Thomas B. Hatch
Experience
Financial Litigation practice has involved:
- Defense of auditors, issuers, underwriters, and officers and directors in class actions involving alleged securities fraud
- Representation of institutional investors--mutual funds and hedge funds--as plaintiffs in litigation arising out of high yield bond offerings
- Representation of public companies and their officers and directors in SEC investigations
- Representation of investors, brokers and broker-dealers in NASD arbitrations
- Representation of shareholders in proxy contest
- Representation of shareholders in closely held corporation in buy-out actions
Other matters include:
- Prosecution and defense of claims involving relationships between manufacturers and distributors - breach of contract, franchise act, covenant of good faith and fair dealing
- Prosecution and defense of trade secret misappropriation claims and violations of non-compete agreements
- Defense of Title VII, ADEA and FLSA class actions
- Prosecution and defense of breach of contract and fraud actions arising out of the acquisition of a business
- Defense of antitrust and franchise act claims
- Defense of employers in wrongful termination, defamation and discrimination actions
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
- U.S. District Court, North Dakota
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude (1983)
- The Evergreen State College, B.A. (1975)