Practice Areas
Industries
Education
Government Service
Bar and Court Admissions
Biography
Cases
Commercial Litigation
- Won a hearing for the majority owners of an ethanol production company to defeat a preliminary injunction attempt and completely unwind an ex parte ruling that the company's minority owners obtained to install a receiver to displace WTO's clients from running the company.
- Represented utility providers in breach of contract actions involving hundreds of millions of dollars in claims.
- Secured complete indemnification and no future liability for a green energy manufacturer in a supplier dispute involving a recall of the client's products.
- Negotiated the sale of a start-up company in the face of claims of embezzlement, self-dealing, and breach of fiduciary duty, and ensured no liability accrued to WTO's client, the current owner.
- Representing a healthcare company in a confidential arbitration seeking payment for millions of dollars of services spanning multiple years and contracts.
- Served as trial counsel to a large chemical company in a confidential arbitration involving over $1 billion in claims arising from the sale of proprietary technology.
- Won dismissal of an antitrust suit involving the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of cancer drugs against a multinational pharmaceutical company and successfully defended the ruling on appeal.
- Secured the voluntary dismissal of breach of contract claims against two of the largest banks in the United States.
- Negotiated a highly favorable settlement for an investment fund in a breach of contract suit brought by a former partner seeking hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Won dismissal of disclosure claims brought against various special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) by their shareholders.
- Served as trial counsel to a large oil company in its bankruptcy and negotiated a highly favorable settlement during the confirmation hearing.
- Prevailed on the central dispute in a confidential arbitration for a media company against a telecom in a breach of contract suit with billions of dollars at stake.
- Won a complete victory before the New York Court of Appeals in a case involving the appropriate use of landmarked property in Manhattan.
- Represented a leading oil and gas industry service company in appraisal and shareholder derivative actions in Delaware.
Class Actions
- Won dismissal of a statewide securities class action against a cryptocurrency organization and helped negotiate the settlement of analogous federal claims on behalf of a worldwide class.
- Obtained dismissal with prejudice for a major home goods manufacturer in a federal product liability class action involving potentially hundreds of millions of dollars of liability to putative nationwide and statewide classes.
- Defeated class certification in an action brought against a large utility company following Hurricane Sandy.
- Negotiated a class-wide settlement for a major blockchain technology company in securities litigation concerning the sale of cryptocurrency.
Mass Torts
- Won summary judgment for a large utility company in a wrongful death action arising from downed power lines caused by Hurricane Sandy and successfully defended the ruling on appeal.
- Won summary judgment for a large utility company in multiple actions arising from service outages caused by Hurricane Sandy.
- Represented a chemical company in a confidential arbitration regarding the construction of an $80 million chemical facility and performance of a proprietary manufacturing process.
Professional Liability
- Represented an AmLaw 100 law firm in a malpractice lawsuit seeking over $800 million in damages arising out of financial advice.
- Represented an AmLaw 100 firm in a malpractice lawsuit arising out of a $90 million real estate transaction.
- Represented an AmLaw 100 firm in a malpractice lawsuit arising out of tens of millions of dollars of tax advice.
- Represented a Big Four accounting firm in a lawsuit arising out of tax advice.
Pro Bono
- Represented an inmate who had been shot in the back by a guard in his claims for civil rights violations against the Weld County Sheriff's Office in Colorado.
- Represented an elderly taxpayer in an IRS action against him for back taxes.
- Represented 14 inmates in their First Amendment and Civil Liberties action against a jail system.
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Books
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Editor, Garner's Modern American Usage, Third Edition (2009).
Other Experience
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Counsel
Personal Interests
Hiking, word and logic puzzles, and adventure racing