Kahn Swick & Foti

What Kahn Swick & Foti does

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (KSF) is a privately-held plaintiff-side securities litigation and shareholder advocacy law firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Louisiana, with additional offices in New York, Wilmington (Delaware), Los Angeles, Chicago, and a European representative office in Luxembourg. The firm represents institutional and individual investors in securities fraud class actions, shareholders in merger and acquisition and "going private" transactions, businesses and individuals harmed by antitrust violations, consumers subject to unfair or deceptive practices, and whistleblowers reporting corporate misconduct. KSF's practice spans six core areas — Securities Fraud, Governance & Derivative, Mergers & Acquisitions, Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Whistleblower representation — and is led by Managing Partner Lewis S. Kahn and Partner Charles C. Foti, Jr., a former Louisiana Attorney General.

The firm's service model is built around contingency-fee plaintiff litigation, lead plaintiff motion practice in federal securities class actions, derivative suits alleging breach of fiduciary duty, appraisal and disclosure claims in M&A transactions, and ancillary services such as institutional portfolio monitoring and a secure client portal. KSF has been recognized in the ISS Securities Class Action Services Top 10 and has received public commendations from multiple federal judges for its work in complex civil class actions. Recent activity includes co-lead counsel appointment in the Gemini Space Station securities class action, ERISA class action filings against Aon Corporation and Providence Health & Services, and settlement of derivative claims on behalf of Acadia Healthcare and Acadia Pharmaceuticals shareholders.

KSF distributes through its website (ksfcounsel.com), social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok), and news wire announcements, and offers free consultations and online loss-submission forms to drive case intake. The firm operates as a single LLC with no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or external institutional ownership; partners own and manage the practice. There is no disclosed revenue, no AI or technology platform, and no recurring subscription product beyond portfolio monitoring for institutional clients.

Name

Kahn Swick & Foti

Legal name

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC

Website

https://ksfcounsel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC is a plaintiff-side securities litigation law firm that represents institutional and individual investors in securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative and M&A litigation, antitrust, consumer protection, and whistleblower matters across U.S. federal courts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Securities Litigation / Legal Services

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAI

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Securities class action
• Shareholder derivative litigation
• Mergers and acquisitions litigation
• Consumer protection litigation
• Whistleblower representation

Headquarters

HQ city

New Orleans

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC is a securities litigation and shareholder advocacy law firm that prosecutes lawsuits on behalf of institutional and individual investors in securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative suits, mergers and acquisitions litigation, antitrust matters, consumer protection cases, and whistleblower actions. The firm pursues recoveries for investment losses caused by materially false and misleading corporate disclosures and assists shareholders in pursuing appraisal rights in M&A transactions.

Product overview

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC is a law firm offering legal services across six core practice areas: Securities Fraud Litigation, Governance & Derivative Litigation, Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation, Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Whistleblower representation. The firm represents institutional and individual investors in securities class actions and shareholders harmed by corporate wrongdoing. Additional services include Portfolio Monitoring and Institutional Investor Services. The firm's practice is centered on New Orleans, Louisiana with additional offices in New York, Delaware, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Luxembourg.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Securities Fraud Litigation Prosecutes securities fraud class actions on behalf of institutional and individual clients against corporations that issue materially false and misleading statements about financial condition or business prospects, recovering investor losses caused by stock price inflation.
• Governance & Derivative Litigation Prosecutes shareholder derivative suits in state and federal courts when corporate boards breach fiduciary duties, covering business judgment rule violations, corporate waste, executive compensation, and undisclosed insider transactions.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Represents institutional and individual clients in lawsuits regarding mergers, acquisitions, and 'going private' transactions where shareholders are deprived of fair value or provided insufficient disclosures, including pursuit of appraisal rights.
• Antitrust Litigation Represents businesses and individuals who have been victims of price-fixing, unlawful monopolization, market allocation, tying, and other anti-competitive conduct.
• Consumer Protection Litigation Litigates class and individual actions to recover damages for clients victimized by unfair, fraudulent, and deceptive acts and practices, achieving settlements of hundreds of millions of dollars.
• Whistleblower Representation Assists whistleblowers who report illegal corporate conduct, helping them make compelling cases to authorities and protecting them from retaliation.
• Institutional Investor Services Tailored legal services for institutional investors seeking representation in securities fraud class actions and shareholder litigation.
• Portfolio Monitoring Ongoing monitoring services for institutional clients to identify potential securities fraud and corporate wrongdoing affecting their investment portfolios.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd: The largest U.S. plaintiff-side securities class action firm; directly competes with KSF for lead-counsel roles in major securities fraud MDLs and handles the largest contingency-fee cases in the market.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann: Premier institutional plaintiff securities litigation firm with a strong portfolio monitoring business; directly comparable to KSF in serving institutional investors in large-cap securities fraud class actions.
• Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check: Top-tier plaintiff securities and shareholder litigation firm; directly competes with KSF for lead counsel appointments in securities class actions and M&A appraisal litigation.
• Labaton Sucharow: Plaintiff-side securities class action and shareholder rights firm; directly competes with KSF in securities fraud litigation and whistleblower representation under SEC programs.
• Pomerantz LLP: Long-standing plaintiff securities litigation firm with a strong M&A and shareholder appraisal practice; closely comparable to KSF in the New York-based securities class action bar.
• Grant & Eisenhofer: Delaware-based shareholder litigation and M&A appraisal firm; directly competes with KSF's Wilmington office for appraisal and merger litigation in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll: Plaintiff-side complex litigation firm with major securities, antitrust, and consumer protection practices; comparable to KSF across multiple core practice areas and for institutional plaintiff work.
• Scott+Scott: Plaintiff-side securities and antitrust class action firm with a strong technology and financial-services sector caseload; directly comparable in size, scope, and contingency-fee model to KSF.
• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro: Plaintiff-side securities, consumer protection, and antitrust firm; comparable to KSF in operating as a mid-sized contingency plaintiff practice with multi-office U.S. presence.

Emerging players

• Nye, Stirling, Hale & Miller: Mid-sized plaintiff-side securities and shareholder litigation firm; partial overlap with KSF's core securities and M&A litigation practices, though typically handling smaller-stake matters.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@kahnswickandfoti
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=61575733915628
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ksfcounsel
• Instagraminstagram.com/kahn_swick_and_foti
• TikToktiktok.com/@khan.swick.foti.ll

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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