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I focus on defending officers, directors, and companies in securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative actions, SEC inquiries, and enforcement actions. I also represent companies in a variety of large commercial disputes including. I obtained the complete dismissal of a federal securities fraud class action alleging many hundreds of millions in damages against a public beverage company, including the affirmance of the dismissal in the federal appeals court.I litigated and tried claims for $1 billion in principal and interest in one of the largest Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases filed in Delaware.My team obtained a complete victory in a two-year federal court enforcement action by the SEC against the collateral manager of a complex derivative financial product (CDO).I achieved a significant victory for a consumer product company in an arbitration against a component supplier to recover costs associated with a major product recall.I represented a major public REIT in a contest for control initiated by activist shareholders. I successfully defended the CEO of a major public software company in a 15-day federal jury trial in which the SEC claimed accounting fraud. I have defended individual officers and directors in SEC actions and investigations in each of the major waves of securities litigation, including market timing, stock option backdating, and financial-crisis-era mortgage-backed securities offerings.

Listed skills include Commercial Litigation, Litigation, Class Actions, Civil Litigation, and 8 others.