Attorneys

r. DeLange practices in the firm's California office, where he focuses on complex litigation in state and federal courts nationwide. Mr. DeLange regularly represents institutions and individuals in class actions, derivative cases and direct actions. He is a senior member of the team prosecuting the securities class action against Washington Mutual and certain of its former officers and directors for alleged fraudulent conduct in the thrift’s home lending operation. He is also a senior member of the team representing investors who were harmed by the abusive practices of the many players in the mortgage lending arena. Mr. DeLange is currently representing numerous institutions that invested directly in mortgage-backed securities, including mortgage pass-through class actions against Wells Fargo, Bear Stearns, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, and Goldman Sachs.

Since joining the firm, Mr. DeLange has prosecuted and successfully resolved a number of prominent securities class actions. Most recently, he served as co-lead counsel on behalf of institutional investors in In re Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. Securities Litigation, which settled for $173 million and represents the largest stock option backdating settlement reached in the Ninth Circuit and the third-largest backdating settlement overall. Among other major cases are In re McKesson Securities Litigation, which settled before trial for a total of over $1.04 billion, the largest settlement amount in history for any securities class action within the Ninth Circuit; In re Accredo Health, Inc., which settled less than 6 weeks before trial for $33 million; In re HCA, Inc., which settled for $20 million; and In re Network Associates Securities Litigation, which settled for $70 million.

Mr. DeLange has also authored and co-authored several articles concerning securities litigation and class actions.