Kathryn Lee Boyd Of Hecht Partners LLP And Brent W. Landau Of Hausfeld Named Co-Lead Counsel In Sudanese Genocide Litigation Against BNP Paribas
Kathryn Lee Boyd - Hecht Partners llp
Ms. Boyd has represented clients in a variety of different high-profile disputes, including in more than 30 trials and arbitrations ranging from cases involving the restitution of cultural property from the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust and flight hijacking victims.
July 1, 2020 - Kathryn Lee Boyd, a founding partner at Hecht Partners LLP, and Brent W. Landau, Global Managing Partner of Hausfeld, have been named as co-lead interim class counsel in Kashef et al. v. BNP Paribas S.A. — a litigation against BNP Paribas SA by victims of a genocidal regime in Sudan, who seek to hold the French bank liable for aiding the government’s atrocities. The Hon. Alison J. Nathan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York made the appointment on June 25.
“I am honored to have been selected, along with Brent Landau, by the Court to serve the class in this important lawsuit on behalf of Sudanese-American victims,” said Ms. Boyd, a litigator and trial lawyer who has more than 25 years of experience in this field. read the full story