Tim Haggerty

Practice Areas

Tim Haggerty is an experienced litigator with a multifaceted practice encompassing white collar defense, complex civil litigation, and education law.

In the white collar defense context, Tim has defended senior executives, public and private companies, and institutions of higher education in investigations and enforcement matters brought by the Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and state and local prosecutors. He has helped clients navigate and respond to allegations of securities fraud, insider trading, racketeering, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, bribery, and tax law violations, among others, and his representations often involve cross-border considerations and collaboration with foreign co-counsel. Tim has conducted confidential internal investigations, and he has represented clients in some of the most high-profile matters in the nation.

Tim regularly represents clients in complex contract and commercial disputes in both state and federal courts and across a wide range of industries, including consumer products, financial services, technology, and media. Tim’s civil litigation practice also includes actions arising under the securities laws, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, as well as employment actions and a broad variety of other general litigation matters. He regularly counsels individuals and companies seeking to resolve disputes before they turn into litigation and has deftly resolved many matters short of trial, thereby allowing clients to focus on running their organizations and avoiding the expense and inconvenience of protracted litigation. Tim’s significant trial experience is an asset when the particulars of a matter warrant progression to trial stage and also informs strategy prior to that point.

Tim also has extensive experience handling a variety of matters involving institutions of higher education, including advising on governance, conducting internal investigations, responding to local, state, and federal inquiries, and litigation, including with respect to Title IX, employment matters, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Career

Tim’s recent and notable experience includes the defense of the former CFO of Archegos in a 9-week trial for market manipulation and wire fraud in the Southern District of New York. Although our client was convicted, Tim and the trial team laid the groundwork for his appeal on novel legal issues which is currently pending. In related civil actions, Tim and the firm previously obtained the dismissal of a CFTC enforcement action filed in the SDNY and continue to represent the client in a related SEC enforcement action and in a case brought by a former Archegos employee.

He also regularly represents a prominent institution of higher education in connection with non-public matters, internal investigations, and responding to confidential state and federal inquiries.