Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Litigation

Partner

Cliff Gardner focuses his practice on defending corporations and their directors and officers in merger and acquisition-related litigation, stockholder derivative lawsuits, complex commercial disputes and securities class actions. Mr. Gardner had tried numerous cases to judgment and frequently provides transactional advice on the Delaware law of corporations and limited liability companies, including the fiduciary duties of directors, officers and managers. Mr. Gardner leads the pro bono efforts of the Wilmington office and has represented numerous victims of discrimination and abuse. He successfully represented a group of school children against the city of Wilmington for violations of the U.S. Constitution, helped a team of pro bono lawyers secure a stay of execution for a death row inmate in Texas and recently secured a victory in the United States Supreme Court in a capital case.

J.D., Duke Law School, 2008 B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000