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Contact Info
GCG Profile
Why GCG?
Milestones
Principals
Divisions and Service Units
- Class Action Services
- Bankruptcy Services
- GCG Communications


Contact Info
Headquarters:
105 Maxess Road, Melville, New York 11747
Phone: 631-470-5000
Fax: 631-470-5100
Toll Free: 1-800-327-3664
Web: www.gardencitygroup.com


Regional Offices
Atlanta, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
Columbus, Ohio
New York, New York
Portland, Oregon
Reston, Virginia
San Francisco, California
Sarasota, Florida
Seattle, Washington
Washington, DC


GCG Profile

• Founded in 1984
• Recognized leader in legal support services
  - Class action settlement
  - Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
  - Legal noticing
• Nearly 25 years of unparalleled experience
• Over 400 employees on staff
• 11 strategically located offices across the U.S.
• A brand new 55,000 sq. ft. processing center in Dublin, Ohio
• 2 state-of-the art, "24/7" call centers
• 20 attorneys on staff

Why GCG?top

• Depth of experience in precedent-setting, sensitive and business-critical cases
• Senior executives are former class action litigation attorneys, Chapter 11 business reorganization specialists and general counsels for large corporations
• Neutral in focus, serving the settlement and administration needs of counsel and corporations alike
• Creative, cost-effective approach to complex legal and logistical requirements
• Quality litigation support services in program design, execution and measurement
• Dedicated to client satisfaction
• Top-tier technology for communications, digital processing, and data management
  - Local Area Network (LAN) with more than 500 workstations
  - Over 100 high-speed servers
  - Multi-terabyte storage
  - Duplex document imaging system
  - Secure remote access capability
  - Proprietary workflow automation software
  
• State-of-the-art contact center with interactive, automated and live service manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Milestonestop
Our track record inspires confidence and trust.

• Mailed more than 200 million notices
• Expedited hundreds of thousands of calls
• Administered over 1,000 cases
• Processed millions of claims
• Distributed billions of dollars in compensation
• Issued over 40 million checks and coupons
• Designed hundreds of case Web sites
• Designed and implemented dozens of high-profile publication programs

Principalstop
Michael J. Sherin, Chairman; David A. Isaac, Esq., Chief Executive Officer; Neil L. Zola, Esq., President and Chief Operating Officer; Karen B. Shaer, Esq., Executive Vice President and General Counsel; Jeanne C. Finegan, Senior Vice President, Communications; Jennifer M. Keough, Esq., Senior Vice President and Managing Director; Timothy A. O'Neill, Senior Vice President, Operations and Director, Facilities Management; Andrew Sommer, Senior Vice President, Systems and Technology; Stephen J. Cirami , Vice President, East Coast Operations; Shandarese Garr, Vice President and Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives; Daniel Lane, Vice President, Quality Assurance; John Lennon, Vice President, Systems and Technology; Christie Lewis, Vice President, Contact Center Operation. Peter Y. Okajima, Vice President, Banking and Financial Administration; Patrick M. Passarella, Vice President, Midwest Operations; Arun Rao, Vice President, Finance; Jeffrey S. Stein, Esq., Vice President, Business Reorganization;


Divisions and Service Unitstop
GCG Class Action Services provides technology-intensive administrative services for plaintiff and defense counsel and corporate defendants to expedite high-volume class action settlements. GCG Class Action Services has administered a diverse portfolio of litigation settlements, including sensitive and high-profile consumer, employee-related, human rights, mass tort, antitrust, product and securities cases.

GCG Bankruptcy Services offers cost-effective, end-to-end solutions for managing the administration of bankruptcy under Chapter 11.

GCG Communications specializes in legal notice programs for successful case administration. We offer a range of complementary services for developing and implementing effective legal notice programs worldwide. Our communications team is lead by Senior Vice President, Jeanne Finegan, APR, a nationally recognized notice expert with over 20 years experience designing nationwide and international notice programs.


Please direct press inquiries to:
Jeanne C. Finegan, Senior Vice President, Communications
Tel: 503-579-0746
Fax: 503-590-8829
E-mail: media@gardencitygroup.com