Neli Traykova Hines

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Neli Traykova Hines: Attorney with Motley Rice LLC

Biography

Neli Traykova Hines pursues complex securities fraud class actions for institutional investors and individual shareholders who seek to recover losses caused by alleged corporate misconduct.

Neli is actively involved in significant securities matters, including representing investors in claims against Archer Daniels Midland Company and several of its executives. She is also part of the team litigating on behalf of shareholders in actions against Upstart Technologies alleging the company made misleading statements regarding its artificial intelligence technology.

Neli has contributed to significant recoveries for investors, including the $809.5 million* settlement with Twitter Inc. in 2021 and the $55 million* settlement with Chegg Inc. in 2025.

Neli works closely with public pension trustees and fund professionals to understand their fiduciary goals and responsibilities in matters involving securities fraud, corporate governance and shareholder rights. Through this work, she strives to serve as a trusted resource for institutional stakeholders, helping them stay informed of evolving legal risks, regulatory developments, and emerging trends that may affect long-term fund oversight and accountability.

In addition to her securities litigation practice, Neli represents whistleblowers in actions before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-where she worked as a legal intern during law school.

While completing her legal studies, Neli was a student attorney with the Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at American University, counseling small businesses on corporate structuring, taxation, financing and growth and succession planning. She was a member of the Business Law Review and competed internationally in mediation and negotiation competitions as a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society.

Blog Posts

February 9, 2026

The impact of product recalls on shareholder wealth Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Christopher Moriarty

February 26, 2020

Decade in Review: Plaintiffs’ Litigation Highlights Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Joseph F. Rice

July 11, 2019

Corporate disclosure in the age of Twitter: Social media’s impact on pension funds Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Annie E. Kouba

News

April 28, 2025

The history and legacy of Workers’ Memorial Day

by:
M. Nolan Webb

October 4, 2021

Lance Oliver discusses $809 million settlement for Twitter shareholders in AmLaw’s “Litigators of the Week” column

by: Motley Rice

Areas of Practice (2)

  • Securities Class Actions
  • Whistleblower Claims

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
American University, B.S., 2016
Law School Attended:
American University Washington College of Law, J.D., 2021
Year of First Admission:
2021
Admission:
District of Columbia; Illinois; Maryland; South Carolina; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Memberships:

Associations

Washington, D.C. Bar Association

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.; SEC Whistleblower Attorney: Whistleblower Claims; If you learn of securities violations such as bribery, theft, corporate fraud or accounting irregularities, you can help stop misconduct by reporting it to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
ISLN:
1001153266

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