Richard A. Spehr

• Represented international bank in FIRREA litigation and related civil cases involving collapsed multi-billion dollar ponzi scheme.
• Represented several major banks in RMBS class action litigation.
• Represented bank syndicate in lender liability litigation.
• Represented a major pharmaceutical company in a significant AAA arbitration concerning a licensing dispute.
• Represented major bank in claw back litigation.
• Represented another major pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration in Paris over a patent maintenance dispute.
• Represented major pharmaceutical company in antitrust litigation.
• Represented the former CFO of a major insurance company in multiple litigation matters and internal and government investigations emanating from the 2008 financial crisis.
• Represented several major global banks in financial crisis litigation stemming from the collapse of the subprime securitization market.
• Represented several leading pharmaceutical companies in litigations arising out of licensing, distribution, co-development and co-marketing agreements.
• Represented numerous issuers, and their officers and directors, in securities litigation matters.
• Represented a global bank in a lender liability case involving a failed real estate development.
• Represented a major European car manufacturer in several federal and state consumer protection investigations.
• Represented a health supplement manufacturer in a New York State Attorney General investigation.
• Represented several US investment banks in litigation arising out of mergers and acquisitions transactions.
• Led several major internal client investigations on behalf of the audit committee, officers and directors, and the company itself; handled governmental investigations.
• Represented a US pharmaceutical company in a governmental investigation arising out of New York’s False Claim Act.
• Represented a major insurance company in “life settlement” litigation.
• Represented debtors and creditors in various contested bankruptcy proceedings throughout the US.
• Represented an Asian pharmaceutical company in defamation action against a US short seller.
• Represented a major US data processing company in litigation over a licensing agreement.
• Represented an insurance company in class action TCPA litigation.

State University of New York at Binghamton, BA

St. John's University School of Law, JD
Editor, St. John's Law Review; St. Thomas More Scholar

• New York

Gericht

• US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• US District Court for the Southern District of New York
• US District Court for the Eastern District of New York