Connor represents clients in high-stakes complex commercial litigation disputes and appeals, class actions, and government investigations.
Connor represents clients spanning a broad spectrum of industries. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in forums across the United States in matters involving:
Breach of contract
Fraud
Copyright infringement
Class actions
Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations
Breaches of fiduciary duties
Violation of restrictive covenants
Equitable claims
Prior to rejoining Latham, Connor served as a law clerk to Judge Joel M. Flaum of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Connor also served previously as a clerk for Judge Garland E. Burrell, Jr. and Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Connor earned his JD from Northwestern University School of Law, where he was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Experience
Connor's representative experience includes:
Litigation
Riverstone, a leading private markets asset management firm, in a shareholder derivative lawsuit and securities class action in Delaware Court of Chancery asserting fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment claims based on alleged related-party transaction. Won dismissal of the suit with a unanimous affirmance by the Delaware Supreme Court.
One of the country’s largest hospital companies in litigation related to alleged breach of a joint venture agreement.
CoStar Group, an international commercial real estate data firm, in a federal copyright infringement case against CREXi in Los Angeles involving almost 50,000 images, one of the largest such cases in history. Successfully defeated two motions to dismiss filed by CREXi, and obtained the dismissal with prejudice of CREXi’s state and federal antitrust counterclaims.
Government Investigations
An underwater mining and exploration company in an SEC investigation following de-SPAC transaction. Secured a no-action decision.
A medical device company in a DOJ criminal and civil investigation that resulted in a highly favorable hybrid civil resolution based on civil mistake-of-payment and FCA allegations.
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
District of Columbia
Illinois
Education
JD, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, 2018 cum laude
BA in History, Whitman College, 2014 summa cum laude
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