Litigators of the Week: Runners-Up and Shout-Outs From While We Were Out — X Corp.
Latham litigation team honored for securing dismissal for client X Corp. in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) putative class action.
Michele Johnson, Global Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department, is consistently recognized as a leading national trial lawyer.
Ms. Johnson represents industry-leading companies, officers and directors, special committees, and financial institutions in connection with:
Ms. Johnson’s recent representations include securities class action trials, special committee engagements in controlling stockholder transactions, multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of solicited and hostile takeover attempts, and investigations and litigation on behalf of special committees and boards of directors related to public company crises. She has significant trial experience involving securities, contract, product liability, unfair business practices, tax, and insurance bad faith trials.
Ms. Johnson is a former member of Latham’s Executive Committee and the former Managing Partner of the Orange County office. She has served on the firm’s Pro Bono, Associates, and Diversity Committees as well. She serves on the boards of the Georgetown University Law Center, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, and Orange County Bar Foundation’s Project Youth, is a member of the American Bar Association’s Corporate Laws Committee, and is past president of the Orange County chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Latham litigation team honored for securing dismissal for client X Corp. in an Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) putative class action.
For their inaugural list, Forbes selected top legal practitioners who demonstrated outsize influence and have achieved an elite level of excellence in private practice, civil rights, and organizational work.
Latham litigators recognized for securing victories in securities cases against clients Walmart and Twitter Inc. and its former executives.