Howard Yellen, Founder & Chairman
Mr. Yellen is a leading advocate for class members in both securities and commercial class-actions. In 2005, he founded Spectrum Settlement Recovery to provide complete claims filing and recovery services in commercial and securities class action settlements. Mr. Yellen was founder and president of Settlement Recovery Center (Spectrum’s preceding company), a claims filing company dedicated to obtaining recoveries in the various state anti-trust settlements with Microsoft.
Early in his career Mr. Yellen was a practicing attorney at Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, a major San Francisco-based law firm. He received his A.B. from Vassar College, and his J.D. from University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, where he was Technology Editor of the California Law Review.
David Morgenstein, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Morgenstein co-founded Settlement Recovery Center in 2003 and transitioned to Spectrum in 2005. Prior to SRC, he served as Director of Operations at Commerce One, the pioneer in E-commerce marketplaces. Earlier in his career, Mr. Morgenstein has held executive level positions at various technology and distribution companies. He earned a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University. Mr. Morgenstein was an F-15 Flight Commander in the U.S. Air Force.
Kassra Nassiri, Legal Counsel
Mr. Nassiri has represented large and small businesses in trade secret actions, employment disputes, fraud and business tort cases, corporate governance and shareholder litigation, and complex contract disputes. Previously, Mr. Nassiri practiced litigation at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the leading securities class-action defense firm in the country. Mr. Nassiri earned his law degree from Harvard Law School. He earned his master’s degree in economics from Stanford University, where he was awarded the Stanford Graduate Fellowship. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
