Gary W. Garner

Partner

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• Chicago Office

Gary W. Garner is a partner in the Chicago office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Litigation Department.

Mr. Garner focuses his practice on complex business and securities litigation. His primary emphasis is on cases related to the financial services industry. He has tried cases in federal and state courts and before arbitration panels throughout the United States. He also has handled appeals in federal and state courts. 

Mr. Garner has represented clients in a number of class action cases that have included multidistrict federal securities and antitrust actions. He has represented publicly traded corporations, their management, and other officers and directors in securities fraud class actions, shareholder derivative actions, shareholders’ rights actions, and breach of fiduciary duty actions. Mr. Garner’s cases also have included a wide range of commercial disputes in which he has represented indenture trustees, hospitals and healthcare providers, and manufacturers of a variety of products. These business disputes have included a variety of claims for breach of contract, consumer fraud, tortious interference with contract, wrongful discharge and fraud, as well as fraudulent conveyance claims in bankruptcy court.

Representative Matters

• Prevailed on appeal in favor of indenture trustee for $190 million special facility revenue bonds arising out of the construction of airport facilities at Los Angeles International Airport.  U.S. Bank National Association v. United Air Lines, Inc. (In re United Air Lines, Inc.), 438 F.3d 720 (7^th Cir. 2006).
• Served on the co-lead counsel team that obtained a $35 million settlement in 2003 on behalf of the class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in In re Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation before Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.
• Obtained a rare writ of mandamus to protect the attorney-client privilege covering a report prepared on behalf of an independent director of a public company in connection with a shareholder derivative action.  In re Perrigo Co., 128 F.3d 430 (6^th Cir. 1997).

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Advises on Acquisition of Retailer Hartmarx
• Steptoe & Johnson LLP Opens Chicago Office

Selected Publications

• Summary Judgment: Put Up or Shut Up
  Spring 1999, Litigation (ABA)