Trials Group Of The Year: Latham
Latham wins Law360’s Trials Group of the Year through an impressive year of victories.
Michele Johnson, Global Chair of the Litigation & Trial Department, is consistently recognized as a leading national litigator. She represents Fortune 500 companies, boards of directors, financial institutions, and individuals in securities, M&A, corporate governance, and other complex commercial litigation. Ms. Johnson is a former member of Latham’s Executive Committee and the former Managing Partner of the Orange County office.
Ms. Johnson represents industry-leading companies, officers and directors, special committees, and financial institutions in connection with:
Ms. Johnson’s recent representations include securities class action trials, special committee engagements in controlling stockholder transactions, multi-jurisdictional litigation arising out of solicited and hostile takeover attempts, and investigations and litigation on behalf of special committees and boards of directors related to public company crises. She has significant trial experience involving securities, product liability, unfair business practices, tax, trusts and estates, and insurance bad faith trials.
Ms. Johnson has served on the firm’s Executive, Pro Bono, Associates, and Diversity Committees. She serves on the boards of Georgetown University Law Center, Berkeley Center for Law and Business, and the Orange County Bar Foundation’s Project Youth, and is past president of the Orange County chapter of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers.
Latham wins Law360’s Trials Group of the Year through an impressive year of victories.
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