Darin P. McAtee is a partner in Cravath’s Litigation Department. He has handled a wide variety of litigation cases, including intellectual property, real estate, antitrust, insurance, employment, ERISA, securities and contract matters.
Most recently, Mr. McAtee has represented Johnson & Johnson and Novartis in a licensing dispute that was tried to an arbitration panel in May 2010; Royal KPN in takeover litigation that was tried in September 2009 in Delaware; Novartis in various employment matters and in an appeal to the Second Circuit on a contract matter; Credit Suisse in subprime and Enron-related securities litigation; Par Pharmaceutical in a licensing dispute that was tried in December 2008; Dooney & Bourke in three trademark infringement matters; Qualcomm in various patent, contract and antitrust matters; and Guess?, Inc. in a real estate contract dispute. Mr. McAtee is also the Engagement Partner for the Firm’s participation in DuPont’s primary law firm network, and has represented DuPont in three securities matters, and also as a plaintiff in several insurance coverage disputes, ultimately collecting in excess of $50 million for DuPont.
Earlier in his career, Mr. McAtee was part of a trial team which represented Bristol-Myers in an insurance coverage dispute against more than a dozen insurers, in which Bristol-Myers ultimately recovered in excess of $100 million; and Mr. McAtee was part of a trial team in an antitrust matter alleging price fixing, which resulted in a defense verdict for Mr. McAtee’s client.
Mr. McAtee also works extensively with inMotion, a group that helps disadvantaged women find pro bono legal representation for a variety of family law matters, including child support and domestic violence cases. In 2000, Mr. McAtee won this organization’s Commitment to Justice Award, and in 2009 he was elected to inMotion’s Board of Directors. In 2007, Mr. McAtee handled a pro bono criminal matter, where he conducted an eight-day evidentiary hearing with 23 witnesses; the court vacated the homicide conviction and awarded the client a new trial. In 2008, Mr. McAtee represented two Sudanese boys in their successful efforts to obtain asylum in the United States. Mr. McAtee was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of Lutheran Healthcare in Brooklyn, New York. He co-authored Intellectual Property Law Answer Book 2011-12, published by the Practising Law Institute.
Mr. McAtee was born in Hays, Kansas. He received a B.A. with Highest Distinction from the University of Kansas in 1988 and a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1991, where he was an Articles Editor of the Law Review. Following graduation, Mr. McAtee served as law clerk to Hon. Stanley F. Birch, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. McAtee joined Cravath in 1992 and became a partner in 2004.
Mr. McAtee may be reached by phone at 212-474-1480 or by email at dmcatee@cravath.com.