Labaton Sucharow LLP announced the addition of partner Michael P. Canty, and of counsel Thomas P. Preston and Ian “Connor” Bifferato, to the firm’s roster of litigators. The three attorneys bring experience to the firm’s team in the Securities and Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Litigation practices.
With more than 40 years of experience, Thomas P. Preston is based out of the firm’s Delaware office and focuses on analyzing and resolving commercial disputes through mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Preston’s background covers several practice areas, including corporate governance, shareholder rights, securities, antitrust, fiduciary duties, bankruptcy, and other financial and regulatory matters, as well as in higher education legal matters. Before his new role at the Firm, Preston served as General Counsel for Delaware State University.
Joining the firm’s Wilmington, Delaware office, Bifferato has over 20 years of experience representing investors in corporate governance and transactional matters, including class action and derivative litigation. Bifferato has worked among a broad range of practice areas, including commercial and complex litigation, alternative dispute resolution, business reorganization, creditors’ rights, and commercial bankruptcy.
Working in the Firm’s New York hub, Canty, a former Assistant United States Attorney who served in the Eastern District of New York, has more than a decade of trial experience in national security, white collar crime, and cybercrime matters.
