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Partner

Mark D. Richardson is a Partner in the Delaware office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP.  Mark focuses on representing shareholders in corporate governance and transactional matters, including class action and derivative litigation.

Mark has been recognized by Chambers & Partners USA for his work in the Delaware Court of Chancery.  He has been recognized by Benchmark Litigation as a “Future Star” and has been named to their “40 & Under List,” and is recommended by The Legal 500.  Clients highlighted his team's ability to “generate strong cases and take creative and innovative positions.”  Lawdragon has recognized him as one of the country’s “Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” and “Next Generation Lawyers.”  The Best Lawyers in America® named him among the “Ones to Watch” in the Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, and Securities Litigation categories.

Mark has litigated numerous matters through trial, including in the Delaware Court of Chancery, FINRA and AAA arbitrations, and a five-month jury trial in New Jersey state court.  Mark served as co-lead counsel in the following matters that recently were tried or settled: In re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation ($1 billion 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—largest settlement of Revlon claims in Delaware history); In re Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. ($79 million pre-trial partial settlement and $199 million post-trial ruling); In re Coty Inc. Stockholder Litigation ($35 million settlement); In re Straight Path Communications Inc. Consolidated Stockholder Litigation ($12.5 million partial settlement); In re Amtrust Financial Services Stockholder Litigation ($40 million settlement); In re AGNC Investment Corp. ($35.5 million settlement); In re Stamps.com ($30 million settlement); In re Homefed Corp. ($15 million settlement); and In re CytoDyn Corp. (rescission of over $50 million in director and officer stock awards).

Prior to joining Labaton Keller Sucharow, Mark was an Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he gained substantial experience in complex commercial litigation within the financial services industry and advised and represented clients in class action litigation, expedited bankruptcy proceedings and arbitrations, fraudulent transfer actions, proxy fights, internal investigations, employment disputes, breaches of contract, enforcement of non-competes, data theft, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

In addition to his active caseload, Mark has contributed to numerous publications and is the recipient of The Burton Awards Distinguished Legal Writing Award for his article published in the New York Law Journal, “Options When a Competitor Raids the Company.” His notable publications include the article “‘Zapata Drift’: A Proposal for Improving Trust in the Special Litigation Committee Process” published in the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Mark also serves on Law360’s Delaware Editorial Advisory Board.

Emory University School of Law Juris Doctor, 2009

Cornell University Bachelor of Science, 2006