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Thomas Skelton is a shareholder of the firm and specializes in complex litigation, with a primary emphasis on securities fraud, corporate governance and statutory appraisal cases. Mr. Skelton also represents clients in arbitrations before the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers.
Among the high-profile cases on which he has worked include WorldCom Securities Litigation, HealthSouth Securities Litigation, DaimlerChrysler Merger Litigation and The New York Stock Exchange/Archipelago Merger Litigation. Mr. Skelton has tried numerous matters to verdict or award. Mr. Skelton's accomplishments include decisions in Higgins v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 806 N.Y.S.2d 339 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. 2005); In re DaimlerChrysler AG Securities Litigation, 216 F.R.D. 291, (D. Del., Jun 11, 2003); In re DaimlerChrysler AG Securities Litigation, 247 F. Supp.2d 579 (D. Del., Mar. 5, 2003); Tracinda Corp. v. DaimlerChrysler AG, 197 F. Supp. 2d 42 (D. Del., Mar 22, 2002); Doft & Co. v. Travelocity.com Inc., 2004 WL 1152338 (Del. Ch., May 20, 2004, modified June, 2004); Lewy 1990 Trust ex rel. Lewy v. Investment Advisors, Inc.. 650 N.W.2d 445 (Minn. App., 2002).
Mr. Skelton is a 1991 graduate of the Fordham University School of Law where he was a member of the Fordham Law Review, and a 1987 graduate of Providence College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics (magna cum laude ). Mr. Skelton lectures regularly on topics involving securities litigation.
Mr. Skelton is admitted to practice in New York, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
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