Tal J. Lifshitz

Practice Areas

Complex Litigation, Antitrust Violations, Fraud and Ponzi Schemes, Deceptive Trade Practices, Corporate Shareholder Disputes, Securities Law Violations, Class and Group Actions

Career

Tal is an experienced litigator and former federal judicial law clerk with federal jury trial experience, Tal is part of a team at KTT that handles “bet the company” cases and class actions. He has represented a wide range of sophisticated corporate and individual clients, including investors in high-stakes business disputes, investment and securities frauds, and Ponzi scheme litigation.

Some of the cases Tal has worked on include representing 70% of victims of the $1.2 billion Scott Rothstein South Florida Ponzi scheme, leading to a nearly 100% recovery of these victims’ hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. More recently, Tal also had a leading role in securing a $150 million settlement against Raymond James on behalf of EB-5 immigrant investors in the Jay Peak scheme that misappropriated more than $350 million in investor funds, and in managing the litigation stemming from the tragic Champlain Towers South building collapse in Surfside, Fla., as part of KTT’s court appointment as Co-Chair Lead Counsel in the In re: Champlain Towers South Collapse Litigation.  In less than 15 months, the KTT-led plaintiffs secured over $1.1 billion dollars in relief for the Surfside victims.

Since 2019, Tal has been recognized by Super Lawyers in the area of Class Actions/Mass Torts, and was included in the 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. He has served as a Faculty Member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), teaching multi-day trial and deposition technique programs using NITA’s hands-on, “learn-by-doing” method, and recently concluded his term as President for the South Florida Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. In December 2023, he was featured in a Daily Business Review profile for his impact and influence at a young age. And this year Tal was recognized by the Daily Business Review’s 2024 Florida Legal Awards as “On The Rise.”