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Akin
1999 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Work Department

Partner; Disputes & Investigations

Position

Neal Marder is a seasoned trial lawyer with a diverse civil litigation practice. He works with in-house counsel, senior management and boards of directors for companies, oftentimes facing multimillion dollar, high-profile, bet-the-company business disputes. Neal heads the firm’s consumer class actions practice and brings his nearly 35 years of experience as lead trial counsel to bear in defending against class action suits of all types. He defends against securities litigation and consumer fraud class and mass actions and has done so with a high rate of success: dismissals at the pleading stage, rulings striking entirely or narrowing class claims, decisions denying class certification and highly favorable settlements are all among the results he regularly delivers to clients. Neal also handles a broad range of other litigation, including business and consumer torts, intellectual property, securities, white collar, RICO and real estate. In addition to trying over 25 cases, he also has extensive experience in arbitrations and cross-border litigation.

To learn more about Neal, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/neal-ross-marder.html

Memberships

Counsel for Justice of the Los Angeles County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association; State Bar of California; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; Strafford Class Action Advisory Board; American Business Trial Lawyers Association; Bet Tzedek

Education

JD, Loyola Law school, magna cum laude (1986); BA, University of California, Los Angeles, cum laude (1982)

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.