Overview
PHILIP BABLER represents shareholders and whistleblowers in matters involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and public company shareholder derivative litigation.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Babler practiced at an AmLaw 50 firm where he represented directors and officers in cases involving, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty claims, governance issues, M&A litigation, federal securities claims, and insider trading investigations. Mr. Babler brings insights from this experience representing directors and officers to his shareholder practice. Mr. Babler has been repeatedly recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch®.
In addition to his public company work, Mr. Babler has significant experience representing shareholders in privately held companies who are being squeezed out of family businesses. Mr. Babler also has substantial appellate experience, having briefed and argued appeals in state and federal appellate courts around the country.
After law school, Mr. Babler clerked for Justice David T. Prosser, Jr. on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Mr. Babler graduated from Marquette University Law School and is admitted to practice in Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Seventh Circuit, and the Eighth Circuit, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.