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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP Offices
280 KING OF PRUSSIA ROAD
RADNOR, PA 19087
PENNSYLVANIA
United States
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Mr Lee Rudy
Work Department
Securities Fraud Litigation; Shareholder Derivative Litigaiton; Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation; Whistleblower Representation; Corporate Governance
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Rudy practices in the area of corporate governance litigation, with a focus on transactional and derivative cases. Representing both institutional and individual shareholders in these actions, he has helped cause significant monetary and corporate governance improvements for those companies and their shareholders.
Mr. Rudy regularly practices in the Delaware Court of Chancery, where he served as co-lead trial counsel in the landmark case of In re S. Peru Copper Corp. S’holder Derivative Litig. (2011), a $2 billion trial verdict against Southern Peru’s majority shareholder, and In re Facebook, Inc. Class C Reclassification Litigation (2017), which forced Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg to abandon plans to issue a new class of nonvoting stock to entrench Zuckerberg as the company’s majority stockholder. Mr. Rudy also recently served as lead counsel in In re Allergan, Inc. Proxy Violation Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal. 2017), which was brought by a class of Allergan stockholders who sold shares while Pershing Square and its founder Bill Ackman were buying Allergan stock in advance of a secret takeover attempt by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and which settled for $250 million just weeks before trial. Mr. Rudy previously served as lead counsel in dozens of high profile derivative actions relating to the “backdating” of stock options.
Prior to civil practice, Mr. Rudy served for several years as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan (NY) District Attorney’s Office, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the US Attorney’s Office (DNJ), where he tried dozens of jury cases to verdict. Mr. Rudy received his law degree from Fordham University, and his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rudy is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York.
Memberships
Mr. Rudy is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New York; USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; United States Court of Federal Claims.
Education
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 1992, cum laude; Fordham University School of Law, J.D. 1996
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: plaintiff
(Leading lawyers)With offices in Radnor, Pennsylvania and San Francisco, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP is one of the largest and most successful plaintiff-side shareholder litigation firms. It acts on behalf of states attorneys’ general offices and public and private entities, among them municipalities, state agencies, mutual fund managers, sovereign wealth funds, and multi-employer welfare funds. The corporate governance and M&A department handles matters in state and federal courts across the country, as well as being highly active in Delaware. Lee Rudy, Daniel Albert and Eric Zagar, who are all based in the Radnor office, are the key partners. Rudy, who practices in the area of corporate governance litigation with a focus on transactional and derivative cases, and Albert, who has a strong track record in recovering substantial damages for breaches of fiduciary duties, are preparing for a trial arising from a class action related to Discovery, Inc.’s 2022 acquisition of AT&T. Newly promoted partner Grant Goodhart also plays a key role in that matter. Darren Check, who manages the firm’s portfolio monitoring and claims filing service, SecuritiesTracker, also stands out for his role in key matters.