Christopher S. (Topher) Turner

Topher's experience includes representing:

US Issuers and Executives

• The founder/CTO and CEO of a Fortune 50 technology company in a complete win for each , following a two-week trial of a derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery
• A child wellness product manufacturer and its executives in a shareholder litigation in the US District Court for the Central District of California
• One of the largest US retail companies and its executives in a securities class action pending in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
• A financial services company and its directors and officers in favorably resolving securities class actions in US District Courts for the Districts of Delaware and New Jersey
• A manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals in securing dismissal of a securities class action in the US District Court for the Northern District of California
• The nation’s leading financial services company specializing in education in favorably resolving a securities class action and opt-out actions
• A medical transcription company’s former CFO in successfully defending against securities fraud charges that the SEC Division of Enforcement brought in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey
• A wireless communications company’s CEO and CFO in obtaining dismissal of a securities class action in the US District Court for the District of Columbia for failure to plead scienter
• A major mortgage lender and a healthcare provider in resolving ERISA “stock-drop” actions stemming from an alleged breach of fiduciary duties

Non-US Issuers and Executives

• A French digital services company and its executives in a securities class action in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• A Singapore telecommunications company and its executives in corporate governance matters arising out of investment in a Cayman Islands company
• A Russian investor in a global provider of IT solutions in matters arising out of a potential business combination
• A Japanese automobile manufacturer in a securities class action arising out of compensation disclosures and securing a key order permitting contribution action against responsible executives
• A German automobile manufacturer and its executives in a securities class action arising out of statements about diesel emissions

Auditors and Accounting Firms

• A major accounting and auditing firm in large, multistate putative class actions in New York and Texas arising out of alleged Ponzi schemes
• A Big Four accounting firm in an arbitration brought by the bankruptcy estate of an innovative construction company 
• A Big Four accounting firm in defending against a federal action arising from a government-sponsored entity’s audits
• A Big Four accounting firm in a federal action arising out of a Florida-based mortgage originator’s bankruptcy
• A Big Four accounting firm in a multidistrict litigation in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York brought by a major financial services firm’s shareholders and noteholders
• An audit partner of a Big Four accounting firm in achieving the rare dismissal of all charges brought by the SEC Division of Enforcement in a Rule 102(e) proceeding