Our civil litigators have the experience and sophistication to understand your business realities as well as your legal challenges. Our integrated, one-firm approach means that we are ready to handle the potential risks arising in each jurisdiction in which our clients do business. We routinely handle multi-jurisdictional matters and are alert to the specific concerns and collateral consequences of civil litigation for each region and every regulator relevant to our clients’ businesses.

We represent financial services institutions, hedge funds, pharmaceutical companies, major industrial corporations and other entities, as well as their directors and officers.

Our practice focuses on complex financial litigation and commercial disputes, including defense of class actions and derivative suits, and litigation concerning M&A and securities transactions, corporate control, contract disputes, intellectual property, bankruptcy and antitrust.

Our civil litigation practice is coordinated by Marshall Fishman and David Onorato, both prominent civil litigators with significant experience and expertise in complex securities, banking and other civil litigation.

Please see below for more information regarding the members of our civil litigation practice.

  • Timothy Coleman, Partner, Washington, DC
  • Prior to joining Freshfields, Tim was co-chair of Dewey & LeBoeuf’s white collar defense practice. Tim previously served for more than eight years with the US Department of Justice, where he headed the President's Corporate Fraud Task Force. More on Timothy Coleman
  • Marshall Fishman, Partner, New York
  • Marshall represents financial institutions, major corporations and individuals in securities, broker-dealer, banking and general commercial litigation matters. Marshall was selected by Best Lawyers in America as one of the leading commercial litigators in the United States and is listed in New York Super Lawyers and Who’s Who in American Law. More on Marshall Fishman
  • Timothy Harkness, Partner, New York
  • Tim represents clients in complex commercial litigation matters including class actions, securities fraud matters, bankruptcy litigation, and matters pertaining to the liability of accounting firms in federal and state courts throughout the US, in arbitrations and in regulatory proceedings. He has served a prominent role in major cases including In re Parmalat Securities Litigation, New York v. Grasso, and litigation arising from tax shelter investigations and fraud related to the Bernard L. Madoff Ponzi scheme. More on Timothy Harkness
  • David Onorato, Partner, New York
  • Prior to joining Freshfields, David was Deputy General Counsel and Director of Litigation at Bank of America Corporation. In that role, he managed the bank’s diverse and substantial litigation portfolio, which involved the capital markets, wealth management and consumer finance areas. More on David Onorato
  • Walter Stuart, Partner, New York
  • Walter focuses his practice on securities and complex financial litigation in the United States. His trial, advocacy and negotiating skills have been praised in The Best Lawyers in America in business litigation, commercial litigation, corporate law, and banking law and the Legal 500 US: Volume III (Litigation) in securities: shareholder litigation. More on Walter Stuart

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Regulatory team of the year - JUVE Awards (2009)

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