Mr. Kreissman is a Litigation Partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Palo Alto office. His practice focuses on securities litigation, antitrust litigation, internal investigations, and accounting/tax litigation. He is the Firm’s senior West Coast litigator specializing in these areas.

Mr. Kreissman currently represents clients in several major securities litigation matters. His current and/or recent securities litigation matters include work relating to Adams Golf, BEA Systems, Bre-X Mining, Cendant, Clorox, Credit Suisse First Boston, drugstore.com, Goldman Sachs, Infineon AG, Intel, JDS Uniphase, Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Peak International Ltd, and SiRF Technology.

Mr. Kreissman also represents numerous clients in direct and derivative litigations related to mergers or acquisitions. His recent clients include BankWest, Blum Capital, C.B. Richard Ellis, Captaris, Getty Images, Goodman Global, Hellman & Friedman, Silver Lake Partners, SiRF Technology, and Veritas Software.

Mr. Kreissman serves or has served as counsel to numerous Special Litigation Committees and Audit Committees in connection with various civil, criminal and regulatory matters, including work for Archer Daniels Midland, BEA Systems, Clorox, LDK Solar, Levi Strauss, Oracle, VeriFone and Westar Energy. Mr. Kreissman has also conducted numerous other internal investigations for companies relating to accounting issues, tax issues, regulatory compliance and employment related matters.

In addition to his securities litigation practice, Mr. Kreissman is also a seasoned antitrust litigator, who was recently named one of the best antitrust lawyers in the Bay Area by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine. He has worked on a number of antitrust matters with a particular emphasis on the representation of corporations accused of price-fixing or other anticompetitive behavior. His current and recent matters include representations of Elpida Memory Inc. (DRAM), Virgin Atlantic Airlines (airline fuel surcharge), Appleton Papers, Inc. (fax paper), and Haynes International (high nickel alloy steel).

Mr. Kreissman has tried a number of cases involving complex antitrust, securities, accounting and tax issues. He is also a regular lecturer on both antitrust and securities litigation matters to lawyers, law students, and public company directors.

Mr. Kreissman has been a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP since 1997. He received his A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1984 and his J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1987, where he was awarded the Order of the Coif. He was a law clerk to the Honorable Albert J. Engel, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1987 to 1988. He is admitted to practice in New York and California, as well as numerous federal courts across the country.

Honors/Associations

•	Named one of the best antitrust lawyers in the Bay Area by Bay Area Lawyer Magazine
•	The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
•	American Bar Association
•	Recipient, Thurgood Marshall Award from a Pro Bono Case from the Bar Association of New York

Publications

•	SEC Announces Significant New Initiatives to Encourage Cooperation in Investigations and Enforcement Actions
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
•	The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	The Supreme Court Rejects "Scheme" Liability For Secondary Actors In The Absence Of Actual Reliance On The Deceptive Conduct Or A Separate Duty To Speak
•	First U.K. Criminal Charges Are Brought Against Cartel Participants Following DOJ Plea Agreements in the U.S.
•	EU Commission Dawn Raids Companies for Alleged Gun-Jumping Violations
•	Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Expanding Securities Fraud Liability to Secondary Actors Based on Allegedly Fraudulent, Arm's Length Business Transactions
•	The European Court of First Instance Upholds the European Commission’s Finding that Microsoft Abused its Dominant Position
•	Supreme Court Holds That Minimum Resale Price Maintenance is Not a Per Se Violation of Antitrust Law
•	Supreme Court Adopts Heightened Standard for Pleading Scienter in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	Supreme Court Rules that IPO Litigation is Immune from Antitrust Scrutiny

Speaking Engagements

•	Simpson Thacher Attorneys to Speak at Los Angeles Directors Roundtable April 21, 2008

Admissions

•	New York 1989
•	California 2000
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1989
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1989
•	U.S. District Court Central District of California
•	U.S. District Court Northern District of California
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of California
•	U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit 1995
•	U.S. Tax Court 1994

Clerkships

•	Law Clerk to The Honorable Albert J. Engel, Chief Judge, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education

•	University of Virginia School of Law, 1987 J.D. Order of the Coif; Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review
•	Dartmouth College, 1984 B.A. magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa