Mr. McLaughlin has represented clients in scores of class and other aggregated proceedings in trial and appellate courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court. He also has extensive experience representing clients in all types of government and internal investigations, and related trial and appellate matters. He is currently defending a leading investment bank against hundreds of securities fraud and antitrust class actions in federal court in New York alleging securities claims in connection with technology IPOs. He represents a leading national retailer in Delaware shareholder litigation arising out of a recently announced merger agreement, and is also lead trial counsel in various proceedings for the majority of limited partners in a limited partnership formed by the former CFO of Enron.

Recently, Mr. McLaughlin successfully represented a London-based holding company as lead counsel at the federal court trial of a health care expense reimbursement action seeking multibillion dollar damages. He has also successfully represented limited partners of a limited partnership at a recent trial regarding the validity of the removal of the Enron affiliated general partner.

McLaughlin received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Fordham College and his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. He was awarded the 2005 Burton Award for his two-volume treatise, McLaughlin on Class Actions: Law and Practice. McLaughlin is a frequent lecturer on class action and corporate director and officer liability issues, and his commentary on class action and D&O issues has been widely published, including in a regular column on securities and Delaware law issues in the New York Law Journal. He is an Editor-in-Chief of the “Securities and Class Action Litigation Report,” and a member of the American Law Institute.