Practice Focus

Richard Swanson is a partner in the firm´s litigation and corporate & securities practices. He specializes in commercial litigation, with a particular concentration in securities, corporate directors and officers and professional liability, bankruptcy, creditors´ rights, insolvency and banking litigation. In the area of securities litigation, Mr. Swanson has handled Rule 10b-5 class actions, derivative suits, partnership cases, securities cases involving public offerings and private placements, insider trading cases, and accountants', lawyers' and directors' liability and malpractice actions. He has also been involved in numerous tender offers, proxy contests and other corporate takeover matters.

Other substantive areas in which he has often litigated include bankruptcy and creditors rights, lender liability, patent litigation, trade secrets, antitrust, tax, and general commercial litigation. In state court he is generally in the commercial division.

Mr. Swanson is a frequent author and lecturer on legal topics, most particularly in the area of securities, insolvency and professional liability litigation.

Representative Matters

Securities and Corporate Litigation

• Hall v. Children's Place Retail Stores, Inc., 2008 WL 2791526, (S.D.N.Y. Jul. 18, 2008)
• Royal Indem. Co. v. Pepper Hamilton LLP, 2006 WL 3827452, (D.Del. Dec. 27, 2006), and 479 F.Supp.2d 419, (D.Del. 2007)
• Weinstein Enterprises, Inc. v. Orloff, 819 N.Y.S.2d 6, 30 A.D.3d 354 (App. Div. 1st Dep't 2006) (derivative suit)
• In re Natural Gas Commodity Litigation, 337 F.Supp.2d 488 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (commodities fraud)

Other Commercial Litigation

• In re Student Finance Corp., 334 B.R. 776, (D.Del. 2005), 2006 WL 2346373, (D.Del. Aug. 10, 2006)