Patricia C. Weiser ▪ Phone: (610) 225-0283 ▪ Email: pw@weiserlawfirm.com
Ms. Weiser, a founding member of the firm, received her law degree from the Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Delaware. While in law school, she served as an intern for the Honorable Clarence J. Newcomer, U.S.D.J. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has been admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Ms. Weiser's practice is focused on shareholder class action litigation challenging management misconduct in connection with corporate takeovers and disputed contests for corporate control. Ms. Weiser participated as lead or co-lead counsel in the following notable cases:
- In re Storage USA Shareholder Litigation (Shelby County Chancery Court, Tennessee)
In which Class Counsel were solely responsible for an aggregate financial benefit to the class of $10.5 million in connection with the acquisition of the company by its controlling shareholder.
- In re Cox Communications Shareholder Litigation (Delaware Chancery Court)
In connection with the acquisition of the company by its controlling shareholder, Cox Enterprises, Class Counsel shared responsibility for the agreement by Cox Enterprises to condition the transaction on the approval of a majority of the company's minority shareholders and to increase the consideration offered in the transaction by approximately $675 million. - In re Sodexho Marriot Shareholders Litigation (Delaware Chancery Court)
In which Class Counsel shared responsibility for creating an aggregate financial benefit of approximately $166 million for members of the class, in connection with the acquisition of the company by its controlling shareholder, Sodexho Alliance, S.A. - In re Travelocity.com Shareholder Litigation(Delaware Chancery Court)
In which Class Counsel shared responsibility for creating an aggregate financial benefit of approximately $75 million for members of the class, in connection with the acquisition of the company by its controlling shareholder, Sabre Holdings. - In re Delhaize America Shareholder Litigation (North Carolina Business Court)
In which Class Counsel shared responsibility for creating an aggregate financial benefit of approximately $225 million for the members of the class in connection with the acquisition of the company by it controlling shareholder. - Lieb, et al. v. Unocal Corporation, et al. (Los Angeles Superior Court)
In which Class Counsel shared responsibility for creating a $500 million benefit via the increased consideration paid by Chevron Corp. to Unocal shareholders in the merger. In addition, Co-Lead Counsel caused defendants to issue important additional disclosures relating to the proposed merger with Chevron prior to the shareholder vote on the merger.
Ms. Weiser was also part of the litigation team that won an injunction in the seminal Delaware Chancery Court case In re Pure Resources Shareholder Litigation, forcing changes to certain terms of the proposed transaction as well as the public disclosure of significant additional information concerning the transaction, and, ultimately being partially responsible for an aggregate financial benefit of approximately $41 million for the shareholder class.