Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP

What Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP does

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP is a Los Angeles-headquartered plaintiffs' class action law firm founded in 1990 (originally as Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP) and renamed in January 2026 to recognize partners Kara Wolke and Jonathan Rotter. The firm represents institutional and individual investors in securities fraud class actions in U.S. federal courts, alongside four additional practice areas: antitrust, consumer class actions, employment class actions, and intellectual property litigation. It operates from four offices (Los Angeles, San Diego, and two in New York City) with a roster of 45+ attorneys across partners, associates, of counsel, and senior counsel.

The firm's core technology is a proprietary Portfolio Monitoring System that tracks stock market activity in real time, surfaces indicators of potential corporate fraud, and alerts institutional clients to claims deadlines. This tooling underpins both case origination and ongoing institutional client engagement, and is offered without charge to high-stakes and institutional investors. Active matters span dozens of issuers across technology, healthcare, fintech, crypto, and consumer sectors.

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP operates on a contingency fee basis for virtually all cases, assuming full litigation risk and receiving compensation only upon successful recovery, which aligns firm economics with client outcomes. The firm has recovered billions of dollars for clients cumulatively and was ranked #2 nationally in the ISS SCAS Top 50 Plaintiff Law Firms 2025 with $585.9 million in court-approved settlements, capped by a record $433.5 million settlement in In re: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Securities Litigation recognized by the Daily Journal CLAY Awards 2026. Marketing is reputation-led through court appointments, judicial commendations, and analyst rankings (Chambers USA, Law360, Daily Journal, Lawdragon) rather than traditional advertising.

Name

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP

Legal name

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP

Website

https://glancylaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP is a Los Angeles-based plaintiffs' law firm representing institutional and individual investors in securities fraud, antitrust, consumer, employment, and IP class actions on a contingency fee basis, with offices in California and New York.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: Handles virtually all cases on a contingency fee basis. The firm assumes all financial risk of litigation and does not receive compensation unless cases are successful. This aligns firm interests with clients and enables investors to pursue high-stakes securities litigation that might otherwise be cost prohibitive.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP is a plaintiffs' law firm that represents investors in securities fraud class actions and pursues corporate accountability through class actions in antitrust, consumer protection, employment, and intellectual property matters. Cases are handled on a contingency-fee basis, with the firm offering a proprietary Portfolio Monitoring service that tracks stock-market activity in real time to alert institutional clients to fraud indicators and claims deadlines.

Product overview

Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP is a plaintiffs' law firm offering legal services through five core practice areas: Securities Class Action Litigation, Antitrust Litigation, Consumer Class Actions, Employment Class Actions, and Intellectual Property Litigation. The firm also provides a proprietary Portfolio Monitoring service for institutional and high-stakes investors that utilizes sophisticated technology to track the stock market in real-time and identify fraud indicators. All services are offered on a contingency fee basis for qualifying cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Securities Class Action Legal Services Represents institutional and individual investors in securities fraud class actions in federal courts nationwide, including cases such as the $433.5M Alibaba settlement and the $120M ViacomCBS/Archegos recovery.
• Antitrust Litigation Services Represents businesses and consumers in antitrust class actions involving price fixing, bid rigging, monopolization, and other anticompetitive conduct.
• Consumer Class Action Legal Services Represents consumers in class actions involving defective products, data breaches, false advertising, and deceptive business practices.
• Employment Class Action Legal Services Represents employees in class actions for discrimination, wage theft, overtime violations, ERISA fiduciary breaches, and worker misclassification matters.
• Intellectual Property Litigation Represents inventors and businesses in patent, copyright, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation cases.
• Portfolio Monitoring Services Proprietary portfolio monitoring technology that tracks the stock market in real time, identifies indicators of corporate fraud, and alerts institutional and high-stakes investors to claims deadlines.

Quantifiable outcome

• $433.5 million recovery in Alibaba securities litigation (2026)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)minorOthersPro bono legal relationship providing free legal assistance to unaccompanied minors and refugee children seeking special immigrant juvenile status as first step toward obtaining green cards.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP: Premier plaintiffs' securities class action firm and the consistent #1 in the ISS SCAS Top 50. Directly comparable to GPWR in securities fraud class actions, contingency-fee model, and institutional investor representation; competes head-to-head for lead-plaintiff appointments in the largest recoveries.
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP: One of the largest plaintiffs' securities litigation firms with a national federal court practice. Comparable to GPWR in securities class action recoveries, institutional client base, and contingency-fee model; regularly a direct competitor for lead-counsel roles in mega-settlements.
• Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP: National plaintiffs' firm focused on securities fraud class actions and shareholder rights. Closely comparable to GPWR in target practice area, client segments, and ranking within the ISS SCAS Top 50; competes for institutional investor mandates.
• Labaton Sucharow LLP: Plaintiffs' securities class action firm with strong institutional investor practice and proprietary securities monitoring services. Closely comparable to GPWR in practice focus, contingency-fee model, and recovery scale.
• Pomerantz LLP: Long-standing plaintiffs' securities litigation firm with national federal court practice. Comparable to GPWR in securities class actions and antitrust class actions, and similarly ranked in ISS SCAS Top 50.
• Grant & Eisenhofer LLP: Plaintiffs' firm specializing in securities, antitrust, and complex litigation with strong institutional investor client base. Comparable to GPWR across practice areas and contingency-fee model, and frequently co-counsel or competitor on large class actions.
• Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP: Plaintiffs' firm with securities, antitrust, and consumer class action practices. Comparable to GPWR in target matters, contingency-fee structure, and institutional plaintiff representation.
• The Rosen Law Firm: National plaintiffs' securities class action firm with significant class action filings and investor outreach operations. Comparable to GPWR in core practice, target client segments, and contingency-fee recovery model.
• Block & Leviton LLP: Plaintiffs' securities litigation firm focused on securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Comparable to GPWR in practice focus, contingency-fee model, and institutional client representation.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP: National plaintiffs' firm with leading securities, antitrust, consumer, and employment class action practices. Comparable to GPWR across the multi-practice class action portfolio and contingency-fee model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GPM_LLP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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