Rebecca Musarra is a principal at Grant & Eisenhofer. Ms. Musarra’s practice focuses on corporate governance, securities, and consumer protection litigation, and other complex class actions.
Ms. Musarra has helped achieve significant recoveries for investors and consumers. In Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Ms. Musarra represented institutional plaintiffs in achieving a $167.5 million settlement in In re CBS Stockholders Litigation, one of the largest derivative litigation recoveries in Chancery Court history. She has helped advance and settle a number of other class action and derivative cases in Chancery Court, including Morris v. Spectra Energy Partners (DE) GP, LP, and Sommers v. Lawal et al. Ms. Musarra’s practice has also included appraisal actions in Chancery Court, including as a member of the trial team in In re Appraisal of Dell Inc. In federal court, she has litigated stockholder securities cases and class action cases on behalf of investors and consumers. Ms. Musarra assisted the trial team in In re Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreements Class Action Litigation, obtaining a jury verdict in excess of $500 million. Ms. Musarra also pursued securities fraud claims in In re Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Securities Litigation, obtaining a meaningful settlement on behalf of investors.
Ms. Musarra has litigated ERISA claims on behalf of insurance beneficiaries against health insurers with respect to coverage for mental health and substance use disorders, obtaining an important settlement for individual members. She also played a principal role in pursuing fiduciary claims against entities and individuals associated with Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. on behalf of investors.
As part of her pro bono activities, Ms. Musarra represents juvenile immigrants in court and before federal agencies, and volunteers with the Medical Reserve Corps of Philadelphia and HIAS-PA.
Prior to joining G&E, Ms. Musarra worked as an appellate law clerk to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Ms. Musarra received her J.D. degree from American University Washington College of Law in 2009, where she served as a member of the American University Law Review, was elected to Order of the Coif, and graduated summa cum laude. She obtained a B.A. in international relations from the College of William and Mary in 2003. Between college and law school, Ms. Musarra served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Chad, Central Africa.