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Linda Greene

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Chicago

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Linda represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including securities, patent, and complex-commercial litigation. She is also a Navy veteran and was previously a judicial extern for the Hon. John Z. Lee of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Linda Greene has represented clients against claims brought under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as well as enforcement actions brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, Linda regularly represents clients in patent cases, including pharmaceutical clients in Hatch-Waxman patent cases. She has experience in all facets of litigation and trial experience in both civil and criminal matters, including the high-profile case of People of the State of Illinois v. Jussie Smollett.

In her pro bono practice, Linda represents clients in divorce proceedings and immigration matters. As a member of the firm’s Investing in Justice committee, Linda actively participates in fundraising efforts to support the Chicago Bar Foundations campaign to provide grants to legal aid organizations throughout Chicago. She also regularly volunteers to coach high school students in their negotiations curriculum at Chicago’s Legal Prep Charter Academy.

Linda graduated summa cum laude and was elected to the Order of the Coif at DePaul Law, where she was an Executive Editor for the DePaul Law Review and President of the veteran affinity group at DePaul. As a law student, Linda had the opportunity to visit both the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Before attending law school, Linda served in the United States Navy where she gained leadership experience as a Divisional Leading Petty Officer and Sonar Supervisor onboard the U.S.S. Bunker Hill. As a Sonar Technician, Linda also gained extensive technical experience and training related to signal processing and the maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of electronics including software, as well as, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical components.

Key Matters

  • Defended Becton, Dickinson and Company and certain current and former officers in a securities fraud class action in New Jersey federal district court asserting claims under Sections 10 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 and alleging that material misrepresentations and omissions about the regulatory status of a key product. Additionally, Linda assisted with responding to the follow-on shareholder derivative demand.
  • Defending Jernigan Capital, Inc. and its board of directors in parallel securities class actions in the Southern District of New York and Tennessee state court in connection with a take-private deal against claims brought under Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and for breach of fiduciary duties.
  • Represented Pendrell Corporation and various officers and directors in a stockholder class action filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging breach of fiduciary duty and disclosure claims and challenging a US $2.1B special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger between Holicity, Inc. and Astra Space, Inc.
  • Secured dismissal on a motion to dismiss Securities Act of 1933 claims in Indiana state court against underwriters of a secondary public offering of stock by an animal health company, and currently defending the underwriters in the pending appeal.
  • Currently representing the former CEO of a publicly traded spatial data platform company in a Delaware Supreme Court appeal seeking to affirm damages awarded for the issuer’s refusal to transfer.
  • Defending former CFO of an international pharmaceuticals company against multiple shareholders alleging violations of Section 10(b) in the District of New Jersey.
  • Defended a drug rehabilitation center and its CEO during the investigation and resulting SEC enforcement action alleging violations of Sections 5 of Securities Act and 10(b) of the Exchange Act.
  • Represented the former CFO of a public company in an SEC investigation related to alleged improprieties in the company’s financial reporting.

  • Order of the Coif
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Civil Procedure; Data Privacy; and Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication I, II, & III

  • Member, American Inn of Court – Chicago Lincoln Chapter

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Key Matters

  • Defended Becton, Dickinson and Company and certain current and former officers in a securities fraud class action in New Jersey federal district court asserting claims under Sections 10 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 and alleging that material misrepresentations and omissions about the regulatory status of a key product. Additionally, Linda assisted with responding to the follow-on shareholder derivative demand.
  • Defending Jernigan Capital, Inc. and its board of directors in parallel securities class actions in the Southern District of New York and Tennessee state court in connection with a take-private deal against claims brought under Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and for breach of fiduciary duties.
  • Represented Pendrell Corporation and various officers and directors in a stockholder class action filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging breach of fiduciary duty and disclosure claims and challenging a US $2.1B special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger between Holicity, Inc. and Astra Space, Inc.
  • Secured dismissal on a motion to dismiss Securities Act of 1933 claims in Indiana state court against underwriters of a secondary public offering of stock by an animal health company, and currently defending the underwriters in the pending appeal.
  • Currently representing the former CEO of a publicly traded spatial data platform company in a Delaware Supreme Court appeal seeking to affirm damages awarded for the issuer’s refusal to transfer.
  • Defending former CFO of an international pharmaceuticals company against multiple shareholders alleging violations of Section 10(b) in the District of New Jersey.
  • Defended a drug rehabilitation center and its CEO during the investigation and resulting SEC enforcement action alleging violations of Sections 5 of Securities Act and 10(b) of the Exchange Act.
  • Represented the former CFO of a public company in an SEC investigation related to alleged improprieties in the company’s financial reporting.

Credentials

Education

Linda received her B.S. from Purdue University in 2008. She received her J.D. from DePaul University, summa cum laude, in 2019, where she was executive editor of DePaul Law Review.

She also holds a paralegal certificate from the University of San Diego.

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