Experience 

Matthew Ingber is a litigator who represents both corporate clients and individuals in civil and criminal controversies. Matthew’s practice focuses on several areas, including securities litigation, internal corporate investigations, federal agency and state attorneys general investigations, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property litigation, electronic discovery and pro bono work.

Specifically, Matthew conducts a general litigation practice before state and federal courts and arbitration panels, with cases ranging from complex commercial disputes to securities fraud actions and cutting edge intellectual property matters.  He performs internal corporate investigations on behalf of management and audit committees and represents issuers, underwriters and individual officers and directors in federal securities class actions, and individuals and corporations in connection with criminal investigations and/or indictments and related civil and administrative proceedings.  Matthew has argued motions and tried cases before various US District Courts, Bankruptcy Courts and State Courts.

Matthew also has represented pro bono, among others, the NAACP in corporate governance matters, the City of New York, and individuals in asylum and civil rights actions.

Matthew joined Mayer Brown in 1998.

Notable Engagements 

• Represents major clearing bank in connection with investigations by the SEC, DOJ and CFTC and in related civil litigations.
• Represents on-line search engine and on-line user-generated video site in defense of related cases brought by various media content holders for alleged copyright infringement relating to videos posted by users of online service.
• Represented a leading education and finance company in connection with investigations by the Attorneys General of ten States and various Congressional committees.
• Represented a UK television auction channel in a trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract matter.
• Co-trial counsel in a criminal securities fraud trial resulting in acquittal of a NYSE specialist.
• Lead trial counsel in Section 1983 civil rights action against The State of New York.
• Successfully represented issuers, underwriters and individuals in numerous securities fraud class actions.
• Won a motion to dismiss with prejudice for all defendants in a Rule 10b-5 class action, In re eSpeed Securities Litigation, No. 05 Civ. 2091 (S.D.N.Y. 2006).
• Won a motion to dismiss with prejudice for all defendants in a Rule 10b-5 action, Abbad v. Amman, 285 F. Supp. 2d 411 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); the decision was affirmed on appeal in Abbad v. Amman, No. 03-9169, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 21033 (2d Cir. Oct. 8, 2004).
• Obtained summary judgment for a major banking client in connection with a lender liability action.

Education 

The George Washington University Law School, JD, with honors, 1998; Articles Editor, The George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics • University of Pennsylvania, BA, magna cum laude with distinction, 1995

Admitted

• US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2003
• US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2000
• US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2000
• New York, 1999