Patrick D. Conner

Partner

Patrick D. Conner is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice. Mr. Conner's practice is concentrated in complex business and commercial litigation in federal and state courts, with a particular focus on litigation in the global financial services arena. He represents major corporations, global financial institutions, and their officers and directors in a wide variety of litigation matters. These matters include shareholder class actions, derivative suits, arbitrations, mediations, and investigations conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, self-regulatory organizations, and various state securities regulators.

In recent years, Mr. Conner has represented investment advisers in the market timing investigations conducted by various regulators in the mutual fund industry, and he has conducted internal investigations into the backdating of stock options in publicly traded companies. Mr. Conner also has counseled clients on a variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including accountant and lender liability claims, commercial contract disputes, and business torts.

Mr. Conner received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998. While in law school, Mr. Conner was a national finalist in the ABA and National Moot Court Competitions, and he also was named to the Lumpkin Inn of Court and the Order of Barristers. He received his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Georgia in 1995 and attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Mr. Conner is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Georgia.