No one hands over money in a hurry. The defense’s goal is to slow things down and impede efforts to unearth the facts and truth. I do everything in my power to stop that from happening—from effectively investigating, to formulating the right strategy and story, and driving continuously towards a conclusion for my client.
Overview
Barbara Hart offers more than three decades of experience as a litigation leader, advocating tenaciously yet compassionately for plaintiffs—from large, financial entities to other individuals who have been aggrieved.
With a career focus on high-level financial fraud, Barbara has represented a wide array of plaintiffs, from large companies to union health and welfare funds to banks or simply people who have been aggrieved. Significantly; some substantial clients have repeatedly – sometimes over decades – retained Barbara in various litigation matters. Her commitment to results and responsiveness as counsel are valued by clients.
Notably, Barbara obtained a $219 million recovery for investors, including New York trade unions, representing lifelong physical laborers whose ability to retire was placed in peril by the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Judge McMahon praised the “unprecedented global settlement” and recognized that Ms. Hart “carried the laboring oar.” Judge McMahon continued: “Your clients – all of them – have been well served . . . rarely has there been a more transparent settlement negotiation. It could serve as a prototype.” Ms. Hart has also achieved substantive antitrust and False Claims Act/Qui Tam settlements on behalf of her clients.
