Mr. Kaufman focuses on class actions on behalf of defrauded investors and consumers.  Mr. Kaufman’s successful securities litigations include In re Deutsche Telekom AG Securities Litigation., No. 00-9475 (S.D.N.Y.), a complex international securities litigation requiring evidentiary discovery in both the United States and Europe, which settled for $120 million.  Mr. Kaufman was also part of the team that recovered $46 million for investors in In re Asia Pulp & Paper Securities Litigation, No. 01-7351 (S.D.N.Y.) and $43.1 million, with contributions of $20 million, $14.85 million and $8.25 million from Motorola, the individual defendants, and defendant underwriters respectively, in Freeland v. Iridium World Commcatins, Ltd.

Mr. Kaufman’s outstanding representative results in derivative and transactional litigations include: In re Trump Hotels Shareholder Derivative Litigation (Trump personally contributed some of his holdings; the company increased the number of directors on its board, and certain future transactions had to be reviewed by a special committee.)

He recently argued the appeal in In re Comverse Technology, Inc. Derivative Litigation., 56 A.D.3d 49 (2008) which led to the seminal New York Appellate Division opinion which clarified the standards of demand futility, and held that a board of directors loses the protection of the business judgment rule where there is evidence of self-dealing and poor judgment by the directors; and In re Topps Company, Inc. Shareholders Litigation which resulted in a 2007 decision which vindicated the rights of shareholders under the rules of comity and doctrine of forum non conveniens and to pursue claims in the most relevant forum notwithstanding the fact that jurisdiction might exist as well in the state of incorporation.  Mr. Kaufman has also lectured and taught in the subjects of corporate governance and derivative litigation.

Mr. Kaufman is also at the forefront of consumer litigations with a recently-filed litigation brought on behalf of paid e-mail subscribers against web hosting and e-mail service providers in Golf Clubs Away LLC v. Hostway Corporation, et al., Case No. 09-29596 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Broward Cnty.).

In addition, Mr. Kaufman represents many of the firm's corporate clients in complex commercial litigation matters and arbitrations, including Puckett v. Sony Music Entertainment, No. 108802/98 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cnty. 2002) (a complex copyright royalty class action) and an arbitrations on behalf of oppressed minority shareholders in both public and privately held corporations.  Prior to joining Milberg in August of 1998, Mr. Kaufman was a Court Attorney for the New York State Supreme Court, New York County (1988-1990) and Principal Law Clerk to Justice Herman Cahn of the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court, New York County (1990-1998).