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Stephanie Wheeler has been a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Group since 2003. She has a broad litigation practice that includes civil litigation and white-collar and regulatory investigations.

Ms. Wheeler’s civil litigation practice focuses on complex securities, antitrust, intellectual property and commercial litigation. She has represented Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of New York and Vodafone Group Plc in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation.

Ms. Wheeler also has extensive experience representing clients in criminal and regulatory investigations. She has represented clients in investigations and proceedings before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of Justice and several state attorneys general.

Selected Cases

• Represented Goldman Sachs in an industry-wide investigation and global settlement with SEC, NASD, NYSE and 50 state attorneys general relating to alleged conflicts of interest involving research analysts. Also serves as counsel to Goldman Sachs in related securities class action litigations.
• Served as a trial lawyer defending Microsoft Corporation in the landmark antitrust trials brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and 19 states and the District of Columbia. Also represented Microsoft in a related antitrust investigation before the European Commission.
• Represented the board of directors of JPMorgan Chase in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, achieving affirmance of the dismissal of a shareholder derivative action that alleged breach of fiduciary duty relating to Enron, Worldcom, IPO allocations, alleged research analyst conflicts of interest, mutual fund market timing and other regulatory investigations that resulted in monetary settlements.
• Lead counsel to Pershing LLC in market timing investigations by the SEC, NASD and the New York attorney general. Also lead counsel to Pershing in related multi-district litigation, achieving the dismissal of Pershing from several securities class action lawsuits.
• Represented an investment bank in connection with numerous inquiries from various government agencies and Congress concerning executive compensation and bonus issues following receipt of TARP funds.
• Represented Archipelago Holdings in litigation brought by seatholders of the New York Stock Exchange who sought to enjoin the merger of the exchanges.
• Represented companies in several insider trading investigations. No charges were brought against the companies or any of their employees.
• Represented a prominent law firm in an investigation brought by regulators for alleged false statements made in connection with a client’s regulatory submissions. No charges were brought against the law firm or any of its partners.

Professional Activities

• Board Member, New York County Lawyers’ Association
• Member of President’s Council, Legal Momentum

   

Rankings and Recognitions

• New York Super Lawyers – recognized as a leading securities litigator (2006, 2009)