Jonathan Gardner focuses his practice on securities class action litigation. Mr. Gardner currently represents the Successor Liquidating Trustee of Lipper Convertibles, a convertible bond hedge fund, in an action against the Fund's former independent auditor and a member of the Fund's general partner as well as numerous former limited partners who received excess distributions.  He has successfully recovered over $5.2 million for the Successor Liquidating Trustee to date.

Recently Mr. Gardner has been responsible for prosecuting several of the Firm's options backdating cases, including In re Monster Worldwide, Inc. Securities Litigation, In re Semtech Securities Litigation, and City of Westland Police and Fire Retirement System v. Sonic Solutions. He also was involved in In re Mercury Interactive Corp. Securities Litigation, which settled for $117.5 million, a figure representing one of the largest known settlements or judgments in a securities fraud litigation based upon options backdating.

In 2005, Mr. Gardner litigated claims of securities fraud, common law fraud, breach of contract, defamation, and civil RICO violations against CFI Mortgage Inc. and its principals in federal court. Following a five-day jury trial, Mr. Gardner secured a verdict of over $50 million. In April 2005, he participated in the successful trial of a books and records action captioned Forsythe, et. al. v. CIBC Private Equity Fund.

Prior to practicing securities litigation, Mr. Gardner was actively involved in litigating all aspects of commercial and business disputes from pre-dispute investigation and settlement to trials and appeals before state and federal courts, as well as arbitration and mediation forums.

Mr. Gardner earned a B.S.B.A. from American University in 1987 and a J.D. from St. John's University Law School in 1990. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Mr. Gardner is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.