Representative Experience:

•  Successfully represented the former chief executive officer of a publicly traded company in a shareholder class action alleging securities fraud and a related derivative lawsuit arising out of a restatement of the company’s financial statements.
• Successfully represented a banking institution in multiple lawsuits in which custodial account holders, who had been defrauded by their investment advisor, asserted claims for fraud, negligence and breach of contract.
• Successfully represented services company in a class action lawsuit brought in state court on behalf of a nationwide consumer class seeking recovery for purportedly hidden service charges.
• Successfully represented a manufacturing company in a federal class action lawsuit in which a state-based consumer class asserted that they purchased product that had been systematically mislabeled.
• Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict, plus attorneys’ fees, on behalf of a publicly traded company arising out of a failed business acquisition.
• Successfully represented a banking institution in multiple lawsuits in which custodial account holders, who had been defrauded by their investment advisor, asserted claims for fraud, negligence and breach of contract.
• Successfully represented services company in a class action lawsuit brought in state court on behalf of a nationwide consumer class seeking recovery for purportedly hidden service charges.
• Successfully represented a manufacturing company in a federal class action lawsuit in which a state-based consumer class asserted that they purchased product that had been systematically mislabeled.
• Obtained a multi-million dollar jury verdict, plus attorneys’ fees, on behalf of a publicly traded company arising out of a failed business acquisition.
• Obtained a multi-million dollar judgment plus attorneys’ fees, on behalf of a publicly traded manufacturing company following a trial for breach of contract.
• Obtained a multi-million dollar recovery on behalf of a publicly traded company from an international consulting firm, which had been engaged to advise the firm’s client on selecting a new order management and financial accounting computer system and then to act as project manager in implementing that system.  The project was a total failure; it was discovered that the consultant did not have the experience that it had represented, and the system that it had recommended had never before been successfully implemented.  Claims were asserted against the consultant for consultant malpractice, breach of contract and negligence.
• Successfully represented a former chief executive officer of a publicly traded company that sought to withhold his severance pay and incentive compensation based on Section 304 of Sarbanes-Oxley, after he had certified certain financials that ultimately had to be restated.
• Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a broker-dealer and its registered representative in claims for breach of contract and fraud brought by an investor who lost millions following a significant downturn in the stock market.
• Has successfully enforced and defended covenants not to compete on behalf of many firm clients.