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.
Jeff is “acknowledged as one of the most experienced practitioners in the market” according to Legal 500 US. 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. He is co-author of a definitive treatise on securities litigation, Federal Securities Litigation, 3d Edition, 2015.
Jeff has delivered complete defense victories to clients in dozens of securities class actions throughout the United States, including:
Partner Jeff Hammel, Co-Chair of the New York Litigation & Trial Department, was named a 2025 Law360 Securities MVP for achieving a remarkable feat by securing three consecutive victories in different courts for three different clients across various industries, all within a single day.
The most of any law firm, the honorees were recognized for their work on market-leading transactions and high-stakes litigation and trial victories.
Latham’s Securities and M&A Litigation Practice honored again at the New York Legal Awards for the fifth time in the past six years that the contest has been held.