Tim is the Practice Group Leader of the Securities Litigation Practice Group at Troutman Sanders. His cases involve allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other business torts. He regularly represents public companies and their officers and directors in litigation arising out of public disclosures, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. He also represents boards of directors, as well as special committees and individual directors and officers, in shareholder disputes and derivative litigation, corporate governance issues and related matters. Tim has substantial experience in planning and performing internal investigations into alleged corporate misconduct, including investigations into complex financial and accounting fraud.

Representative Experience

Counsel to two directors of beverage bottler and distributor in shareholder class action alleging breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and violation of Delaware shareholder voting requirements in connection with a pending merger transaction (Delaware Court of Chancery and Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia).

Counsel to financial holding company, bank and individual officers and directors in putative securities fraud class actions asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Representation of national home builder and certain of its officers and directors in (1) a consolidated ERISA class action; (2) a consolidated securities fraud class action; and (3) state and federal derivative litigation (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Delaware Court of Chancery).

Representation of defendants in a securities fraud class action alleging that defendants inappropriately accounted for pre-acquisition revenues and post-acquisition expenses, causing the Company's revenue and gross profit to be overstated during the class period (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Representation of consumer financial services company and certain of its officers and directors in a securities fraud class action asserting claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Representation of former CEO and Chairman of national home improvement retailer in state and federal litigation arising from the Company's stock option dating practices, return-to-vendor practices and executive compensation (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia).

Counsel to healthcare provider in securities fraud class action asserting claims under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10-b (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Counsel to former members of management and outside director in securities fraud class action (United States District Court for the District of New Jersey).

Counsel to real estate investment trust in defense of claims alleging that the defendants issued a false and misleading proxy statement in violation of Section 14 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Counsel to public company and certain members of management in securities fraud litigation (United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee).

Counsel to telecommunications company and individual officers and directors in putative securities fraud class action asserting claims under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Counsel to wireless communications company and officers and directors in securities fraud class action (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia).

Counsel to real estate investment trust in defense of breach of fiduciary duty litigation (Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia).

Counsel to individual officers of bankrupt healthcare company in fraud claim related to stock purchase agreement (Circuit Court for Hamilton County, Tennessee).

Counsel to telecommunications company in defending claims brought by individual shareholders of acquired corporation (Supreme Court of New York, New York County).

Counsel to brokerage firm in fraud claim related to purchase and sale of portfolio of securities between professionally managed investment funds (Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia).

Counsel to public company in shareholder derivative litigation asserting claims under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (United States District Court for the District of Delaware).

Counsel to pharmaceutical company in Section 220 litigation (Delaware Court of Chancery).

Counsel to public company in defense of breach of fiduciary duty litigation filed by minority shareholders (Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia).

Counsel to company in prosecution of breach of fiduciary duty litigation filed against former officer and director (Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina).

Publications

"An Upside To The Downturn: Using Dura And Tellabs To Defeat Stock Drop Claims" (co-author), DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, The Business Suit (June 2009).

"Recent Decisions in Subprime Securities Litigation: The Wave of Litigation Continues but is the Flood of Dismissals Subsiding?" (co-author), DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, The Business Suit (January 2009).

"Insider Reporting and Short-Swing Trading" (co-author), Chapter 8 in Federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Vol. 2, Matthew Bender/Lexis Nexis (2007).

"When the Sweet Turns Sour: Investigations, Litigation, and New SEC Disclosure Rules Are on the Menu for Companies That Backdated Stock Options" (co-author), DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, The Business Suit (Sept. 2006).

"The United States Supreme Court Sounds the Death Knell for Class Action Suits Asserting Securities Holder Claims Under State Law" (co-author), DRI Commercial Litigation Committee, The Business Suit (May 2006).

"Life After Enron: Basic Litigation Risk Management with Regard to Document Creation, Retention and Destruction," Advanced Securities Law Seminar, Georgia State Bar (March 2002).

"Effective Surveillance: How to Design and Implement an Effective Surveillance Program, An Overview of Compliance Officer Liability for Failure to Supervise," Securities Industry Association Compliance and Legal Division Seminar (October 1999).

Other Distinctions

Achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards.

Selected as a Super Lawyer in Securities Litigation by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine (2009-2013).

Named to Georgia Trend magazine's Legal Elite (2005, 2006, 2009, 2011).

Selected as a Georgia Rising Star in Securities Litigation by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine (2005, 2007).