Latham’s securities litigators advise and defend the world’s major accounting firms and their affiliates across matters and jurisdictions.
Our market-leading team has earned an impressive reputation for defending the Big 4 and other major accounting firms, law firms, and other professional services firms in their most high-profile professional liability matters across venues. Our record of success includes winning rare jury trials of major civil securities fraud cases, as well as before the US Supreme Court. We routinely defend firms, as well as individual accountants, skillfully handling matters that may include multiple prongs, such as civil and criminal litigation, and investigations on a full range of topics, including:
We also frequently represent US accounting firms in non-US proceedings around the globe, as well as international accounting organizations in both US and global matters.
Latham earns more rankings than any other firm for the 12th consecutive year, dominating the market once again in both practice and individual rankings.
Partners Josh Hamilton, Manny Abascal, and Chris Harris, counsel Lauren Barnett, and associate Chandler Howell are recognized for securing a complete dismissal with prejudice on behalf of City National Bank (CNB).
Partner Michele Johnson honored among the country’s top commercial litigators for achieving “outcomes that matter for their clients, their industries, and the law itself.”