Mary Ellen Conner Email & Phone Number

With 10 years’ practice experience, I focus my law practice on securities, shareholder derivative, and complex litigation on behalf of institutional and individual investors in federal and state courts nationwide. Representative matters include:• In re Twitter, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation (Del. Ch.): Recouped $38 million and negotiated robust corporate governance reforms for the Company arising from certain Twitter directors’ and officers’ alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by issuing materially false and misleading statements about Twitter’s user growth and user engagement prospects, including by misrepresenting and concealing certain relevant user metrics. • Gerneth v. Chiasma et al. (D. Mass.): Secured $18.75 million settlement on behalf of a proposed class of investors alleging the biopharmaceutical company, Chiasma, Inc., misled investors in its 2015 initial public offering about the prospects for regulatory approval of the company’s drug candidate, Mycapssa, in violation of §§ 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933.“2022 Georgia Rising Star” by Super Lawyers“AV Preeminent Peer Rating” by Martindale-Hubbell

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Courses • Civil Procedure I and II • Legal Communications and Process • Legal Research and Writing Advocacy Activities • Faculty Adviser, Moot Court • Co-Director, 2017 Oral Advocacy Competition

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

White collar criminal defense and government investigations attorney representing corporate and non-corporate entities, healthcare providers (including hospitals, physicians and physician groups, laboratories, DME supply companies, and ambulatory surgery centers), and individuals in connection with class action lawsuits and government investigations by the DOJ, OIG, FTC, and state MFCUs for alleged criminal and civil violations of the FCA, Stark law, AKS, FTC Act, insider trading laws, federal securities and commodities fraud statute, and state and federal data breach laws. Experiential highlights include:• Drafting and arguing successful motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim on behalf of Atlanta orthopedic clinic in case of first impression in Georgia, establishing victims of identity theft cannot plead speculative harm and expect to withstand dismissal.

Washington, D.C., Us

Complex commercial litigation associate representing Fortune 500 companies and large- scale investment firms in trial and appellate matters involving allegations of antitrust violations; breach of contract; trademark infringement; breach of fiduciary duties; constitutional violations; violations of state and federal statutes; and non-compliance with administrative regulations. Experiential highlights include:• Defending Experian in state and federal courts nationwide against claims for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Business Practices Act, including taking and defending corporate, individual, and expert depositions, serving as lead counsel at mediations, and drafting dispositive motions• Serving as second-chair to obtain reversal of Georgia Department of Community Health’s decision to revoke operating license of non-profit and actively participating in hearing, including conducting direct examinations of key witnesses• Drafting successful Eleventh Circuit parallel petitions appealing Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision denying non-citizen’s motion to reopen in bifurcated criminal and immigration appeals addressing trial court’s denial of petitioner’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea where violations of due process were implicated, the Court’s jurisdiction over the Board of Immigration Appeals’ and Immigration Judge’s denials of petitioner’s motion to reopen, the application of equitable tolling to motions to reopen, and violations of petitioner’s constitutional due process rights in connection with his waiver of a hearing and appellate review while in police custody without access to counsel• Drafting successful motions in limine excluding Plaintiff’s damages in whole based on failure to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(iii) concerning computation of categorical damages on behalf of Laboratory Corporation of America

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Courses • Keissler Eidson Trial Techniques Program

J.D.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature & Psychology