Francis J. Menton Jr. Partner MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8246 F 212-728-9246

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Francis J. Menton, Jr. is a partner in the Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the Business Litigation Practice Group of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York.  Mr. Menton specializes in complex and technical commercial litigation, principally contract and securities claims.  He has a nationwide trial practice, and has tried cases in state and federal courts including Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Puerto Rico, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

Mr. Menton is the author of “New Opportunities for Defendants in Securities Class Actions,” Engage (Fall 2007), “Can You Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft?” New York Law Journal (April 29, 2002), and “Top Ten Federal Government Efforts to Suppress Free Speech,” Federalist Society Free Speech and Election Law News (Summer 2000, 1999, 1998).  He also authored “Evaluating Claims Under The Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,” New York Law Journal (January 6, 1996). 

Mr. Menton is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Federalist Society.

• In re Loral ERISA Litigation  (ERISA class action; representing officers and directors of Loral)
  
  
• Mueller Industries v. Berkman  (executive employment litigation; representing Mueller)
  
  
• NSM Steel Securities Litigation (representation of John Schultes, former CEO of NSM Steel, in securities litigation arising out of financing of steel facility in Thailand)
  
  
• Ferguson v Hannover Re (contract litigation; representing former shareholders of Clarendon Insurance Company)
  
  
• BCS Insurance Co. v. Guy Carpenter & Co. (professional negligence claim; representing Guy Carpenter)
  
  
• Suitt Construction v. Bank of Nova Scotia (lien priority dispute; representing Bank of Nova Scotia)
  
  
• Reliance Insurance Company (claims against former directors; representing outside directors)
  
  
• Globalstar Telecommunications, Ltd. (securities class action; representing defendant Bernard Schwartz
  
  
• Space Systems/Loral v. Yuzhnoye (contract dispute; representing claimant)
  
  
• AGV Productions v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (contract dispute; representing MGM)
  
  
• In re Graeme, Ltd. bankruptcy (representing Bank of New York as indenture trustee)
  
  
• Marvel Entertainment bankruptcy (representing Creditors’ Committee)
  
  
• Filetech v. France Telecom (antitrust litigation; representing France Telecom)
  
  
• Acosta v. Citibank (lender liability litigation; representing Citibank)
  
  
• Glennie v. Abitibi-Price (professional malpractice - actuaries; representing William M. Mercer, Inc.)
  
  
• Austin Indus. v. William M. Mercer, Inc. (professional malpractice - actuaries; representing William M. Mercer, Inc.)
  
  
• Orion Pictures Corp. v. Showtime Networks, Inc. (contract dispute; representing Orion Pictures Corp.)
  
  
• Murex Diagnostics Corp. v. Abbott Laboratories (patent litigation; representing Murex Diagnostics Corp.)
  
  
• APS Holdings Corp. (bankruptcy litigation, representing debtors)
  
  
• MCC Proceeds v. Whitman & Ransom (professional malpractice; representing Administrators of Maxwell Communication Corp.)
  
  
• Global DirectMail v. Royal Bank of Canada (contract dispute; representing Royal Bank)
  
  
• In re Student Loan Litigation (contract dispute; representing Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.)
  
  
• AT&T v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield (contract dispute; representing Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield)