January 6, 2025
Partners elected in the Civil Rights & Employment, Securities Litigation & Investor Protection, Complex Torts, and ERISA/Employee Benefits practices.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, one of the nation’s leading plaintiffs’ law firms, has named Jan E. Messerschmidt, Poorad Razavi, Harini Srinivasan, and Daniel R. Sutter to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2025.
“This group of dedicated attorneys has demonstrated a deep commitment to upholding the law and the sharp skills necessary to win in high stakes litigation” said Benjamin Brown, managing partner at Cohen Milstein. “It is an honor to call each of them a partner. I’m confident they will continue to elevate the quality of work we deliver for our clients and in service of the common good each day.”
Jan E. Messerschmidt, a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Investor Protection practice, represents institutional investors and shareholders in derivative and securities class action lawsuits. He also chairs the firm’s Summer Associate Committee.
Before entering private practice, Messerschmidt served as a law clerk to the Honorable Beryl A. Howell, then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. He was also a law clerk to the Honorable Rosemary S. Pooler of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Messerschmidt earned his B.A., magna cum laude, from New York University. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was the head articles editor for Columbia Journal of Transnational Law.
Poorad Razavi, a member of the firm’s Complex Tort practice, represents individuals in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases, involving product liability, toxic tort, and environmental law claims. His work focuses on mass torts and class action law suits and often involves innovative case theories and expert witness strategy.
Razavi earned his B.S. in International Business and Economics from Indiana University and his J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a merit scholar.
Harini Srinivasan is a member of the firm’s Civil Rights and Employment practice and co-chair of the Hiring and Diversity Committee. She is a fierce advocate for marginalized groups who are often up against well-resourced corporations. She supports workers in employment and civil rights class actions, oftentimes involving cutting-edge legal issues.
Prior to entering private practice, Srinivasan was a Georgetown Law Center Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow and worked at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
Srinivasan earned her B.A., with honors, from the University of Chicago. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from American University Washington College of Law, where she was on the editorial staff of the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy.
Daniel R. Sutter, a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits/ERISA practice, represents retirement and health plan participants and beneficiaries in their pursuit of economic justice against retirement plan fiduciaries for mismanagement and breaches of fiduciary responsibility.
Sutter joined Cohen Milstein as a legal analyst and subsequently worked as a law clerk before serving as a law fellow and an associate in the Employee Benefits/ERISA practice.
Sutter earned his B.A. in Finance from George Washington University and his J.D. from the George Washington University Law School. During law school, he was a member of the Federal Circuit Bar Journal and worked as a summer law clerk at the CFBP Legal Division. He also studied at the London School of Economics.
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About Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, a premier U.S. plaintiffs’ law firm, with over 100 attorneys across eight offices, champions the causes of real people – workers, consumers, small business owners, investors, and whistleblowers – working to deliver corporate reforms and fair markets for the common good.