Overview
Overview
O’Hagan Meyer defends public and private companies, closely held businesses, boards, directors, officers, and executives in high-stakes governance, shareholder, securities, and management liability disputes. We handle high-exposure cases challenging corporate decision-making and leadership conduct, where leadership conduct, business operations, regulatory scrutiny, insurance coverage, and reputational risk often converge.
Our team represents clients in state and federal courts, arbitrations, SEC and regulatory proceedings, FINRA matters, and internal investigations, including complex fact-intensive litigation involving substantial financial exposure, extensive document discovery, and multijurisdictional litigation.
We have prevailed in cases alleging conflicts of interest, self-dealing, misuse of company assets, corporate mismanagement breach of fiduciary duty, securities fraud, executive misconduct, and insider trading. Our lawyers have also favorably resolved shareholder and derivative litigation, disclosure-related disputes, bankruptcy and distressed business-related litigation, and disputes in the context of M&A deals, company dissolutions, and leadership transitions. We also defend financial institutions and securities industry participants in investment-related disputes involving equities, structured products, annuities, and debt instruments, as well as recruiting, transition, and restrictive covenant litigation affecting executives, advisors, and business operations.
Clients choose O’Hagan Meyer because we approach D&O and management liability disputes as business-critical matters, not simply isolated litigation. Integrating commercial litigation, professional liability, employment, insurance coverage, and financial services capabilities, we provide comprehensive counsel, helping and our clients manage parallel litigation, regulatory, governance, insurance, and reputational risks. We coordinate seamlessly with liability carriers and insured clients, bringing an insurance-informed perspective to exposure evaluation, defense strategy, indemnification, and coverage issues while preparing every matter for trial.
Unlike firms focused primarily on large public-company securities class actions, O’Hagan Meyer is particularly well positioned for operational disputes involving middle-market companies, privately held businesses, nonprofits, associations, and individual directors, officers, and executives. We are responsive, strategic, and cost-conscious. Combining national litigation experience, strong working relationships with insurers, efficient staffing, and a trial-ready mindset, we provide clients with sophisticated, responsive, strategic, and cost-effective management liability defense capabilities.
