Four Decades for Justice
Darin P. McAtee retired from Cravath’s Litigation Department in December 2021. Throughout his career, he handled a wide variety of litigation cases, including antitrust, contract, employment, environmental, ERISA, insurance, intellectual property, product liability, real estate and securities matters. Mr. McAtee is an experienced trial lawyer, having represented clients at both jury and bench trials before federal and state courts across the country, as well as trials before arbitration panels. His clients included several major corporations in the aerospace and aviation, consumer products, energy, pharmaceuticals and technology industries.
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 a 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 was elected a partner in 2004.
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 a 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 was elected a partner in 2004.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2022
On September 1, 2022, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) ruled in favor of Cravath client Illumina, rejecting the FTC’s challenge to Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL, which closed in August 2021.
Deals & Cases
July 11, 2012
On July 3, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled that Cravath client NCR Corporation was not liable as an “arranger” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the “Superfund Statute.” Based on testimony and evidence presented during a seven-day bench trial in February 2012, Judge William Griesbach decided that NCR and facilities previously owned by NCR had not “arranged” for the disposal of hazardous waste into the Fox River in Wisconsin through the sale of PCB-containing paper scrap that resulted from the manufacturing of carbonless copy paper. This ruling saves NCR from approximately $100 million in liability to other corporations for the remediation of the Fox River and may have important implications in other actions, including a pending lawsuit brought by corporations seeking reimbursement for remediation of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.
Deals & Cases
June 03, 2011
On May 24, 2011, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court affirmed the New York Supreme Court’s decision to vacate Kareem Bellamy’s conviction for second degree murder and grant him a new trial. Mr. Bellamy was convicted of second degree murder in 1995. Cravath agreed to represent him on a pro bono basis in 2005. Following an extensive, two-year investigation of his case, the Cravath team filed a motion to vacate Mr. Bellamy’s conviction. The motion was based on numerous grounds, including newly discovered evidence that he did not commit the murder. In June 2008, after months of evidentiary hearings, the New York Supreme Court vacated Mr. Bellamy’s conviction and granted him a new trial, based primarily on the fact that another man had recently confessed to the murder. In August 2008, after spending over 14 years in prison, Mr. Bellamy was released on bail. In October 2008, the People filed a motion to renew and set aside the court’s decision to vacate Mr. Bellamy’s conviction. The court denied that motion in January 2010, again finding that newly discovered evidence required a new trial. In February 2011, the People appealed the court’s decision to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. After extensive briefing and lengthy oral argument, the Appellate Division affirmed the lower court’s decision in a unanimous order.
Deals & Cases
July 28, 2010
On July 27, 2010, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of Cravath client Credit Suisse Group and its senior officers, dismissing the Section 10(b) securities fraud claims of all U.S. plaintiffs who purchased Credit Suisse common stock on the Swiss Stock Exchange. This is one of the first decisions to implement the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank, which ruled that investors could not invoke the widely used federal securities law Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 after they buy and sell shares of foreign companies on non-U.S. exchanges. Plaintiffs argued that Morrison should be limited to foreign purchasers, but Cravath successfully argued that the bright-line test announced in Morrison also applied to U.S. purchasers who purchased securities listed on a foreign exchange.
Deals & Cases
June 11, 2010
On June 10, 2010, the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York accepted the settlement by New York State in Lewis v. Burroughs, pursuant to which Stephen Lewis will be paid $300,000. The Honorable John Gleeson appointed Cravath to represent Mr. Lewis, then an inmate, in his lawsuit against four New York state prison guards for violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Mr. Lewis alleged that, while he was an inmate at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, he was subjected to a sexual assault during a pat frisk by a prison guard, while three other guards watched and failed to intervene. Following three days of a trial consisting of three different phases, the jury entered a verdict of liability against all four guards and awarded compensatory and punitive damages to Mr. Lewis. Despite testimony by all four guards that nothing had happened, the jury found Mr. Lewis’s testimony to be credible. The final phase of trial, against the Superintendent of the prison for failure to supervise, was ongoing when New York State decided to settle. In accepting the settlement, the Court noted that the trial had revealed “systemic problems in the management of Arthur Kill facility . . . [that] contribute to an environment that allows the abuse of inmates to go unpunished.”
Accolades
January 10, 2023
On January 6, 2023, retired Cravath partner Darin P. McAtee was named among Lawdragon’s 2023 class of “Hall of Fame” lawyers, described by Lawdragon as “individuals who dedicated their careers to the legal profession, each in his or her own way, to find a way forward to a better future.”
