Max Nikolaus Gruetzmacher

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Max Nikolaus Gruetzmacher: Attorney with Motley Rice LLC

Biography

Max Gruetzmacher focuses his practice on securities and consumer fraud, representing large public pension funds, unions and other institutional investors in securities and consumer fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits, as well as consumers, businesses, and governmental entities in other types of complex civil litigation.

Max also brings substantial experience counseling the firm’s attorneys and clients with respect to e-discovery strategy throughout the various stages of litigation, from pre-filing through trial.

Prior to joining the firm, Max gained experience in a variety of legal practice areas, including defense of pharmaceutical mass torts cases, of banks in mortgage-backed securities cases, and in appellate criminal defense.

* Please remember that every case is different. Any result we achieve for one client in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients.

Awards, Accolades & Recognitions

The National Trial Lawyers

2022 Rising Stars of the Plaintiffs Bar

Charleston Regional Business Journal

2022 Forty Under 40

Blog Posts

May 24, 2024

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by: Motley Rice

July 6, 2023

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by: Laura K. Stemkowski

January 8, 2021

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by: Jodi Westbrook Flowers

News

April 28, 2025

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by:
M. Nolan Webb

April 13, 2022

Benchmark Litigation names Motley Rice Plaintiff Firm of the Year

by: Motley Rice

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Areas of Practice (3)

  • Consumer Fraud Protection
  • Public Client
  • Securities Class Actions

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A., 2004
Law School Attended:
Marquette University Law School, J.D., 2008
Year of First Admission:
2008
Admission:
South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, and the Northern District of Illinois; 2008, Wisconsin; 2010, South Carolina
Memberships:

Associations

•South Carolina Bar Association
•Charleston County Bar Association

Reported Cases:
CaseWork: Corporate Takeover Litigation: Securities Class Actions; When directors and officers of a public company decide to undertake a corporate transaction such as a merger, acquisition or leveraged buyout, we work with company shareholders to help maximize share value and to avoid conflicts of...; Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit: Securities Class Actions Antitrust; Through shareholder derivative actions, we work with company investors to restore value lost to the company due to willful mismanagement, insider self-dealing or other acts of malfeasance.; Securities Fraud: Securities Class Actions Antitrust; Representing domestic and foreign institutional investors-including union, pension, and hedge funds-in recovering shareholder losses incurred due to corporate fraud.; Enhancing Merger Process: Coventry Health Care: Securities Class Actions; This corporate takeover case addressed the merger of Aetna, Inc. and Coventry Health Care, Inc, and provided for several investor-friendly improvements to the deal's terms.
ISLN:
921537487

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www.motleyrice.com/attorneys/max-n-gruetzmacher

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