Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C.

Donald L. Perelman

Donald L. Perelman, a member, is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Mr. Perelman has extensive experience in the conduct of antitrust, class action and other complex litigation, and has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer by Philadelphia Magazine.

He served as a member of the Plaintiffs' Executive Committee in the In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, which settled for more than $200 million in 2003. He also served as Co-Discovery Chair in the In re Commercial Explosives Antitrust Litigation, and was principally responsible for the management of the discovery programs in Lawrence v. Phillip Morris and Transamerican Refining v. Dravo.

Practice Areas

  • Class Actions
  • Antitrust

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois, 1980
  • Pennsylvania, 1983

Education

  • The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980, J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
  • Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1976, B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude

Representative Cases

  • In re Urethane [Polyether Polyols] Antitrust Litig., 251 F.R.D. 629 (D. Kan. 2008)
  • In re OSB Antitrust Litig., 2007 WL 2253418 (E.D. Pa. 2007)
  • Cummings v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., No. 00747 (Phila. Com. Pl. 2005)
  • In re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation, 305 F.3d 145 (3rd Cir. 2002)
  • In re Polypropylene Carpet Antitrust Litigation, 93 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (N.D. GA 2000)
  • In re Commercial Explosives Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1093 (D. Utah 1996)
  • Lawrence v. Phillip Morris, CIV 94-1494 (E.D.N.Y. 1997)
  • Transamerican Refining v. Dravo Corp, CIV H-88-781 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)