Walter Carlson

• Shareholder Derivative Demands and Suits
• Securities Litigation and SEC Enforcement
• Securities Enforcement
• Private Securities Litigation
• M&A Litigation

• M&A and D&O Litigation
• Internal Investigations
• Insider Trading
• Financial, Securities and Accountants Liability Appeals
• Financial Reporting and Disclosures
• D&O Liability/Fiduciary Duty Litigation

Illinois

Since 1980

Illinois

Since 1992

Illinois

Since 1978

Illinois 1978

Wisconsin

Since 1992

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit 1995

U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit 1999

U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit 2004

U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 1991

U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit 2007

U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2000

U.S. District Court, E.D. of Wisconsin 1992

U.S. District Court, N.D. of Illinois - General 1980

U.S. District Court, N.D. of Illinois - Trial Bar 1992

U.S. Supreme Court 1991

Partner

Sidley Austin LLP

Current

Harvard Law School

J.D

1978

magna cum laude

Yale University

B.A

1975

magna cum laude

Current

Activities: American Bar Association

Current

Activities: Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Current

Activities: American Judicature Society and the Supreme Court Historical Society