Juan E. Monteverde is a New York City-based lawyer known for his extensive legal history focused on shareholder rights. He is the founding partner of Monteverde & Associates PC, located at the Empire State Building, where he leads a team of skilled attorneys who are dedicated to protecting shareholders from corporate missteps and wrongdoing. Monteverde has developed a reputation for challenging change in control transactions and recovering millions of dollars for shareholders through his legal acumen. His personal motto is, "no one is above the law."Prior to starting his own firm, Monteverde worked as a partner and chair of the Mergers and Acquisition Litigation Department at Faruqi & Faruqi LLP. He also worked at Levi & Korsinsky, representing victims of securities and consumer fraud, as well as mutual fund abuse. Monteverde spent three years at Smith Mazure Director Wilkins Young & Yagerman, a liability defense firm with a civil litigation focus.Monteverde graduated with a Juris Doctor with distinction from the St. Thomas University School of Law in 2005. He also obtained his Bachelor of Science in business and finance from California State University at Northridge from 2000 to 2002. Throughout his education, Monteverde maintained an expansive publication history that has continued into his legal career. He regularly publishes on the topic of executive compensation and also speaks at engagements with the American Bar Association, PLI, ACI, and conferences focused on merger cases and the problems surrounding executive compensation.Monteverde is a frequent contributor to causes he is passionate about, including Planned Parenthood, the ASPCA, UNIS, Harvest Central West, and a variety of other food pantry efforts in New York City. He is also recognized by Super Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell as a top-rated lawyer for his accomplishments in Securities Litigation.Juan Monteverde has served as lead and co-counsel on a variety of high-profile cases with large settlements. He is the proud architect that improved the law for shareholders pursuing claims under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the 9th Circuit, as he created a circuit split that lowered the standard of liability under Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act in the Ninth Circuit and then preserved this victory by obtaining dismissal of a writ of certiorari as improvidently granted at the United States Supreme Court.Specialties: Corporate lawSecurities lawConsumer lawM&A litigationComplex civil litigation
Listed skills include Securities Regulation, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law, Consumer Law, and 37 others.
