Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

David Carden has been responsible for representing clients in some of the largest securities fraud class actions ever litigated, including the defense of Lehman Brothers in the Enron Litigation and of Union Excess in the In Re AIG Securities Litigation. He has extensive experience in the defense of claims involving derivatives, options, auction rate securities, commodities, and exchange traded and over the counter foreign currencies. David is Special Litigation Counsel in the Lehman Bankruptcy.

David also has been responsible for coordinating the defense of litigation brought in the courts of various foreign countries, including England, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Netherland Antilles, and Barbados. He has extensive experience conducting discovery in foreign countries pursuant to the Hague Convention and pursuant to Letters Rogatory, and he has defended and prosecuted claims and conducted investigations for and against entities and individuals residing in various countries, including Indonesia, Singapore, China, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries.

David co-chairs the Firm's Securities and Shareholder Litigation Practice. In recent years, David has been recognized by Chambers, New York Super Lawyers, and The New York Times "Super Lawyer Section" for his accomplishments in defending securities litigation. He has lectured on litigation arising from collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps in various venues and was a panelist on cross-border litigation at a recent SIFMA conference.

Areas of Practice

• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Financial Services
• Credit Crisis

Representative Cases

• A.I.A. Holdings, S.A., et al. v. Lehman Brothers, Inc. and Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., No. 97 Civ. 4978, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10848 (S.D.N.Y. June 14, 2002)
• Adickes, et al. v. Balcor Securities Company, No. 91-02370 (NASD)
• American Electric Power Energy Systems, Inc. v. Bank of Montreal (S.D. Oh.)
• Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento v. Citibank, N.A., No. 03-CV-1537, No. 04-0622-CV (2nd Cir.)(S.D.N.Y.)
• Bankers' Trustee, et al. v. Aon Corp., No. 00-CIV-2474, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10166 (SDNY July 20, 2000), Aff'd. 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 6186 (2nd Cir. April 11, 2001)
• Bear Stearns: Ursa Minor Company Limited and Bankers Trustee Company Limited v. Aon Financial Products, Inc., et al. (S.D.N.Y., 2d Cir.)
• Bruss v. Lehman Brothers (Sup. Ct. N.J.)
• Cornell Companies, Inc. v. Lehman Brothers, Inc.; in the 164th Judicial District Court in and for Harris County, Texas.
• Daniel Boone Area School District v. Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., No. 01-74J, 187 F. Supp. 23d 400 (W.D. Pa. Feb. 5, 2002)
• Dr. Gresham Orrison, et al. v. The Balcor Company and Shearson/Lehman American Express Real Estate Corp., No. 90-CIV-0752, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17930 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 5, 1991)
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., et al.,
• Glynwill Investments v. Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., No. 17213 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)
• In re American International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation No. 04CV 8141 (S.D.N.Y.)
• In re Asia Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. Securities Litigation, No. 01-CV-7351 (S.D.N.Y.)
• In re Enron Corporation Securities Litigation, No. H-01-3624 (S.D. Tex., Houston Div.) MDL No. 1446 (S.D. Tex., Houston Div.)
• In re Parmalat Securities Litigation, (MDL) No. 04-CIV-0030 (LAK) E.C.F. Case
• Joffee v. Lehman Brothers, Inc.
• Khalid Bin Alwaleed Foundation, a Trust Under the Laws of Liechtenstein v. E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., et al. No. 88-CIV-5888 (N.D. Ill.)
• Khalid Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al Seoud v. E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., E.F. Hutton & Company (Securities) Limited, et al. (N.D. Ill.)
• Masri v. Lehman Brothers, Inc., et al., Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, Index. No. 103727/96
• Minneapolis Police Relief Association v. Welliver, et al (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
• Newby v. Enron Corp., No. H-01-3624 (S.D. Tex.)
• Paul Williams and Beverly Kennedy v. Balcor Pension Investors, et al., No. 90-CIV-0726, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18484 (N.D. Ill., Dec. 23, 1994)
• Paul Williams v. Balcor Pension Investors, No. 90-CIV-0726, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19484 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 23, 1994)
• Primat v. Schultz, No. CL-00-1954-AN (Fla. Cir. Ct. Palm Beach Cty. June 18, 2002)
• SNS Bank v. Citibank, Captiva Finance Ltd., et al., Index No. 601989/02 (N.Y. Sup. Ct.)
• Standard Bank Plc v. Runge, Inc., No. 07C1989 (D. Col.)
• Stanley Gottlieb, et al. v. Westin Hotels Limited Partnership, et al., No. 92-1234 (N.D. Ill.)
• Sullivan, et al. v. Group W Cable, et al., No. 90-CIV-7260, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11571 (Ill. Ch. Ct. Aug. 16, 1991), Rule 10b-5 and RICO Claims
• The Northern Trust Company and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, v. MS Securities Services Inc., Bear, Stearns and Company, Inc., and Bear, Stearns Securities Corporation, No. 05-3370 (N.D. Ill.)
• Wardrop v. Amway Asia Pacific, Ltd., No. 99-12093, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2857 (S.D.N.Y. March 19, 2001), aff'd, No. 01-7461, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 1658 (2nd Cir. Jan. 29, 2002)
• West Basin Municipal Water District v. Rice Financial Products, et al
• Westin Hotels Limited Partnership v. Stanley Gottlieb, et al.

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Secured Transactions, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Taxation Law, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

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• Illinois
• New York

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• Indiana U - Bloomington (Main)

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