6.2 million Sunlands Technology Group, (E.D.N.Y.); $6 million Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc., (D. Utah); $6 million Covia Holdings Corp. (N.D. Ohio); $5 million FalconStor Software, Inc., (E.D.N.Y.); $4.5 million KIOR, Inc., (S.D. Tex.); $4.903 million Missfresh Limited, (S.D.N.Y.);  $4 million Dapper Labs, Inc. (NBA Top Shot), (S.D.N.Y.); $3.5 million L&L Energy, Inc. , (S.D.N.Y.); $3.5 million Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) and (D.N.J.); $3.4 million Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc., (S.D.N.Y.), $3.4 million Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (C.D. Cal.); $3.3. million Textura Corporation (N.D. Ill.);  $3.25 million Intrusion, Inc. (E.D. Tex.); $3.1 million TierOne Corporation, (D. Neb.); $3 million Cadiz, Inc., (C.D. Cal.);  $3 million Fat Brands, Inc. (C.D. Cal.); $2.868 million  Albany Molecular Research, (E.D.N.Y.); $2.75 million Sequans Communications SA  (E.D.N.Y.); $2.7 million Akari Therapeutics PLC  (S.D.N.Y.); $2.5 million Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (C.D. Cal.); $2.25 million Kanzhun Limited, (D.N.J.); $2.2 million RCI Hospitality, (S.D. Tex.);  $2.0 million GTT, Inc. (C.D. Cal.); $2.0 million Tufin Software Tech., (S.D.N.Y.);  $1.8 million Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc.,(S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million Alliance MMA, Inc. (D.N.J.); $1.5 million FAB Universal Corp., (S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million in BlueNRGY Group Ltd, f/k/a CBD Energy Ltd., (S.D. Tex.); $1.265 million Cocrystal Pharma. Inc. (D.N.J.); $1.2 million Izea, Inc., (C.D. Cal); and $1 million India Globalization Capital (D. Md.).

Shareholder Derivative Litigation

Mr. Kim has also secured a number of significant recoveries in shareholder derivative litigation. Recently, Mr. Kim, as co-lead counsel in the SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. derivative litigation, secured a $12.5 million cash payment to SeaWorld and caused SeaWorld to institute targeted corporate reforms. Kistenmacher v. Atchison, et al., 10437-VCS (Del. Ch.). Mr. Kim was co-lead counsel in Virginia state court and helped secure a $10 million cash payment for comScore and causing comScore to institute a vast array of reforms to its corporate governance. In re comScore, Inc. Virginia Shareholder Derivative Litigation, No. CL-2016-0009465 (Va. Cir. Ct., Fairfax Cnty.); In re ComScore, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Case No. 1:16-cv-09855-JGK (S.D.N.Y.).  Mr. Kim was co-lead counsel in In re Mammoth Energy Servs. Inc., Consolidated Derivative Stockholder Litig., 19-cv-1682-RGA (D. Del.) where plaintiffs secured $1.5 million cash payment and caused the company to institute valuable corporate governance reforms.

In 2019-2025, Lawdragon named Mr. Kim as one of 500 leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers.   In 2023-2024 Mr. Kim was selected to Super Lawyers.  Mr. Kim was recognized in the 2024- 2026 editions of The Best Lawyers in America™.

Prior to joining The Rosen Law Firm, Mr. Kim served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York in the Special Federal Litigation Division.  In that position, Mr. Kim defended a number of class action lawsuits, litigated numerous individual actions, and took a number of actions to trial.  Mr. Kim also received the Division Chief's Award based on his exemplary service.

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