Leigha Empson is a Partner in Quinn Emanuel’s New York office and has been with the firm since 2017. Her practice centers on complex commercial litigation with a focus on securities litigation. Leigha is an experienced litigator representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of complex commercial disputes from pre-complaint disputes through trial. She has appeared and argued in state and federal court as well as arbitration and has trial experience across a variety of matters.
- Archer-Daniels-Midland
- C3.ai
- Citadel Securities
- Cloud Software Group
- Cosmax
- Emigrant Bank
- E*TRADE Securities
- Rio Tinto
- Snowflake
- StoneCo
- TAL Education Group
- Tesla
- Obtained dismissal of securities class action against Tesla and Elon Musk related to purported misstatements concerning Tesla’s Full Self-Driving capabilities. Dismissal was affirmed by the Ninth Circuit.
- Obtained dismissal of securities class action against National General related to purported misstatements concerning National General’s lender placed insurance. Dismissal was affirmed by the Second Circuit.
- Represented Match Group in securities class action alleging misstatements in connection with the integration of an acquisition and the development of application features. The action was voluntarily dismissed.
- Represented E*TRADE Securities in a class action alleging failure to disclose indicative interest rates for the short sale of hard-to-borrow securities. We settled the case on favorable terms.
- Obtained dismissal of securities claims brought in arbitration against private equity firm based on alleged failure to disclose investment.
- Represented Allergan plc and several of its directors and officers in a securities class action and related opt-out action alleging a failure to disclose that Allergan’s former generic drug divisions were engaged in a price-fixing conspiracy. We settled both claims on favorable terms.
- Harvard Law School
(J.D., 2017) - Washington University, St. Louis
(B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2014)
- The State Bar of New York