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Jeff G Hammel

USA 2026

Latham & Watkins LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Litigation: Securities

New York

5 years ranked

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Jeff Hammel is Co-Chair of Latham & Watkins' New York Litigation & Trial Department, and previously served as Global Co-Chair of the firm's Securities and M&A Litigation Practice for 10 years. He regularly represents Fortune 500 and other public companies, financial institutions, and officers and directors in their highest-stakes litigation matters.

He was named as a 2025 MVP for Securities by Law360 and has also been recognized repeatedly in The American Lawyer’s “Litigator of the Week” columns and other publications.

In 2025, Jeff received significant media attention for winning three complete motions to dismiss in three separate securities class actions in three different courts in one day. “Latham & Watkins Attorney Pulls a ‘Hat Trick,’ Winning Three Cases in One Day,” New York Law Journal, Mar. 31, 2025.

He is also co-author of a definitive treatise on securities litigation, Federal Securities Litigation, 3d Edition, 2015.

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Litigation: Securities - New York

Band 5

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Jeff Hammel is cochair of Latham & Watkins' New York litigation and trial department. He is recommended for his expertise in matters related to shareholder class actions and derivative litigation.

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