Brook Dooley

We defended the former CEO of Fannie Mae in an SEC action filed in the Southern District of New York related to Fannie Mae’s disclosures regarding its exposure to “subprime” and “Alt-A” residential mortgages. We secured a favorable settlement for our client shortly before trial.

We defended a former Citigroup executive in one of the rare financial crisis cases to go to trial. Our client worked on the structuring desk at Citigroup and was charged with securities fraud in connection with Citigroup’s 2007 marketing of a $1 billion collateralized debt obligation (CDO) backed by assets tied to the housing market. After a two week trial in the Southern District of New York, a jury rejected the SEC’s case and found our client not liable on any of the SEC’s claims.

We represented Intel in an antitrust suit brought by the New York Attorney General, accusing the company of using unlawful means to secure exclusive agreements for sales of its computer chips. We significantly narrowed the case through pre-trial motions that resulted in the dismissal of several of plaintiff’s claims. Shortly before trial, we settled the case for just $6.5 million.

We achieved a favorable resolution of an FDIC investigation of the former President and Chief of Operating Officer of a southern California bank in connection with the bank’s Option ARM and reduced documentation lending practices.

We represented an investment fund executive charged with criminal tax fraud related to a tax-shelter transaction that the fund designed and implemented. We resolved the matter by negotiating a plea to reduced charges.

We persuaded the U.S. Attorney to abandon its criminal stock options backdating investigation of our client, a former CEO. We then sued our client's former company for terminating its relationship with him, and voiding his retirement benefits worth tens of millions. The company agreed to pay our client $16.5 million.

Special prosecutors appointed by the United States District Judge charged our client, a nationally-known Mississippi trial attorney, with federal criminal contempt. We persuaded the court to dismiss the charges following an order to show cause.

We represented a nationally-known Mississippi trial attorney in multiple federal criminal cases alleging judicial bribery and honest services fraud. Our client received favorable plea agreements.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office investigated our client, a prominent plaintiff’s lawyer, in connection with the federal criminal investigation of his firm's historical payment of referral fees in class action litigation. We negotiated a very favorable plea deal before charges were filed.

We defended a leading Internet search engine in a high-stakes binding arbitration. The founders of a company acquired by our client alleged our client breached the merger agreement, and sought hundreds of millions in earn-out compensation. A three-judge panel found in favor of our client on all counts.

We defended a leading enterprise and mobile software company against breach of contract and related claims. The foreign plaintiff alleged he had entered into a joint venture with a company subsequently acquired by our client. We quickly mastered the facts and documents in the case, pushed for early depositions of the key witnesses and an expedited resolution through arbitration, and thus were able to secure a favorable settlement.

We successfully handled a series of state and federal class actions, and related derivative actions for our client concerning its alleged failure to disclose discord among its management. In the federal cases, we prevailed on a motion to dismiss and the subsequent appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In the state cases we also secured dismissals.