Solomon Benjamin Cera

Solomon B. Cera (“Sol”) joined the predecessor of Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener LLP in 1983, became a partner in 1994, and managing partner in 2009. Over the course of his more than 30-year career at the Firm, Mr. Cera has litigated a wide variety of securities, antitrust, and consumer fraud class actions in federal and state courts throughout the country that have resulted in significant recoveries for the Firm’s clients.  In overseeing the Firm’s nationwide practice, Mr. Cera brings to bear his vast experience in litigating cases in numerous diverse industries.  These include high tech, software, oil and gas, executive compensation, commodity chemicals, accounting, tax advantaged investments, hedge funds, agriculture, insurance, and workers compensation, among others.

Among the more significant cases in which Mr. Cera has played a leading role include the Titanium Dioxide Antitrust Litigation, No. 10-318 RDB (D. Md.).  In 2014, the proceeds from a recovery of $ million in this antitrust price fixing class action were distributed to hundreds of small, medium, and large businesses throughout the nation.  The case was developed by the Firm and litigated intensively for three years, leading to the substantial cash recovery.

An early noteworthy success involved Mr. Cera leading the litigation of a highly complex securities fraud class action concerning an allegedly fraudulent oil and gas limited partnership scheme.  Persevering in litigation for almost ten years, in Roberts v. Heim, No. 84-8069 TEH (N.D. Cal.), Mr. Cera recovered $33 million in cash for a class of 3,000 individual investors and obtained injunctions barring collection on $500 million of promissory notes, while also obtaining 10 judgments on behalf of his clients against various defendants in excess of $100 million each.

Mr. Cera graduated from Pomona College, Claremont, California, and received his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law where he was the recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in corporations law and winner of the Best Oral Advocate award in the Moot Court competition.  He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States as well as a multitude of federal courts throughout the county, and is a member of the State Bar of California.

Mr. Cera is a member of the American Bar Association, including its Litigation Section, and has been designated with an “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubbell.