Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP
 
Securities Litigation

The Firm represents individuals and corporations in a diverse securities practice that includes criminal defense and grand jury representation, as well as various class action securities litigations.

  • The Firm won a directed verdict in In re ICN Pharmaceuticals on behalf of the company's president in a class action securities fraud trial. The Firm has also represented several other current and former ICN executives in SEC, grand jury, and securities fraud matters.

  • In United States v. Stewart, the Firm represented Martha Stewart as co-counsel in her criminal case. After repeated defense motions, the single securities fraud count in the indictment was dismissed. Ms. Stewart was later convicted on other counts in a verdict currently on appeal.

  • In Jett v. Kidder Peabody, the Firm represented bond trader Joseph Jett in his successful arbitration against his former employer and in related securities law investigations.

  • The Firm represents various witnesses in a securities fraud litigation against biopharmaceutical company ImClone Systems.