Ms. Herkenhoff joined The Weiser Law Firm in January 2010, opening the firm’s San Diego, California office. As detailed below, Ms. Herkenhoff has been exclusively litigating securities actions for 16 years, first at the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and most recently as a Partner at Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP in San Diego.

Ms. Herkenhoff earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1989. She earned her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in 1993, where she was on the Dean’s Honor List and received American Jurisprudence Awards in both Constitutional Law and Agency-Partnership. Following law school, Ms. Herkenhoff worked at the SEC’s Los Angeles office, investigating and prosecuting complex securities fraud and insider trading actions.

In 1997, Ms. Herkenhoff joined Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP in Los Angeles, California, and ultimately moved to the firm’s San Diego office, where she served as a Partner from 2002 to 2009 (the San Diego office became known as Coughlin Stoia). Over the past 12 years at Coughlin Stoia, Ms. Herkenhoff has practiced in all areas of securities class and derivative litigation, working tirelessly to achieve nearly one billion in settlement recoveries for victimized shareholders. Many of these settlements also include sweeping corporate governance improvements negotiated by Ms. Herkenhoff. A sample of notable settlements includes:

• $618 million in opt-out litigation against AOL Time Warner, Inc.
  
• $122 million in class action against Mattel, Inc.
• $100 million in class action against Honeywell International, Inc.
• $30+ million in derivative stock option backdating cases
  

Ms. Herkenhoff continues her nearly two decades of securities litigation experience by joining the firm’s extensive securities and derivative practice groups. Ms. Herkenhoff is licensed to practice law in all California state and federal courts, as well as in the District of Colorado.