Paul A. Ferrillo specializes in complex securities and business litigation. He has substantial experience in the representation of public companies and their directors and officers in shareholder class and derivative actions. In particular, he has participated in numerous internal investigations on behalf of audit committees and special committees, as well as in the defense of numerous securities class actions alleging accounting irregularities and/or financial fraud.

Mr. Ferrillo also has extensive experience in the area of directors' and officers' liability insurance issues by virtue of his prior employment with National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa. (the largest writer of D&O insurance in the U.S), where he held numerous senior-level positions in its claims and underwriting areas. He frequently counsels public companies and their boards of directors on a vast array of issues relating to the nature, extent, types and availability of all D&O and Management Liability Insurance related products. This sub-specialty allows for specialized counseling of clients concerning the actual interplay of their D&O coverage in the actual class-action litigation process.

He is a frequent contributor of articles concerning securities and accounting fraud issues to the New York Law Journal and other national publications, and is a frequent speaker on securities law, corporate governance and directors and officers liability insurance issues for the ALI-ABA, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Conference Institute and the Directors' Roundtable.