Curtis Ryan Crooke

• Represented a gaming company in a federal trial in the Southern District of New York alleging false advertising and deceptive business practices by a competitor, resulting in a successful jury verdict of $420 million and a final judgment of $729 million—the largest ever in Lanham Act history.
• Represented a major financial institution in an international arbitration seeking more than $400 million in damages against a contractual counterparty. Press coverage described the outcome as a “windfall” and “big win.”
• Represented a major national bank in a multidistrict litigation involving breach of contract and consumer protection claims concerning interest rates on savings account products.
• Represented two hedge funds in a trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery involving a disputed multibillion-dollar stock authorization by a public company
• Represented an activist hedge fund in a Section 220 lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery against a multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate
• Representing a publicly traded medical device company in multiple ongoing federal securities lawsuits alleging misstatements in securities registration materials
• Represented a major financial institution in an ongoing international arbitration concerning control of digital infrastructure assets in Central and South America, including successful emergency arbitration proceedings

Curtis Crooke's practice focuses on contractual disputes and other complex commercial litigation. His experience includes pre-litigation disputes as well as representing both plaintiffs and defendants in arbitration and in trial- and appellate-level litigation.