Vedder Price’s Chicago office is a prominent player in SEC and DOJ investigations and enforcement actions, as well as securities litigation, and client remark that the key partners are 'very practical in their approach to resolutions'. Thomas Cimino leads the financial services litigation practice, as well as serving as overall head of litigation, and he is a key figure in securities fraud class actions, shareholder disputes, patent infringement, and bankruptcy litigation. Along with regulatory enforcement specialist Junaid Zubairi, he secured the dismissal of a claim against a former accounting director of publicly traded Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. concerning an alleged an alleged $245m securities and accounting fraud scheme. Randall Lending is recommended for his extensive experience in jury trials, bench trials, arbitration and class actions.
Testimonials
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- 'Team at Vedder is very practical in their approach to resolutions.'
- 'Low key and responsive.'
Key clients
- Matthew Panuwat
- Mark Wogsland (Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.)
- CDW Corporation and CDW Direct, LLC
- Zachary Horwitz and 1inMM Capital, LLC
- U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
- Kevin Nash
- Joff Paradise
Work highlights
- Representing Matthew Panuwat in litigation filed by the SEC in federal court, wherein the SEC has alleged that our client engaged in insider trading under a “shadow trading” theory.
- Representing USBFS, a provider of back-office fund services, in connection with several civil litigation matters stemming from the highly publicized losses sustained by a mutual fund and hedge funds managed by non-client Infinity Q Capital Management.
- After obtaining a complete defense verdict in federal court on criminal securities fraud charges in 2021, the firm continues to represent Mark Wogsland, a former director of accounting for a publicly traded logistics company, in connection with an ongoing companion civil case brought by the SEC.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Cimino