Christopher "Topher" Turner is a litigation partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm's Securities Litigation & Professional Liability Practice. He has broad experience in complex commercial litigation, with a concentration on corporate governance litigation and defense of issuers, executives, and accounting firms in securities class actions. Mr. Turner has obtained dismissals of securities class actions in myriad federal courts, and otherwise secured favorable nonpublic resolutions, for many of the world’s leading companies. He has conducted internal investigations and defended companies and individuals in securities fraud investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He has represented Big Four auditors in investigations by the SEC and defended auditors against the SEC Division of Enforcement in administrative hearings.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Turner served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas W. Thrash of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He has served for six years on the Board of Directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, a social services organization committed to ending chronic homelessness in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Turner's representative experience includes:
Firm recognized for its representation of Oracle’s Larry Ellison and CEO Safra Catz in one of the largest acquisitions to face a stockholder challenge through trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Practice honored for a groundbreaking trial result and other big victories for major public companies.