Experience Matters

Brief sentence defining representative matters.

• Securities Litigation

  Represented defendants in claim of securities fraud. Case dismissed in our favor in matter of first impression in the Sixth Circuit.

• Securities Litigation

  Counsel for Respondent in the 2008 United States Supreme Court decision, where the Supreme Court held against private "scheme liability" claims under the federal securities laws. Public commentators call it the most important Supreme Court business decision in a decade.

• Securities Litigation

  Represented defendant in regard to "scheme liability" claims in a 10b-5 securities class action. Motion to dismiss in client's favor affirmed.

• Securities Litigation

  Represented client regarding motion to dismiss issues in a 10b-5 securities class action. Motion to dismiss in client's favor affirmed.

• Securities Litigation

  Represented client in regard to scienter issues in a 10b-5 securities class action. On interlocutory appeal, the denial of motion to dismiss was affirmed. First Eleventh Circuit case to deal with aggregation issues regarding scienter under the PSLRA.