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Ned Weinberger is a Partner in the Delaware office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP and Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Litigation Practice.

Ned has been recognized for many years by Chambers & Partners USA in the Delaware Court of Chancery, earning a Band 1 ranking.  He is noted for being "a very good case strategist and strong oral advocate."  After being named a “Future Star” early in his career, Ned is now recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Litigation Star.” He has also been named a “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500, whose sources remarked that he “is one of the best plaintiffs’ lawyers in Delaware,” who “commands respect and generates productive discussion where it is needed.”  Law360 named Ned a “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar” in 2025 and The National Law Journal named him a “Plaintiffs’ Trailblazer.”  Lawdragon has also recognized him as one of the country’s “Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers,” “Leading Litigators,” and “Leading Lawyers in America.”  The Best Lawyers in America® listed him as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the Litigation: Mergers and Acquisitions category.   In addition, Ned was a finalist for “Plaintiff Attorney of the Year” by The National Law Journal’s “Elite Trail Lawyers” and “Litigator of the Year” by The American Lawyer.

Ned was named a “Litigator of the Week” by The American Lawyer for securing a $1 billion cash settlement three weeks before trial in In re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation.  The $1 billion recovery in Dell, which the Delaware Court of Chancery described as the “first home run” in M&A shareholder litigation, currently stands as the largest shareholder settlement ever in any state court in America and the 17th largest shareholder settlement of all time in federal and state court.

Other notable recoveries where Ned served as lead or co-lead counsel include: In re Warner Brothers Discovery, Inc. Stockholder Litigation ($125 million cash settlement); Ontario Provincial Council of Carpenters’ Pension Trust Fund, et al. v. Walton, et al. ($123 million settlement, plus corporate governance reforms); In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Stockholders Litigation ($100 million class settlement); In re Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. Merger Litigation ($79 million pre-trial settlement with individual defendants; claims against corporate defendant tried to judgment); Nantahala Capital Partners II Limited Partnership v. QAD Inc. ($65 million class recovery); In re Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc. Stockholder Litigation ($45 million); In re AmTrust Financial Services Inc. Stockholder Litigation ($40 million class settlement); H&N Management Group, Inc. & Aff Cos Frozen Money Purchase Plan v. Couch, et al. ($35.5 million class settlement); Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island v. Marciano et al. ($30 million settlement, plus significant corporate governance reforms); In re HomeFed Corp. Stockholder Litigation ($15 million settlement); and John Makris, et al. v. Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., et al. ($12.5 million settlement), among others.

Ned is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy (ILEP), a research and educational foundation dedicated to enhancing investor and consumer access to the civil justice system.

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville J.D., 2008

Miami University B.A., cum laude, 2005