- Position
- Partner
- Location
- California
- BJaccarino@lshllp.com
- Phone
- 646-807-4941
Benjamin M. Jaccarino is a partner at Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson, LLP. Mr. Jaccarino is a graduate of Wheaton College, Bachelor of Arts in 2006. He graduated from Suffolk University with a J.D. in 2009. While at Suffolk, Ben received an Oral Advocate award. He was admitted to practice in the State of New York in 2010; before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 2010; and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 2010.
Ben has been with the Firm since 2009 and primarily focuses on commodities manipulation, and antitrust class actions. Mr. Jaccarino has been involved in a number of commodity manipulation class actions and antitrust class actions that have resulted in favorable settlements for plaintiffs.
Ben has represented, as the co-lead counsel firm, businesses and consumers of freight forwarding services who were harmed by an alleged price-fixing conspiracy among numerous freight forwarders, Precision Associates, Inc. et al., v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) LTD. et al, 08-cv-0042 (E.D.N.Y.). To date, this case has resulted in over $450 million in settlements.
Ben played an active role in representing purchasers of 10-year treasury notes in Kohen v. Pacific Investment Management, Co, LLC that resulted in a settlement of $118,750,000, which is the second-largest class action recovery in the history of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. §1 et seq. (“CEA”). Ben also successfully played an active role in representing traders of New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) natural gas futures contracts in In re Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litig., 07-cv-6377 (SAS) (S.D.N.Y.). This action resulted in a settlement of $77,100,000, which is the fourth-largest class action recovery in the history of the CEA.
Ben’s active cases include representing clients in Sullivan v. Barclays PLC et al., No. 13-cv-2811, In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation. No. 11-md-2262 (NRB) (S.D.N.Y.), and In Re Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2481.
