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McDermott Will & Emery LLP Offices
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NEW YORK, NY 10173-1922
NEW YORK
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Timothy Hoeffner
Work Department
Trial
Position
Timothy E. Hoeffner is a co-head of the Firm’s accounting defense, securities & corporate governance litigation and bankruptcy litigation practices. He represents leading accounting firms, issuers, directors and officers in lawsuits, arbitration and other proceedings involving federal regulators, bankruptcy trustees, shareholders and noteholders. He also frequently represents accountants, issuers and directors and officers in enforcement proceedings before the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), Department of Justice and other federal and state regulatory authorities. His trial experience includes numerous cases in both state and federal district and bankruptcy courts, as well as arbitration and regulatory proceedings.
Tim is currently providing counsel in the sole remaining case against Deloitte relating to Adelphia Communications, and is handling global litigation and regulatory matters for another Big 4 firm in central Europe. He has successfully defended an accounting firm in a lengthy arbitration arising from the subprime market collapse based on the panel’s conclusion that the trustee failed to prove loss causation. Additionally, Tim was lead counsel in enforcement proceedings on behalf of an engagement partner that resulted in a dismissal of all claims following a hearing and appeal to the PCAOB.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has an ‘outstanding securities litigation defense team, both in SEC regulatory and civil litigation matters’. The firm is best known for its work in class action matters in the key fora of New York, Delaware, Massachusetts, California, Illinois and Washington DC. Its client base spans a range of industries including energy, venture capital, investment banking, entertainment and accounting. Timothy Hoeffner in New York and Steven Scholes in Chicago are the lead partners. Scholes and ‘outstanding defense attorney’ Paul Helms, in Washington DC, are acting for seven former officers and directors of PG&E in a high-profile breach of fiduciary duty action originally filed as several shareholder derivative actions arising from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires in Northern California. Hoeffner achieved the dismissal of claims against accounting firm BDO in In re AmTrust Financial Services Inc., Securities Litigation. Seth Friedman is also recommended for defending accounting firms. New York’s Joel Haims joined the team from Morrison Foerster in June 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Government > Government contracts