Corporate litigator specializing in securities and corporate governance issues, with an emphasis on business fraud, internal investigations, SEC and Attorney General investigations, and consumer and shareholder class actions.Lead counsel in representation of corporate boards conducting internal investigations; and corporate officers and directors in various shareholder disputes and strategic transactions.Recent cases include: • The determination by the SEC not to bring charges against a publicly-traded company after two-year investigation into the material restatement of company’s financial results.• Dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claims against the Chairman of the Board of an energy company, and granting of his claims for indemnification against the company. • Dismissal of class action claims by investors in a securities Ponzi scheme against one of the world’s largest banks accused of aiding and abetting the Ponzi scheme.• Representation of a large institutional investor in one of the leading shareholder rights plan ("poison pill") trials held in Delaware Chancery Court.• Dismissal of an SEC insider trading investigation of a corporate CEO.• Judgment of acquittal without submission to the jury in a criminal insider trading case.• Dismissal of class action claims against the Massachusetts Port Authority and the Massachusetts Transportation Authority accused of unconstitutional toll-setting.• Dismissal of class action claims against a major retailer for its sales tax collection policies.

Associate (1989 - 1996)