Bio
Mr. Huffman is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Governance and Shareholder Rights Practice Group.
Mr. Huffman is a seasoned litigator with significant trial experience and a proven track record of achieving unprecedent results in shareholder class and derivative actions. For example, Mr. Huffman was co-lead counsel in In re Facebook, Inc. S’holder Litig., which brought claims against Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and other Facebook fiduciaries in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This was the first Caremark case to ever go to trial, with Mr. Huffman and his colleagues achieving a historic mid-trial settlement. Mr. Huffman was also a member of the lead counsel group and trial team in In re Dole Food Co., Inc. S’holder Litig., where the Delaware Court of Chancery awarded over $148 million damages, making it the largest monetary judgment ever levied corporate director in the history of that court.
Mr. Huffman is also actively involved legal having education, having taught courses and lectured on shareholder litigation and investor rights at several top universities.
Highlights
- Titan of the Industry by The American Lawyer
- Winning Litigator by The National Law Journal
- Member of the Daily Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” list
- Actively involved with legal education and regularly teaches courses on stockholder litigation
Admissions
- California
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California
Representative Cases
- In re Alphabet, Inc. S’holder Litig. : 3:21-cv-9388-RFL (N.D. Cal) ($500 million to fund overhaul of Alphabet’s global compliance program)
- In re Dole Food Co., Inc. S’holder Litig.,A. No. 9079-VCL (Del. Ch.) ($148 million post-trial damages award)
- In re Tesla Motors, Inc. S’holder Litig.,A. No. 12711-VCS (Del. Ch.)($60 million)
- In re Facebook, Inc. Deriv. Litig.,A. No. 2018-0307-JTL (Del. Ch.)
- In re The Boeing Company Deriv. Litig, A. 2024-1210-MTZ (Del. Ch.)
Education
- Gonzaga University School of Law, (J.D., 2009)
- California State University, Sacramento, (B.A., 2005)