Ms. Rappaport is a partner in the firm’s Litigation & Arbitration Group in New York and a former member of the firm’s Global Executive Committee. Known for exceptional client service, versatility, and attention to detail, she represents some of the nation’s leading financial services companies and their life insurance subsidiaries in class action and life settlement investor litigation. Some of her notable representations include:
- Defeating class certification on behalf of major life insurance companies in multiple putative class actions challenging cost of insurance rates.
- Winning summary judgment on behalf of Towers Perrin Foster & Crosby and individual defendants in connection with the firm's merger with Watson Wyatt.
- Winning dismissal of claims concerning synthetic debt obligations (CDOs) on behalf of major financial institution.
- Representing the Unsecured Creditors Committee of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. in litigation concerning derivatives and other complex financial instruments.
- Winning summary judgment on behalf of closed-end fund in novel hostile takeover litigation concerning the Investment Company Act of 1940.
