
email: mrichardson@labaton.com
address: 222 Delaware Ave
Suite 1510
Wilmington, DE 19801
t: 302-573-6939
f: 302-573-2529
email: mrichardson@labaton.com
address: 222 Delaware Ave
Suite 1510
Wilmington, DE 19801
t: 302-573-6939
f: 302-573-2529
Mark D. Richardson is a Partner in the Delaware office of Labaton Sucharow LLP. Mark focuses on representing shareholders in corporate governance and transactional matters, including class action and derivative litigation.
Mark is recommended by The Legal 500 for the excellence of his work in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Clients highlighted his team's ability to “generate strong cases and take creative and innovative positions.” Lawdragon has recognized him as one of the country’s “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers” and Benchmark Litigation also named him to their “40 & Under List.”
Mark is actively prosecuting, among other matters, In re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation; In re Coty Inc. Stockholder Litigation; In re Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. Merger Litigation; and In re Straight Path Communications Inc. Consol. Stockholder Litigation. Mark has served as lead or co-lead counsel in prominent cases against Amtrust Financial Services ($40 million settlement), AGNC ($35.5 million settlement), Stamps.com ($30 million settlement), Homefed ($15 million settlement with Court approval pending), and CytoDyn (rescission of over $50 million in director and officer stock awards).
Prior to joining Labaton Sucharow, Mark was an Associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, where he gained substantial experience in complex commercial litigation within the financial services industry and advised and represented clients in class action litigation, expedited bankruptcy proceedings and arbitrations, fraudulent transfer actions, proxy fights, internal investigations, employment disputes, breaches of contract, enforcement of non-competes, data theft, and misappropriation of trade secrets.
In addition to his active caseload, Mark has contributed to numerous publications and is the recipient of The Burton Awards Distinguished Legal Writing Award for his article published in the New York Law Journal, “Options When a Competitor Raids the Company.” Mark also serves on Law360’s Delaware Editorial Advisory Board.
Mark earned his Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law, where he served as the President of the Student Bar Association. He received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
2010, New York
2016, Pennsylvania
2018, Delaware
U.S. Court of Appeals
2011, Second Circuit
2021, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court
2010, Southern District of New York
2010, Eastern District of New York
2022, District of Delaware
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