Ellen Holloman is a partner in Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group. She focuses her practice on representing financial institutions, corporations and individuals in regulatory enforcement proceedings, corporate internal investigations and related civil litigation. She has significant experience in securities class action litigation and in representing clients in corporate governance matters, contract and post-acquisition disputes, and employment-related claims, including for enforcement of non-compete, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements. She also frequently handles litigation arising from bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters, and has represented creditors and secured and unsecured debtors in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court restructurings across a wide range of industries, including financial services, energy, shipping, licensing and apparel.
Ellen has represented clients as plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts and in arbitrations around the world. She has first and second chair trial experience, and has argued motions in federal and state court, and participated in over one hundred depositions. Recently, she served as lead litigation counsel on behalf of a debtor licensing company in a three week trial that resulted in findings of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, aiding and abetting and unjust enrichment against the former principal of the debtor and a publicly-held company.
Ellen has extensive experience with cross border civil litigation and international law enforcement, including obtaining overseas discovery under the Hague Convention and investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She also has experience with Constitutional law matters, particularly First Amendment jurisprudence.
In addition to her civil litigation experience, Ellen also has significant experience with white-collar criminal defense matters, and has represented clients responding to regulatory inquires, requests and enforcement proceedings initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Federal Reserve, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers, FINRA, Internal Revenue Service, the Office of the New York State Attorney General, New York Stock Exchange, European Commission, and the UK Serious Frauds Office, among others.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Ellen Holloman
- Securities Litigation Alert: Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standards Governing the Statute of Limitations for Private Claims Under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 - (Posted On Wednesday, May 31, 2023)
- Second Circuit Confirms that Item 303 Disclosure Violations May Support Section 10(b) Liability in Reviving Claims Based on Failure to Disclose Risks from Harmful-Emission Regulation - (Posted On Wednesday, April 05, 2023)
- DOJ Pilot Program Incentivizes Clawbacks and Instructs Corporations to Preserve Business Communications on Employees’ Personal Devices - (Posted On Saturday, March 11, 2023)
- The Ramifications of The Delaware Court of Chancery’s McDonald’s Decision – Beyond Holding That Caremark Oversight Obligations Apply to Corporate Officers - (Posted On Thursday, February 09, 2023)
- What’s in a Name?: “Defense Stocks” Highlight the Challenges for Asset Managers in Navigating Sustainability Taxonomies as They Characterize Investments as ESG-Compliant - (Posted On Thursday, May 19, 2022)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Agrees to Hear Interlocutory Appeal in CFPB Enforcement Action against Student Loan Trusts - (Posted On Tuesday, May 03, 2022)
- Securities Litigation Update: Courts of Appeal Address the Exchange Act’s Exclusive-Jurisdiction and Non-Waiver Provisions, the Duty to Disclose, and Scienter - (Posted On Thursday, April 14, 2022)
- Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets: The Intersection of Climate Change and Cryptocurrencies - (Posted On Wednesday, March 16, 2022)
- Caremark and “Mission-Critical” ESG Company Operations - (Posted On Tuesday, March 01, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Considers the Nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin for Vice Chair of Supervision at the Federal Reserve: How Her Confirmation May Affect Climate-Related Banking Regulations - (Posted On Thursday, February 17, 2022)