Attorneys

Brian Kerr is a partner in the New York office of Browne Woods George. Mr. Kerr maintains a wide-ranging complex commercial litigation practice representing individuals and institutions in securities fraud, commercial disputes, consumer fraud, antitrust, and other complex litigation throughout the United States and abroad. Mr. Kerr brings the skills of a courtroom advocate to each of his matters. He has tried cases before judges and juries, and represents both plaintiffs and defendants.

Representative Matters:

• Represented US pension fund and a group of French minority investors in a securities fraud class action against Vivendi Universal, resulting in a jury verdict that entitled investors to receive as much as $9.3 billion.
• Represented book publisher in a multi-million dollar defamation/breach of contract case against News Corporation.
• Representing UK film producer in a pending antitrust case involving the alleged manipulation of the market for Warhol art.
• Represented borrower in a breach of contract case filed by Merrill Lynch arising from a multi-million dollar art loan.
• Representing US hedge fund in a shareholder derivative action arising from the collapse of Bear Stearns.
• Represented institutional investors in a securities fraud class action against Tyco International, Dennis Kozlowski, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and others; resulted in combined settlements of $3.2 billion.
• Represented lead plaintiffs in a securities class action against Rite Aid, former CEO Martin Grass, and KPMG; total settlements were $323 million, including the then-second largest securities fraud settlement ever against a Big Four accounting firm.
• Represented class plaintiffs in a securities case against General Instrument; resulted in $48 million settlement.
• Represented the Australis Media Group in a multi-million dollar complex commercial dispute in NY State Supreme Court against News Corp., Sony, Universal, and Paramount arising from an alleged international conspiracy to put Australis out of business (settled on confidential terms).
• Mr. Kerr is also actively involved in pro bono efforts, including the representation of indigent prisoners in civil rights cases before the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and working extensively with Trial Lawyers Care to provide free legal assistance to the families of victims of the September 11 attacks.

• Business Litigation
• Class Actions
• Securities
• Contract Disputes
• Consumer Fraud
• Antitrust
• Art Litigation

• Hofstra Law School, J.D., 1996, Hofstra Law Review; Dean’s Scholar
• University at Albany, BA Economics, summa cum laude, 1993, Valedictorian; Phi Beta Kappa; founder Presidential Honor Society