Overview
Raj Mathur represents plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes litigation around the nation. Raj has litigated in many practice areas, including securities, breach of contract, employment, antitrust, and inheritance disputes. And he has experience successfully handling every area of litigation: he has taken and defended many depositions, argued motions, presented witnesses at trial, and won appeals.
“Raj’s ability to establish a thorough understanding of the very complex issues in the case and shape them into a winning strategy distinguished him as an outstanding litigator.”
– Private equity executive
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
In 2023, Raj represented Kevin Brown in Delaware Chancery Court in a dispute related to wrongfully withheld compensation. Raj led discovery efforts, took critical depositions, argued and won motions, and put on the first witness at trial. The case resulted in a complete victory for Brown (and is currently on appeal). Read more.
Raj also represents a putative class of investors in securities litigation against Grant Cardone. In 2022, Raj prevailed at the Ninth Circuit when he persuaded the Court to reverse the district court’s dismissal of this case. The Ninth Circuit’s ruling created important precedent protecting investors, making clear that issuers on social media are “sellers” under the Securities Act of 1933 and therefore subject to liability for untrue statements.
Raj now represents more than 25 plaintiffs in In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Litigation, an antitrust MDL pending in federal court in Washington, D.C. who allege the nation’s major freight railroads conspired to fix prices by imposing rate-based fuel surcharges in the 2000s. Raj has taken and defended significant depositions in this matter.
BACKGROUND
Raj joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Stephanos Bibas of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge Alison J. Nathan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from New York University School of Law, where he served as an editor of the NYU Law Review. Before that, he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from New York University.
Raj also volunteers to coach Benjamin Cardozo High School’s moot court team in the annual NYC MENTOR Moot Court Competition.
