Ranee Saunders

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Biography

Ranee Saunders advocates to protect the rights of the injured in complex class actions and institutional investors in securities fraud litigation.

Ranee is involved in a securities fraud class action filed against AbbVie Inc. that alleges the company engaged in illegal kickbacks and other misconduct to boost sales. She also represents Upstart Holdings, Inc. shareholders who allege the company made misleading statements with regards to its artificial intelligence technology. Her casework also includes class action work for individuals and businesses.

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Ranee practiced at a South Carolina firm in complex and class action litigation, including representing states and local governments in cases stemming from the opioid epidemic, and serving as class counsel in companion class action cases against the then-largest suppliers of electricity in South Carolina. Ranee also has extensive criminal appellate experience, having handled criminal appeals in private practice and serving as an Assistant Attorney General in South Carolina’s Criminal Appeals Division. Ranee spent the first five years of her legal career as a law clerk for Justice Kaye G. Hearn (retired) on the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Blog Posts

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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

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Areas of Practice (1)

  • Securities Class Actions

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of South Carolina, B.A., cum laude, 2003
Law School Attended:
University of South Carolina School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2011
Year of First Admission:
2011
Admission:
South Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
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.
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922572143

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