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Matthew M. Oliver is a member of the firm's Litigation Department and a member of the firm's White Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Groups. In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Oliver was selected by New Jersey Super Lawyers as a Rising Star. Mr. Oliver's practice focuses on defending public and private companies, and their directors, officers, and employees, in federal and state criminal and regulatory investigations, as well as in complex commercial litigation matters, including securities class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Mr. Oliver regularly conducts internal investigations on behalf of corporations and board committees, and also represents individuals in connection with such investigations.
Mr. Oliver's white collar criminal law experience has included the representation of Fortune 500 retailers, telecommunications companies, investment banks, brokerage firms, and individual directors and officers in connection with federal criminal prosecutions, federal grand jury investigations and subpoenas, and internal corporate investigations. Mr. Oliver has defended cases involving alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Trading With The Enemy Act, the federal securities laws, and the Medicaid program. Mr. Oliver has also represented individuals summoned to testify before legislative committees.
Mr. Oliver's regulatory experience has included representing hedge funds, investment advisers, brokerage firms and individuals in connection with SEC and state attorney general investigations and SEC civil enforcement actions, including defending a number of insider trading cases.
Mr. Oliver's civil litigation experience has included defending securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation on behalf of companies and their directors and officers, domestic and foreign banks and mortgage lenders in a variety of individual and class actions, and a multinational partnership in a proceeding involving accounting and valuation issues. Mr. Oliver has also prosecuted securities fraud claims on behalf of hedge funds and other institutional investors, and ERISA and securities fraud claims on behalf of a group of retired corporate directors. Mr. Oliver has significant experience representing both shareholders and corporations in proxy and consent solicitation contests, and in defending directors, officers, and professionals in connection with claims asserted by bankruptcy trustees and receivers.
Decisions
- Kounelis v. Sherrer, 529 F.Supp.2d 503 (D.N.J., 2008)
- In re Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Derivative Litigation, 2007 WL 4165389, (D.N.J. Nov 19, 2007)
- SASCO 1997 NI, LLC v. Zudkewich, 2007 WL 1827257, (N.J.Super.A.D. Jun 27, 2007)
- Davidco Investors, LLC v. Anchor Glass Container Corp., 2006 WL 2092280, (M.D.Fla. Jul 26, 2006)
- Abrams v. KPMG, LLP., 2006 WL 995610, (D.N.J. Apr 13, 2006)
- Abrams v. KPMG, LLP, 2006 WL 489504, (D.N.J. Feb 28, 2006)
- In re Interpool, Inc. Securities Litigation, 2005 WL 2000237, (D.N.J. Aug 17, 2005)
- S.E.C. v. Beacon Hill Asset Management LLC, 231 F.R.D. 134, (S.D.N.Y. Aug 03, 2004)
- General Trading Co., Inc. v. Royal Farms, Inc., 2003 WL 1936143, (S.D.N.Y. Apr 23, 2003)
- Correspondent Services Corp. v. J.V.W. Investments Ltd., 205 F.Supp.2d 191, (S.D.N.Y. May 30, 2002)
- S.E.C. v. Alejandro Duclaud Gonzalez de Castilla, 184 F.Supp.2d 365, (S.D.N.Y. Feb 08, 2002)
- S.E.C. v. Duclaud Gonzalez de Castilla, 170 F.Supp.2d 427, (S.D.N.Y. Nov 02, 2001)
- S.E.C. v. Gonzalez de Castilla, 145 F.Supp.2d 402, (S.D.N.Y. Jun 27, 2001)
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Matthew Oliver's pro bono work on the case of Kounelis v. Sherrer, in which he represented a prisoner who alleged he was beaten by corrections officers in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights, is highlighted. Mr. Oliver won a landmark ruling in favor of his client, obtaining an award of attorneys fees and an adverse inference jury instruction as a result of the defendants' spoliation of evidence.,
New Jersey Law Journal, January 9, 2008
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Matthew Oliver comments on a case in which he represented a prisoner who alleged he was beaten by corrections officers in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. After several years of hotly contested litigation, during which Mr. Oliver obtained a landmark ruling in favor of his client sanctioning the defendants for spoliation of evidence, Mr. Oliver's client was assaulted again on the eve of trial. The article discusses the evidentiary hearing that was conducted following this second assault.,
The Star Ledger, January 5, 2008
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Rutgers University School of Law - Newark
(J.D., 1997),
with honors, Order of the Coif
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
(B.A., 1994),
high honors
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New Jersey
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New York
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1997,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
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2001,
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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2001,
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
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2003,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
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2003,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
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