Morgan E. Whitworth

Morgan E. Whitworth is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice.

Mr. Whitworth represents publicly traded companies and their senior officers and directors, as well as accounting and other professional services firms, in securities and class action litigation, corporate governance litigation, complex commercial litigation, and SEC and other regulatory investigations. He has significant experience defending large technology companies in complex securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits.

Mr. Whitworth also has experience representing companies in consumer class actions, appeals, internal investigations, and in a multi-billion dollar international arbitration matter.

Mr. Whitworth maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in federal civil rights litigation, immigration matters, and proceedings before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Whitworth clerked for Judge Anne C. Conway of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

While at the Duke University School of Law, Mr. Whitworth was an articles editor of the Alaska Law Review and interned with the Enforcement Division of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.