Biography
Morgan Donoian MacBride is an associate in Weil’s Litigation Department, where he has substantial experience in a broad range of complex commercial litigation disputes, including consumer and shareholder class actions, as well as derivative litigation and governmental enforcement actions.
Morgan has handled all aspects of complex litigation proceedings, including fact and expert discovery, depositions, motion practice, hearings, trials, and appeals, for matters involving consumer protection statutes, securities laws, product liability, intellectual property, Proposition 65, and bankruptcy claims.
Some of his recent notable experience includes serving on teams representing:
- A national retail chain in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of consumer protection statutes;
- A publicly-traded retailer of health and fitness products in a class action lawsuit alleging violations of consumer protection statutes;
- Executives of an international gaming and hospitality corporation in a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging violations of securities laws;
- A Fortune 100 pharmaceutical distributor in a derivative lawsuit alleging violations of securities laws;
- The former CEO of a publicly-traded company in a shareholder class action lawsuit alleging violations of securities laws;
- A publicly-traded footwear company in a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement before the International Trade Commission and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;
- A publicly-traded oil and natural gas exploration and production company in its chapter 11 cases involving approximately $4.9 billion in funded debt obligations, including in successful trials over contested backstop/plan support agreements and contested plan confirmation; and
- A national fitness chain in its chapter 11 cases involving approximately $1.4 billion of funded debt.
Morgan received a B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Southern California, and a J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern School of Law.