Darin P. McAtee retired from Cravath’s Litigation Department in December 2021. Throughout his career, he handled a wide variety of litigation cases, including antitrust, contract, employment, environmental, ERISA, insurance, intellectual property, product liability, real estate and securities matters. Mr. McAtee is an experienced trial lawyer, having represented clients at both jury and bench trials before federal and state courts across the country, as well as trials before arbitration panels. His clients included several major corporations in the aerospace and aviation, consumer products, energy, pharmaceuticals and technology industries.
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 a 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 was elected a partner in 2004.
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 a 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 was elected a partner in 2004.
Deals & Cases
September 02, 2022
On September 1, 2022, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) ruled in favor of Cravath client Illumina, rejecting the FTC’s challenge to Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of GRAIL, which closed in August 2021.
Deals & Cases
July 11, 2012
On July 3, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ruled that Cravath client NCR Corporation was not liable as an “arranger” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the “Superfund Statute.” Based on testimony and evidence presented during a seven-day bench trial in February 2012, Judge William Griesbach decided that NCR and facilities previously owned by NCR had not “arranged” for the disposal of hazardous waste into the Fox River in Wisconsin through the sale of PCB-containing paper scrap that resulted from the manufacturing of carbonless copy paper. This ruling saves NCR from approximately $100 million in liability to other corporations for the remediation of the Fox River and may have important implications in other actions, including a pending lawsuit brought by corporations seeking reimbursement for remediation of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan.
Deals & Cases
June 03, 2011
On May 24, 2011, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court affirmed the New York Supreme Court’s decision to vacate Kareem Bellamy’s conviction for second degree murder and grant him a new trial. Mr. Bellamy was convicted of second degree murder in 1995. Cravath agreed to represent him on a pro bono basis in 2005. Following an extensive, two-year investigation of his case, the Cravath team filed a motion to vacate Mr. Bellamy’s conviction. The motion was based on numerous grounds, including newly discovered evidence that he did not commit the murder. In June 2008, after months of evidentiary hearings, the New York Supreme Court vacated Mr. Bellamy’s conviction and granted him a new trial, based primarily on the fact that another man had recently confessed to the murder. In August 2008, after spending over 14 years in prison, Mr. Bellamy was released on bail. In October 2008, the People filed a motion to renew and set aside the court’s decision to vacate Mr. Bellamy’s conviction. The court denied that motion in January 2010, again finding that newly discovered evidence required a new trial. In February 2011, the People appealed the court’s decision to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. After extensive briefing and lengthy oral argument, the Appellate Division affirmed the lower court’s decision in a unanimous order.
Deals & Cases
July 28, 2010
On July 27, 2010, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings in favor of Cravath client Credit Suisse Group and its senior officers, dismissing the Section 10(b) securities fraud claims of all U.S. plaintiffs who purchased Credit Suisse common stock on the Swiss Stock Exchange. This is one of the first decisions to implement the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Morrison v. National Australia Bank, which ruled that investors could not invoke the widely used federal securities law Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 after they buy and sell shares of foreign companies on non-U.S. exchanges. Plaintiffs argued that Morrison should be limited to foreign purchasers, but Cravath successfully argued that the bright-line test announced in Morrison also applied to U.S. purchasers who purchased securities listed on a foreign exchange.
Deals & Cases
June 11, 2010
On June 10, 2010, the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York accepted the settlement by New York State in Lewis v. Burroughs, pursuant to which Stephen Lewis will be paid $300,000. The Honorable John Gleeson appointed Cravath to represent Mr. Lewis, then an inmate, in his lawsuit against four New York state prison guards for violation of his Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. Mr. Lewis alleged that, while he was an inmate at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, he was subjected to a sexual assault during a pat frisk by a prison guard, while three other guards watched and failed to intervene. Following three days of a trial consisting of three different phases, the jury entered a verdict of liability against all four guards and awarded compensatory and punitive damages to Mr. Lewis. Despite testimony by all four guards that nothing had happened, the jury found Mr. Lewis’s testimony to be credible. The final phase of trial, against the Superintendent of the prison for failure to supervise, was ongoing when New York State decided to settle. In accepting the settlement, the Court noted that the trial had revealed “systemic problems in the management of Arthur Kill facility . . . [that] contribute to an environment that allows the abuse of inmates to go unpunished.”
Accolades
January 10, 2023
On January 6, 2023, retired Cravath partner Darin P. McAtee was named among Lawdragon’s 2023 class of “Hall of Fame” lawyers, described by Lawdragon as “individuals who dedicated their careers to the legal profession, each in his or her own way, to find a way forward to a better future.”
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