Kirby McInerney LLP | Karina Kosharskyy

Of Counsel

kkosharskyy@kmllp.com

New York
250 Park Avenue
Suite 820
New York, NY 10177
212.699.1163

Karina Kosharskyy Of Counsel

kkosharskyy@kmllp.com

New York
250 Park Avenue
Suite 820
New York, NY 10177
212.699.1163

Biography

Karina Kosharskyy is Of Counsel to the firm.

She is based in our New York office and focuses on securities and antitrust litigation. Ms. Kosharskyy joined the firm in 2005.

Ms. Kosharskyy is fluent in Russian.

Boston University (B.A. 2000)
New York Law School (J.D. 2007)

New York State Bar
New Jersey State Bar
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

Experience

Some of Ms. Kosharskyy’s relevant work includes:

Lead counsel for consumer classes in connection with antitrust proceedings against Microsoft in the United States and consulting and advisory counsel to Canadian lead counsel in Canada. These litigations have resulted in settlements totaling over $1 billion for consumers in Canada, Florida, New York, Tennessee, West Virginia and Minnesota, where the litigation proceeded to trial.
Special fiduciary representation for the exchange-based class in In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation for a putative class of participants who traded futures and options in the FX market. The case has already resulted in partial settlements of more than $2.3 billion.
Representation of the exchange-based class in In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, an antitrust case alleging that defendant banks colluded to misreport and manipulate LIBOR. This litigation has already resulted in partial settlements totaling approximately $187 million, which collectively represent the largest historical class-wide recovery for a “futures only” settlement class.
Representation of indirect purchasers in In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation, a price fixing antitrust case wherein it is alleged that defendant entities conspired to control prices of television and monitor components resulting in a settlement of $576 million.

Cases & Investigations

Case / Company Name
Type
Status

Name In re Foreign Exchange Benchmark Rates Antitrust Litigation,
No. 13-cv-07789 (S.D.N.Y.).
Type Antitrust, Commodities
Status Settled
Special fiduciary representation for the exchange-based class for a putative class of participants who traded futures and options in the FX market. The case has already resulted in partial settlements of more than $2.3 billion.

Name In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation,
MDL No. 1917 (N.D. Cal.).
Type Antitrust
Status Settled
KM is one of the core firms in an indirect purchaser antitrust litigation. The case resulted in settlements on behalf of end payers totaling $576.75 million. Specifically, the Special Master in the CRT litigation noted that, “Kirby played an integral role in this case and assumed significant risk . . . Kirby’s work was at a very high level [and] Kirby’s work greatly benefited the Class.”

Name In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation,
No. 11-md-02262 (S.D.N.Y.).
Type Antitrust, Commodities
Status Settled
KM filed the first LIBOR manipulation lawsuit on behalf of investors and currently serves as court-appointed co-lead counsel for the exchange-based class alleging the fixing of prices of a benchmark interest rate. The case has resulted in partial settlements of $187 million, which combined represent the largest recovery in a “futures-only” commodities class action litigation.

Name Microsoft Antitrust Cases
Type Antitrust
Status Settled
Co-lead counsel on behalf of classes of indirect purchasers in connection with antitrust proceedings against Microsoft. The litigations resulted in settlements totaling nearly a billion dollars for consumers in the states of New York, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Minnesota (where the litigation proceeded to trial). More recently, KM served as consulting and advisory counsel to Canadian lead counsel based on the firm’s co-lead roles in the U.S. Microsoft cases. The Canadian action resulted in a settlement of $395 million.

News

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