Page Poerschke

Page Poerschke is a Shareholder at Levin Papantonio, specializing in Securities and Business Litigation. Ms. Poerschke boasts over 27 years of experience in championing the rights of individuals, institutional investors, and governmental entities. Throughout her extensive career, she has garnered a reputation for achieving success in navigating complex, high-stakes cases across diverse domains, ranging from pharmaceutical litigation and financial fraud to corporate misconduct, business torts, and securities fraud. Ms. Poerschke’s impactful contributions have played a pivotal role in securing nearly $60 billion in recoveries.

In the realm of governmental entity representation, Ms. Poerschke’s clientele includes an extensive array of states, cities, counties, tribal sovereign nations, as well as pension plans, public utilities, and hospitals. Her dedicated advocacy consistently addresses the unique challenges faced by these entities.

Most recently, Ms. Poerschke represented more than 700 local and state governments in the National Prescription Opiate and Pharmacy Litigation MDL, landmark litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers for their role in a decades-long national epidemic. Ms. Poerschke played a pivotal role in the prosecution against one of the prominent Big Three pharmacy defendants. In addition, Ms. Poerschke served on the ESI Logistics Committee and as an expert liaison.

A recognized authority in her field, Ms. Poerschke has been a featured speaker at numerous legal conferences, contributed to publications, and served as a guest lecturer at the University of Alabama School of Law, sharing insights on evolving trends and issues in E-Discovery, legal analytics, and securities litigation best practices. She is an active member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), an international organization of attorneys dedicated to the advancement of investors’ rights in the securities industry.

Ms. Poerschke earned her Juris Doctor from Alabama School of Law in 1997 and earned the Certified Regulatory Compliance Professional (CRCP) designation from the FINRA Institute at Wharton in 2010. Prior to joining Levin Papantonio, Ms. Poerschke was an Equity Member at the law firm of Haskell, Slaughter & Young, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama, and served as Law Clerk to Associate Justice Terry L. Butts, Supreme Court of Alabama.

Year Joined Law Firm
2013
Present Position with Law Firm
Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Securities
Mass Torts
Business Torts
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Class Action

Bar Admissions
Alabama
United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama

Education
University of Alabama School of Law, Juris Doctor, May 1997
University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts in History, May 1993

Certification/Specialties
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional (CRCP), 2011

Honors and Awards
Bench & Bar Legal Society, member
Student Bar Association, secretary

Classes/Seminars Taught
Mass Torts Made Perfect, “Stealing Millions One Dollar at a Time: How to Represent Your Municipal Pension Fund,” April 2013
Florida Justice Association, “E-discovery: How to Streamline Production and Reduce Costs – Electronically Stored Information (ESI) – Guidelines and Protocols,” February 2014
Mass Torts Made Perfect, “Ponzi Schemes: Recovering Investor Losses from Third Parties,” October 2014
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Annual Meeting, “Computerized Compliance Systems,” October 2014
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Webcast, “Taking the Mystery Out of eDiscovery,” February 2015
Professional Associations and Memberships
Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, member
Birmingham Bar Association, guest lecturer
University of Alabama School of Law, guest lecturer

Representative Cases
Ms. Poerschke has obtained over $300 million for clients in settlements and verdicts. Her representative engagements include the following:

Represented a statewide pension system in suit against WorldCom’s underwriters and auditors, which resulted in a settlement of $111M (90% recovery of loss).
Represented a statewide pension system in a suit against Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., and Merrill Lynch & Co relating to investments in Enron securities, which resulted in a settlement of $49M (86% recovery of loss).
Represented 32 hospitals in a securities action relating to subscriber equity accounts, which resulted in a $43.7M settlement.
Represented statewide pension fund in a state court action, which resulted in a $25M settlement.
Represented 24 municipal pension funds in state court actions, which resulted in a $21M settlement.
Represented 40 investors in a private placement transaction against issuer, which resulted in a $12.5M settlement.
Represented an individual investor in FINRA arbitration alleging failure to execute trade order, which resulted in a $1.35M settlement.
Represented individual investor in FINRA arbitration against former CEO of global financial services firm alleging fraud and misrepresentation, which resulted in a $10M settlement.
Appointed as a deputy attorney general in litigation involving companies that have violated the registration provision of the Sale of Checks Act.
Launched and managed LexMatrix, a litigation support and document review company based in Chennai, India.

Prior Employment
Prior to joining Levin Papantonio, Ms. Poerschke was an equity member at the law firm of Haskell, Slaughter & Young, LLC in Birmingham, Alabama, where her nationwide civil litigation practice concentrated on securities matters in state and federal courts as well as AAA and FINRA arbitration. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Terry L. Butts of the Alabama Supreme Court.