Phillip Kim
Partner
Areas of Focus
Bar & Court Admissions
- New York
- United States District Court Southern District of New York
- United States District Court Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court Northern District of New York
- United States District Court Western District of New York
- United States District Court District of Colorado
Education
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2002
- The Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Economics, 1999
Awards & Recognition
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Biography
Phil is a partner with 20+ years of experience handling high-stakes securities litigation in federal and state courts across the country. Since joining Rosen Law in 2005, Phil has achieved numerous settlements in securities class actions for amounts significantly above the historical average recovery for similar cases.
Securities Class Actions
Mr. Kim played a significant role in the historic $250 million Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. securities class action settlement the firm secured in 2019. Mr. Kim was also the lead or co-lead lawyer in a number of significant recoveries including, $48 million Infinity Q Diversified Alpha Fund (N.Y. Sup.); $15.3 million USA Technologies, Inc. (E.D. Pa.); $13.7 million Astec Industries (E.D. Tenn.); $13.25 million Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. (E.D.N.Y.); $11 million The RealReal, Inc., (N.D. Cal.); $10.25 million Full Truck Alliance Co. Ltd., (N.Y. Sup. & E.D.N.Y.); $6.51 million Akazoo S.A., (E.D.N.Y.); $6.5 million Global Brokerage, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.); $6.2 million Sunlands Technology Group, (E.D.N.Y.); $6 million Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc., (D. Utah); $6 million Covia Holdings Corp. (N.D. Ohio); $5 million FalconStor Software, Inc., (E.D.N.Y.); $4.5 million KIOR, Inc., (S.D. Tex.); $4.903 million Missfresh Limited, (S.D.N.Y.); $4 million Dapper Labs, Inc. (NBA Top Shot), (S.D.N.Y.); $3.5 million L&L Energy, Inc., (S.D.N.Y.); $3.5 million Keyuan Petrochemicals, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.) and (D.N.J.); $3.4 million Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc., (S.D.N.Y.); $3.4 million Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (C.D. Cal.); $3.3 million Textura Corporation (N.D. Ill.); $3.25 million Intrusion, Inc. (E.D. Tex.); $3.1 million TierOne Corporation, (D. Neb.); $3 million Cadiz, Inc., (C.D. Cal.); $3 million Fat Brands, Inc. (C.D. Cal.); $2.868 million Albany Molecular Research, (E.D.N.Y.); $2.75 million Sequans Communications SA (E.D.N.Y.); $2.7 million Akari Therapeutics PLC (S.D.N.Y.); $2.5 million Radient Pharmaceuticals Corporation (C.D. Cal.); $2.25 million Kanzhun Limited, (D.N.J.); $2.2 million RCI Hospitality, (S.D. Tex.); $2.0 million GTT, Inc. (C.D. Cal.); $2.0 million Tufin Software Tech., (S.D.N.Y.); $1.8 million Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc., (S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million Alliance MMA, Inc. (D.N.J.); $1.5 million FAB Universal Corp., (S.D. Tex.); $1.5 million in BlueNRGY Group Ltd, f/k/a CBD Energy Ltd., (S.D. Tex.); $1.265 million Cocrystal Pharma. Inc. (D.N.J.); $1.2 million Izea, Inc., (C.D. Cal); and $1 million India Globalization Capital (D. Md.).
Shareholder Derivative Litigation
Mr. Kim has also secured a number of significant recoveries in shareholder derivative litigation. Recently, Mr. Kim, as co-lead counsel in the SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. derivative litigation, secured a $12.5 million cash payment to SeaWorld and caused SeaWorld to institute targeted corporate reforms. Kistenmacher v. Atchison, et al., 10437-VCS (Del. Ch.). Mr. Kim was co-lead counsel in Virginia state court and helped secure a $10 million cash payment for comScore and causing comScore to institute a vast array of reforms to its corporate governance. In re comScore, Inc. Virginia Shareholder Derivative Litigation, No. CL-2016-0009465 (Va. Cir. Ct., Fairfax Cnty.); In re ComScore, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Case No. 1:16-cv-09855-JGK (S.D.N.Y.). Mr. Kim was co-lead counsel in In re Mammoth Energy Servs. Inc., Consolidated Derivative Stockholder Litig., 19-cv-1682-RGA (D. Del.) where plaintiffs secured $1.5 million cash payment and caused the company to institute valuable corporate governance reforms.
In 2019-2025, Lawdragon named Mr. Kim as one of 500 leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers. In 2023-2024 Mr. Kim was selected to Super Lawyers. Mr. Kim was recognized in the 2024-2025 editions of The Best Lawyers in America™.
Prior to joining Rosen Law, Mr. Kim served as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York in the Special Federal Litigation Division. In that position, Mr. Kim defended a number of class action lawsuits, litigated numerous individual actions, and took a number of actions to trial.
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