Bio

Jason Halper, Chair of the firm’s Global Litigation Group, is a recognized leader in the fields of financial services and securities law, compliance and corporate governance. Clients turn to Jason because of his proven 30-year track record of obtaining results that meet each client's unique needs -- as described in Chambers USA, he "takes the time and energy to really understand the client” and "focuses on what is important." Jason also is an experienced trial lawyer. A member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois, he has tried cases to jury verdict or other decision in federal and state courts, regulatory tribunals and arbitrations around the country, including among others, the Southern District of New York, the District of Columbia, the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of Ohio, and the Western District of Oklahoma; the Delaware Court of Chancery; state courts in California, Connecticut, Maryland and New York; and arbitration panels under the auspices of FINRA, NYSE, AAA, JAMS and others. Jason is a Lecturer in Law, focusing on corporate governance, compliance and ethics, at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, and a frequent speaker and author. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Harvard Law School's Program on Corporate Governance and a regular Guest Contributor to the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation. He has published there as well as in, among others, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, The New York Law Journal, Law360, Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets, The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation, Insights: The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor, The M&A Lawyer and Transaction Advisors. His clients include public and private companies, underwriters, lenders, professional services firms and their partners, corporate directors and other individuals in a variety of industries, including financial services, professional services, insurance, energy, defense, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, real estate, supermarkets and telecommunications. Jason represents these clients in securities, derivative, ERISA and RICO class actions, SEC, FINRA and stock exchange investigations and arbitrations, internal investigations, suits claiming breaches of fiduciary duty, insider trading or other misconduct by corporate directors, substantial financial instrument and other contract disputes, bankruptcy-related proceedings, and litigation arising from M&A or other transactions involving changes in or contests for corporate control in Delaware Chancery Court and elsewhere. Jason is or has been a member of the Securities Litigation and Federal Courts Committees of the New York City Bar Association, the Programming Committee of the Federal Bar Council and various American Bar Association Committees focused on business law. Jason’s community service work includes serving on the Executive Committee, and as a past Chair, of the New York/New Jersey Regional Board of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In 2019, he received the ADL’s Edward Brodsky Founder’s Award. Jason also is on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society, the Board of Directors of Volunteers of Legal Service, the Executive Board of the GlamourGals Foundation, and he Chairs Cadwalader’s Pro Bono Advisory Committee. Jason received his undergraduate degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law, where he was the Articles & Commentary Editor of the Fordham Law Review. Following graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable David N. Edelstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Jason is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia and Second and Third Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the District of the District of Columbia, the Northern District of Illinois and the District of Colorado.