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Thomas B. Hatch


Practice Groups

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)

Books and Articles

* Past results are reported to provide the reader with an indication of the type of litigation in which we practice and do not and should not be construed to create an expectation of result in any other case as all cases are dependent upon their own unique fact situation and applicable law.

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