Jason C. Vigna

Jason Vigna is an internationally-recognized expert in business and securities litigation known for leading high-profile cases. Described in Chambers USA as being “tenacious for his clients” and “a big picture thinker and a forceful litigator who comes up with creative solutions,” Jason represents public companies, investment funds and business leaders in complex securities, commercial and corporate governance disputes in trial and appellate courts throughout the country.

Jason has defended parties in some of the largest securities fraud cases in history (including Madoff, Refco, Worldcom and the "IPO laddering" cases), as well as nearly a dozen small and mid-sized life sciences companies wrongly accused of misleading investors. His track record includes the successful defense of an asset management group in dozens of class, derivative, bankruptcy and individual actions arising out of hedge fund investments made with Bernard Madoff; the successful defense of the former CEO and the former general counsel of the once-largest broker on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in consolidated actions arising out of the company’s collapse; and representation of the special litigation committee of the then-largest insurance company in the world in an investigation of allegations that

Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude

Brown University, AB, magna cum laude