Rebecca Kahan Waldman Recognized as Rising Star by New York Law Journal

Dechert LLP’s Rebecca Kahan Waldman, a white collar and securities litigation partner who practices from the firm’s New York office, has been recognized as a Rising Star for 2018 by the New York Law Journal. The publication established the award to honor the most promising young lawyers in the region. 

Waldman has worked on some of Dechert’s highest-profile disputes in recent years. She helped guide The Bank of New York Mellon through a number of multibillion-dollar matters, including an US$8.5 billion settlement with Bank of America, one of the largest private settlements in U.S. history, and a US$8.7 billion Allowed Claim settlement relating to the bankruptcy of Residential Capital. She also played a leading role in the Dechert team that shepherded Japan’s Takata Corporation through congressional, regulatory, federal, state and international challenges surrounding the largest automotive recall in history. 

With an active pro bono practice, Waldman has secured immigration relief for the families of a number of victims of domestic abuse. As part of Dechert’s efforts to challenge discriminatory voting laws in a number of states, she recently appeared alongside the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Kansas in asking for a court order requiring Kansas to permanently register thousands of citizens who were denied the right to vote.

Together with her fellow Rising Stars, Waldman will be honored at a ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop, New York on October 10. 

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