Chet B. Waldman, born in the Bronx, New York, June 3, 1959, is a graduate of Cornell University (A.B. 1982) and Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1985) where he was both a G. Joseph Tauro Scholar and a Paul J. Liacos Scholar and was a member of the American Journal of Law and Medicine. He was admitted to the bar in 1986 for the State of New York, the United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1988, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 22, 2000. Following law school, he joined the New York office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, where he was predominantly involved in antitrust litigation. Mr. Waldman has been at Wolf Popper since 1988 where he has concentrated in federal and state securities class actions and derivative litigation. He presently is a member of the Securities Litigation Committee of the New York City Bar.  Mr. Waldman became a partner of the firm as of January 1, 1995. Mr. Waldman also has extensive experience in litigating health care and consumer fraud cases. Mr. Waldman has been involved in litigating numerous multi-district and consolidated actions including some of the more prominent cases in which Wolf Popper has been involved.