Goodwin’s comprehensive disputes offering represents clients across regulated and commercial industries in high-profile litigation and investigations. The firmwide practice is fronted by William Jay in Washington DC, who brings extensive expertise in appellate and Supreme Court litigation spanning IP, financial services, pharmaceutical regulation, and complex class actions. He is joined by Caroline Bullerjahn in Boston, who provides firmwide leadership while also overseeing the securities litigation and life sciences dispute groups, with a practice focused on fiduciary duty claims, shareholder disputes, M&A-related litigation, as well as regulatory and internal investigations. Laura Stoll departed the firm in August 2025.
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'This team has the combination of smart, aggressive and creative lawyers. All have good experience litigating in Delaware, which often requires a practical approach on how to deploy these skills for the particular situation at hand. Also have a good team of associates.'
Key clients
- CrowdStreet Inc., Tore Steen and Ian Formigle
- Former Officer and Director of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
- Pike Fuels Limited Partnership
- CertainTeed LLC
- Eaton Vance Senior Independent Trustees
- BXP Inc. (f/k/a Boston Properties)
- MyCarrier
- Dr. David Bredt and Dr. Geoffrey Pitt
- Shareholder Representative Services
- Webster Equity Partners, LP; Cardiovascular Associates of America, LLC
- Mid-America Pet Food, L.L.C.
- SS&C Technologies, Inc.
Work highlights
Successfully achieved a trial-win for the Independent Trustees of certain Eaton Vance closed-end funds in litigation against activist investor Saba Capital, defending bylaw amendments designed to protect the funds and their long-term shareholders.
Successfully representing Former Officer and Director of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. in two motions for preliminary injunction and obtained dismissal of three lawsuits and an affirmance from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, all arising out of a $1.2bn series of transactions.
Representing CrowdStreet Inc., one of the largest real estate crowdfunding platforms, in a bet-the-company litigation involving allegations of violating the Texas Securities Act by operating as an unregistered broker-dealer and offering securities to investors nationwide from 2012 to 2022. The claims sought in this case are over $1bn.
Practice head
Caroline Bullerjahn; William Jay
Other key lawyers
Douglas Flaum; Jordan Weiss; Meghan Spillane; Jeffrey Simes; Gabrielle Gould; Samuel Rubin; Christine Sama; Robert Carroll; Kevin Martin; Joseph Rockers; Mark Tully; Jennifer Luz