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Akin Offices
ONE BRYANT PARK
NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEW YORK
United States
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Douglas A. Rappaport
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Doug Rappaport is a litigator focusing on complex commercial and securities disputes. In recent years, he has served as counsel in trials involving disputes over secured assets, partnership interests, securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, trade secrets, options backdating, tax appraisals and the fraudulent sale of securities. Doug has won numerous dispositive motions and appeals in both state and federal court. On a daily basis, Doug advises clients on matters of regulatory compliance and corporate governance. He also provides advice on activist investing issues, devising strategies regarding the solicitation of board seats, the displacement of existing corporate management and contests for corporate control.
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Education
J.D., Harvard Law School, cum laude, 1991
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude, 1987
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Akin is known for its expertise in representing leading financial institutions and public companies, including private investment funds, broker dealers, and public accounting firms in private litigation arising under the federal securities and commodities laws, as well as regulatory investigations. Practice head Stephen M. Baldini in New York and key partner Neal Marder in LA achieved a landmark victory for Eastman Kodak Company by securing a motion to dismiss a purported direct stockholder class action. Marder also represented Armistice Capital in a high-stakes securities fraud class action involving biotech firm Vaxart, which is working on oral vaccine technology, including an oral COVID-19 vaccine. New York-based Douglas Rappaport is acting for Inclusive Capital Partners Spring Master Fund in a case alleging that is aided and abetted in breach of fiduciary duty by officers and directors of Nikola Corporation who failed to prevent, intervene or ameliorate various allegedly false or misleading statements made by its former CEO. Scott Barnard and Michelle Reed in Dallas also play key roles in the practice. They both acted for former directors of FTS International and Chesapeake Energy in a securities class action arising from Chesapeake’s IPO.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization