Overview
Matthew C. Moehlman represents institutional investors in complex securities related litigation, shareholder advocacy, corporate governance matters, and mergers and acquisitions litigation.
Most recently, Matt was a member of the co-lead counsel teams that secured settlements for shareholders (pending court approval) in In re RehabCare Group, Inc., Shareholders Litigation and In re Compellent Technologies, Inc. Shareholder Litigation.
Currently, Matt is prosecuting In re El Paso Corporation Shareholder Litigation and In re Synthes, Inc. Shareholder Litigation.
Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Matt practiced securities litigation at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, where he was a member of the teams on several of the firm’s high profile cases, including the securities class action against the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), in which a $410 million settlement was obtained for defrauded investors and In re Delphi Corporation Securities Litigation, which resulted in a settlement with a potential value of over $322 million in cash and stock. He was also a member of the teams that successfully prosecuted In re SFBC International, Inc. Securities & Derivatives Litigation, resulting in a settlement of $28.5 million, and In re Suprema Specialties, Inc. Securities Litigation, resulting in a settlement of $19 million in cash. Matt began his career as an associate at Strasburger & Price, LLP and has experience in commercial litigation.
Matt received a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He earned an A.B. in English and American Literature & Language from Harvard University, where he was the Editor of The Harvard Lampoon magazine and The Harvard Crimson newspaper.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York Bar Association and the Texas Bar Association.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law
J.D., 2003
Harvard University
A.B., English and American Literature & Language, 1992
Admissions
2004, Texas
2005, New York
U.S. District Court
2010, Southern District of New York