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A Senior Counsel with G&E, Ms. Zilka is integral to G&E's successful efforts to prosecute securities fraud and corporate governance cases on behalf of public and private funds in class and individual actions.  She played a key role in achieving significant recoveries for funds managed by private institutional investors in Styling Technology Corporation and on behalf of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board and the other class members in Just For Feet Securities Litigation.  Ms. Zilka was part of the trial team in Safety Kleen Bondholder Litigation that recovered more than $275 million in judgments and settlements on behalf of investors.  She represents United Kingdom private pension funds and others as lead plaintiffs in In re Parmalat Securities Litigation and German, Swiss, and Norwegian institutional investors in securities fraud actions against Vivendi S.A.  In the corporate governance arena, Ms. Zilka has successfully defended the State of Connecticut pension funds before the SEC in a challenge by the Disney Corporation to the funds' corporate governance proxy proposal.  She is currently part of the team pursuing breach of fiduciary duty claims against officers and directors of American International Group and Countrywide Financial Corporation.  Ms. Zilka co-authored, with Stuart Grant, "The Role of Foreign Investors in Federal Securities Class Actions," 1442 PLI/CORP. 91 (2004) and "The Current Role Of Foreign Investors In Federal Securities Class Actions," 1620 PLI/Corp 11 (2007).

Ms. Zilka has concentrated her career in securities, corporate and complex commercial litigation.  Before joining G&E, she was a partner in a New York City law firm and a member of its investor protection practice group.  In addition to securities fraud and corporate governance matters, Ms. Zilka has extensive experience litigating a wide range of other complex matters, including mergers and acquisitions, proxy disclosures and contests, limited partnership issues, ERISA and bankruptcy matters.  She has also represented investors in proceedings before the New York Stock Exchange and the American Arbitration Association.

Ms. Zilka is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton (1982) and Fordham University School of Law (1985). She is a member of the American, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York State Bar Associations and a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  She volunteers with Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults in Delaware and has enjoyed being a "Big Sister" with Big Brothers Big Sisters Association of Philadelphia.

Bar Admissions:

• Pennsylvania
• New York
• Delaware
• United States District Court for the District of Delaware
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
• United States District Court for the Western District of New York

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