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Francis McConville

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Work Department

Securities Litigation
Client Monitoring and Case Evaluation

Position

Partner

Career

Francis P. McConville is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Sucharow LLP.  Francis focuses on prosecuting complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional investor clients.  As a lead member of the Firm’s Case Development Group, he focuses on the identification, investigation, and development of potential actions to recover investment losses resulting from violations of the federal securities laws and various actions to vindicate shareholder rights in response to corporate and fiduciary misconduct.

Francis has been named a “Rising Star” of securities litigation in Law360’s list of attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments transcend their age.  Benchmark Litigation also named him to their “40 & Under Hotlist.”

Francis has played a key role in filing several matters on behalf of the Firm, including In re PG&E Corporation Securities Litigation; In re SCANA Securities Litigation ($192.5 million settlement); Steamfitters Local 449 Pension Plan v. Skechers U.S.A., Inc.; and In re Nielsen Holdings PLC Securities Litigation.

Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Francis was a Litigation Associate at a national law firm primarily focused on securities and consumer class action litigation.  Francis has represented institutional and individual clients in federal and state court across the country in class action securities litigation and shareholder disputes, along with a variety of commercial litigation matters.  He assisted in the prosecution of several matters, including Kiken v. Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. ($42 million recovery); Hayes v. MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. ($23.5 million recovery); and In re Galena Biopharma, Inc. Securities Litigation ($20 million recovery).

Education

New York Law School
J.D., magna cum laude, May 2008

University of Notre Dame
B.A., May 2005