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James Langdon

James Langdon

USA 2026

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Practice Areas

Appellate; Securities & Financial Services Litigation & Enforcement; Banking & Financial Institutions; Class Action Litigation; Sustainability; Consumer Financial Services; Electronic Discovery; Energy & Natural Resources; Food, Beverage & Agribusiness; Government Enforcement & Corporate Investigations; Healthcare; Insurance Law; International Arbitration & Litigation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Mining; Mortgage Banking; Oil & Gas; Products Liability

Career

Jim Langdon has more than 30 years of experience representing public companies, banks, mortgage lenders, insurance companies, investment banks, and broker-dealers in litigated disputes in federal and state courts as well as before regulatory agencies, particularly the SEC. Jim is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has extensive first-chair trial experience in federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration forums (including FINRA, AAA and UNCITRAL) and before regulatory agencies.

Jim is co-Head of the Class Action Practice Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of financial services litigation, including class actions, shareholder derivative actions, claims related to mortgage-backed securities, securities arbitrations (customer and intra-industry), tender offer defense and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions.

Personal

Education:

- Northwestern University (B.A., English, 1979)

- Columbia Law School (J.D., 1984), Stone Scholar Articles Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, 1983-1984

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Litigation: General Commercial - Minnesota

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
James Langdon offers extensive experience representing publicly traded and privately held companies. He litigates before the federal and state courts.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • James is spot on with his work.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA
  • James is a very experienced trial lawyer.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA
  • James is a phenomenal lawyer who is a great strategic adviser, a commercial thinker and a real trial lawyer.

    Litigation: General CommercialChambers Guide to the USA

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