Anne E. Conroy
Associate
Anne’s practice focuses on complex litigation, including securities class actions, deal-related lawsuits, and breach of contract and business tort claims. Anne has represented public and private companies, financial institutions, as well as directors and officers in disputes brought in state and federal courts.
Anne returned to the firm in 2023 after serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Berman of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
In law school, Anne served as the editor-in-chief of the Brooklyn Law Review.
Experience
- Represented portfolio company of a global private equity firm in shareholder litigation filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery, resulting in settlement after close of expert discovery.
- Represented a biopharmaceutical company and its officers and directors in a securities class filed in state court regarding disclosures made in connection with the Company’s IPO, resulting in settlement before discovery.
- Assisted with the representation of a global asset manager in several dozen lawsuits brought by institutional investors seeking billions of dollars in recoveries related to several large hedge funds that underperformed significantly during the COVID-19 market downturn.
- Represented officer and director in advancement litigation, including in an appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court.
- Represented an inmate seeking religious accommodation in state prison system, including in successful appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Tucker v. Gaddis, 40 F.4th 289 (5th Cir. 2022) (per curiam).
Publications
- Co-author, “Discovery Stay in Securities Act Cases Remains a ‘Pivotal’ Issue After Case Settles Before U.S. Supreme Court Argument,” New York Law Journal (November 5, 2021)
- Co-author, “US Litigation Considerations and Landscape,” The Guide to Cyber Investigations, second edition (2021)
- Co-author, “What’s Up With WhatsApp? The Retention of Work-Related Messages,” New York Law Journal (February 25, 2021)
- Anne E. Conroy, The First Amendment’s Role on the Internet Governed by Private Actors: Disclosure Requirements as the “Best of Disinfectants,” 27 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 381 (2020)
- Co-author, “US Litigation Considerations and Landscape,” The Guide to Cyber Investigations, first edition (2019)
- Anne E. Conroy, Reevaluating Attorney-Client Privilege in the Age of Hackers, 82 Brook. L. Rev. 1817 (2017)
Education
- JD, summa cum laude, Brooklyn Law School, 2018; Editor-in-Chief, Brooklyn Law Review; Moot Court Honor Society, Appellate Division
- BA (History; Communications & Media Studies), Fordham University, 2009
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2019
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2020
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2019
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019