Chad Johnson is co-founding partner of Johnson Van Kwawegen. Chad was a Deputy Attorney General for the State of New York and led the State’s securities fraud prosecution bureau referred to as the Investor Protection Bureau. Chad was also a partner with the white shoe law firms of Latham & Watkins and Quinn Emanuel. Chad has the rare combination of deep experience as a securities fraud prosecutor, a plaintiffs’ attorney, and as a defense attorney. Chad has also successfully tried cases before numerous courts on behalf of investors.
Chad advises institutional and individual investors on all matters related to the recovery of funds resulting from securities fraud, corporate mismanagement, and other misconduct. Chad’s experience includes more than 30 years as securities litigator for the investing public, private investors, and defendants.
In his role as Deputy Attorney General for the State of New York and as a securities fraud prosecutor, Chad helped achieve historic RMBS recoveries of $16.65 billion from Bank of America and $13 billion from JPMorgan Chase. These are among the largest financial recoveries in U.S. history.
In the private sector, Chad’s work has resulted in over $10 billion in recoveries for investors, including:
$6+ billion recovered in the WorldCom securities litigation
$1 billion recovered in the Dell Class V litigation
$920 million recovered in the options backdating derivative suit against United Health
$627 million recovered in the Wachovia securities litigation
$311 million recovered in the Williams securities litigation
$208 million recovered in the Washington Mutual securities litigation
$122 million recovered in the Viacom stockholders’ litigation
$100 million recovered in the Pattern Energy stockholders’ litigation
Chad regularly advises asset managers, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds, public pension funds, hedge funds, and individual investors on strategies for recovering funds in the U.S. and abroad.
Chad earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
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