Randall M. Lending > Vedder Price > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile
Vedder Price Offices
222 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2600
CHICAGO, IL 60601-1003
ILLINOIS
United States
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Randall M. Lending
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Shareholder
Career
Mr. Lending has extensive jury trial, bench trial, arbitration and class action experience in defending suits alleging securities violations, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, directors and officers liability, and tort liability. He also has substantial experience in emergency injunctive proceedings in both state and federal courts involving restrictive covenants, misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition. Mr. Lending also routinely represents shareholders in complex shareholder disputes, as well as buyers and sellers of businesses in disputes arising from the sale of businesses. He regularly defends financial institutions, mutual funds, independent directors of mutual funds, insurance companies, brokerage firms, investment advisers, hedge funds, manufacturing companies, trucking companies and directors and officers in a variety of commercial and tort litigation matters and arbitrations, including regulatory enforcement actions brought by the FDIC, SEC, CFTC, FINRA and other regulators.
In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Lending regularly advises corporations on how to safeguard corporate assets, including protecting customer relationships and confidential information. Mr. Lending also counsels clients regarding regulatory compliance matters. He is skilled in alternative dispute resolution techniques, including arbitrations and mediations.
Mr. Lending is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar and the Federal Trial Bar, as well as a member of the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations. He is licensed in Illinois and Missouri.
Memberships
- Member, U.S. Supreme Court Bar Association
- Member, Federal Trial Bar
- Member, Illinois State Bar Association
- Member, Chicago Bar Association
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1988
- University of Michigan, B.A., 1985, with honors and high distinction, Honors Program
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Vedder Price’s Chicago office is a prominent player in SEC and DOJ investigations and enforcement actions, as well as securities litigation, and client remark that the key partners are ‘very practical in their approach to resolutions‘. Thomas Cimino leads the financial services litigation practice, as well as serving as overall head of litigation, and he is a key figure in securities fraud class actions, shareholder disputes, patent infringement, and bankruptcy litigation. Along with regulatory enforcement specialist Junaid Zubairi, he secured the dismissal of a claim against a former accounting director of publicly traded Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. concerning an alleged an alleged $245m securities and accounting fraud scheme. Randall Lending is recommended for his extensive experience in jury trials, bench trials, arbitration and class actions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: finance
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Shipping: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Investment fund formation and management > Mutual/registered/exchange-traded funds
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense