Morgan Whitworth represents market-leading companies and business leaders in securities litigation and other complex litigation matters.

Morgan defends publicly traded companies, investment managers, and their senior officers and directors in: 

  • Securities class action litigation
  • Corporate governance litigation
  • Securities litigation appeals
  • SEC and other regulatory investigations
  • M&A litigation
  • Books and records demands
  • Complex commercial litigation 

He prepares trial-ready strategies and aggressive defenses that regularly lead to early and favorable resolutions. He focuses on understanding clients’ perspectives and objectives to navigate bet-the-company litigation while minimizing clients’ business disruption.

Morgan maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in federal civil rights litigation, immigration matters, and proceedings before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Prior to joining Latham, Morgan clerked for Judge Anne C. Conway of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

While at Duke Law, Morgan was an articles editor of the Alaska Law Review and interned with the Enforcement Division of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Morgan's representative matters include:

  • Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and its officers and directors, in:
    • Shareholder derivative actions concerning Llano APUs in state and federal court, all of which were dismissed with prejudice
    • Shareholder derivative action regarding the composition of AMD’s board and senior management, which was dismissed with prejudice
    • A securities class action and other litigation regarding AMD’s Llano microprocessors, which was resolved on favorable terms
  • Andreessen Horowitz in multiple securities class actions related to the firm’s investments in the crypto space
  • Coinbase, and its officers and directors, in:
    • Shareholder derivative action regarding Coinbase directors’ stock sales in the direct listing, which is ongoing
  • Desktop Metal in a securities class action arising out of its merger with EnvisionTEC; won complete dismissal with prejudice
  • GoodRx in a securities class action challenging IPO disclosures and subsequent statements following entry into the prescription drug pricing market by a major competitor; won complete dismissal with prejudice 
  • Impax Laboratories (n/k/a Amneal Pharmaceuticals) in a securities class action in the Northern District of California and the Ninth Circuit; won complete dismissal with prejudice in the district court and settled on favorable terms after partial affirmance
  • Lyft, and its officers and directors, in post-IPO securities class actions; achieved favorable result
  • A global investment fund in a securities class action in the Northern District of California; won complete dismissal with prejudice in the district court
  • A leading global technology company in a securities class action and related litigation matter with overseas supplier
  • The independent directors of a publicly traded software company in shareholder litigation in Delaware Chancery Court arising out of the company’s merger with another software company 

Bar Qualification

  • California

Education

  • JD, Duke University School of Law, 2012
    cum laude
  • AB, Brown University, 2009