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: pkim@rosenlegal.com
BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS
New York
United States District Court Southern District of New York
United States District Court Eastern District of New York
United States District Court Northern District of New York
United States District Court Western District of New York
United States District Court District of Colorado
United States District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
CLERKSHIPS
EDUCATION
Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2002
The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Economics, 1999
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 and handled over 140 individual actions in Federal Court from inception to conclusion– including high profile wrongful death and police shooting cases. Mr. Kim also first chaired several jury trials.
Mr. Kim joined The Rosen Law Firm in 2005. He focuses his practice on securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Mr. Kim has a wealth of experience from vertically prosecuting securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation.
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 lawyer in a number of significant recoveries including, $15.3 million In re USA Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D. Pa.); $13.25 million In re Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. Securities Litigation (E.D.N.Y.); $6 million In re Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. Securities Litigation, (D. Utah); $5 million Bensley v. FalconStor Software, Inc., (E.D.N.Y.); $4.9 million In re Akazoo SA Sec. Litig. Partial Settlement (E.D.N.Y.); $4.5 million Berry v. KIOR, Inc., (S.D. Tex.); $3.5 million In re L&L Energy, Inc. Securities Litigation, (S.D.N.Y.); $3.5 million Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) and (D.N.J.); $3.4 million Mallozzi v. Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc., (S.D.N.Y.), $3.4 million Napoli v. Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (C.D. Cal.); $3.35 million Kumar v. SAExploration Holdings Inc. (S.D. Tex.); $3.3. million Kelsey v. Textura Corporation (N.D. Ill.); $3.1 million Ray v. TierOne Corporation, (D. Neb.); $3 million Van Wingerden v. Cadiz, Inc., (C.D. Cal.); $2.868 million Gauquie v. Albany Molecular Research, (E.D.N.Y.); $2.75 million; In re Sequans Communications SA Securities Litigation (E.D.N.Y.); $2.7 million In re Akari Therapeutics PLC Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y.); $2.5 million Nguyen v. Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (C.D. Cal.); $1.8 million He v. China Zenix Auto International Limited (D.N.J.); $1.8 million Campton v. Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc.,(S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million Shapiro v. Alliance MMA, Inc. (D.N.J.); $1.5 million Simmons v. FAB Universal Corp., (S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million in Pankowski v. BlueNRGY Group Ltd, f/k/a CBD Energy Ltd., (S.D. Tex.); $1.265 million in Pepe v. Cocrystal Pharma. Inc. (D.N.J.); and $1.2 million in Perez v. Izea, Inc., (C.D. Cal).
Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Mr. Kim has also secured a number 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.).
In 2019 and 2020, Lawdragon named Mr. Kim as one of 500 leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. Mr. Kim is frequently quoted and consulted by international print and television media, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Thomson Reuters, Tencent, China Business News, and NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
DouYu International Holdings Limited
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corp.
Seagate Technology Holdings plc
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp.
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.
Harmony Biosciences Holdings, Inc.
Western Alliance Bancorporation
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.
Techtronic Industries Company Limited
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.
The Charles Schwab Corporation
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.
Establishment Labs Holdings Inc.
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
International Business Machines Corporation
National Realty Investment Advisors LLC
Gaotu Techedu Inc. f/k/a GSX Techedu Inc.
Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Silvergate Capital Corporation
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.
Polished.com Inc. f/k/a 1847 Goedeker Inc.
Compass Minerals International, Inc.
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.
International Game Technology PLC
Blueprint Medicines Corporation
17 Education & Technology Group Inc.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd.
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.
Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc.
Lilium N.V. f/k/a Qell Acquisition Corp.
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Astra Space, Inc. f/k/a Holicity, Inc.
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Facebook, Inc. k/n/a Meta Platforms, Inc.
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.
Dapper Labs, Inc. – NBA Top Shot Moments
Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd.
Wunong Net Technology Company Limited
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
James River Group Holdings, Ltd.