Biography
Biography
Kendra Schramm leads BFA’s Global Recovery Services, which advises, and acts in a liaison capacity on behalf of, leading institutional investors in connection with securities and investment-related claims pursued outside the United States–the majority of which require a client’s formal decision to participate. Kendra is a highly valued litigator with years of experience working on large and complex securities matters..
Kendra provides pragmatic and unbiased advice regarding meaningful recovery opportunities, including the risks and burdens that can arise from pursuing an international claim. Kendra has experience overseeing matters in Australia, Japan, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, and France, among others, on behalf of public pension systems, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds located around the globe. She recently co-authored “A Look at Shareholder Remedies in Japan,” in Law360 discussing the evolving Japanese litigation regime.
Kendra is instrumental to the firm’s outreach to prospective clients and ongoing client relations, and also works with the firm’s Client Monitoring and Case Evaluation Group, assisting in the assessment and prosecution of domestic securities class actions.
Prior to joining BFA, Kendra was an associate at another plaintiffs’ securities firm, where she was a member of the team that recovered more than $1 billion in total settlements on behalf of investors in the landmark securities litigation against American International Group and numerous related defendants. Kendra was also instrumental in prosecuting the complex securities litigation against the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), which persuasively alleged that investors’ losses were caused by Fannie Mae’s statements and actions rather than the financial crisis, and resulted in a $170 million settlement.
Kendra provides pragmatic and unbiased advice regarding meaningful recovery opportunities, including the risks and burdens that can arise from pursuing an international claim. Kendra has experience overseeing matters in Australia, Japan, England, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Brazil, and France, among others, on behalf of public pension systems, asset managers, and sovereign wealth funds located around the globe. She recently co-authored “A Look at Shareholder Remedies in Japan,” in Law360 discussing the evolving Japanese litigation regime.
Kendra is instrumental to the firm’s outreach to prospective clients and ongoing client relations, and also works with the firm’s Client Monitoring and Case Evaluation Group, assisting in the assessment and prosecution of domestic securities class actions.
Prior to joining BFA, Kendra was an associate at another plaintiffs’ securities firm, where she was a member of the team that recovered more than $1 billion in total settlements on behalf of investors in the landmark securities litigation against American International Group and numerous related defendants. Kendra was also instrumental in prosecuting the complex securities litigation against the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), which persuasively alleged that investors’ losses were caused by Fannie Mae’s statements and actions rather than the financial crisis, and resulted in a $170 million settlement.
PRACTICES & SERVICES
EDUCATION
Brooklyn Law School
J.D.
Associate Managing Editor, Journal of Law & Policy
New York University
B.A.
J.D.
Associate Managing Editor, Journal of Law & Policy
New York University
B.A.
ADMISSIONS
New York
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts:
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts:
- Southern District of New York
- District of New Jersey