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Taylor Washburn

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Taylor Washburn focuses his practice on securities and corporate governance litigation, and investigations by the SEC, FINRA and state regulators.

Professional Experience

Lane Powell PC

Shareholder (2021-Present)
Associate (2015-2021)

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Associate (2007-2009)

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Law Clerk for the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter (2009-2011)

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Visiting Professor (2011-2012)

Thought Leadership

January 1, 2021News
Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders and Counsel to the Firm
Firm Announcement
August 1, 2017News
Washburn Quoted in Law360 About Antitrust Takeaways in Petrobras Ruling
In the News
July 21, 2017Publication
Second Circuit Applies Morrison to Rule 23 Predominance Analysis, in In re Petrobras Securities, but Rejects Third Circuit's "Heightened" Ascertainability Requirement (July 7, 2017)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
June 22, 2017Publication
1st Circuit Clarifies Scienter Requirements
Law360
May 1, 2017Publication
First Circuit Holds that Scienter Requires Knowledge That Non-Disclosure Risked Misleading Investors, Not Just Knowledge of Omitted Facts, in Brennan v. Zafgen, Inc. (April 7, 2017)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
January 20, 2017Publication
Great Expectations: First Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Complaint Challenging Unrealized Projections, in Ganem v. InVivo (January 9, 2017)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
November 21, 2016News
Washburn Admitted to Washington State Bar
Awards & Honors
June 14, 2016Publication
Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal on Scienter Grounds in Doshi v. Gen'l Cable Corp. (May 24, 2016)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
June 7, 2016Publication
Eighth Circuit Becomes First Appeals Court to Interpret Halliburton II in IBEW Local 98 Pension Fund, et al. v. Best Buy Co., Inc. (April 12, 2016)
Securities Litigation Legal Update
March 11, 2015Event / CLE
Overview of Securities Regulation in the United States
Jinan University | Guangzhou, China
June 13, 2014Publication
East Asia’s Ultimate Geopolitical Puzzle
The National Interest
2014Publication
The Pivot to Asia: Fifteen Interviews on America’s Pacific Future
May 7, 2012Event / CLE
An Introduction to IP Litigation in the United States
Seoul National University | South Korea
March 23, 2012Event / CLE
Intellectual Property for Business Leaders
Seoul National University | South Korea
December 23, 2011Event / CLE
The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: An American Perspective
KAIST Intellectual Property Strategy Workshop

Practices & Industries

Antitrust, Competition, & Trade
Commercial Litigation
Investigations, Compliance & White Collar
Securities & Corporate Governance Litigation

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2007
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, M.I.P.P., 2019
Bowdoin College, A.B., with high honors, 2004
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Pierce Memorial Prize for Legal Study
- Davis Award in Constitutional Law

Admissions

Washington
Massachusetts
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Languages

Korean (Limited working proficiency)
Japanese (Limited working proficiency)

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