Jonathan Youngwood is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department.  He has represented financial institutions and other clients in a wide range of high-profile complex commercial litigation matters, including securities, corporate control, antitrust and ERISA disputes.  Mr. Youngwood has been involved in litigations involving The Blackstone Group, Bank of Montreal, Enron, Focus Media, Goldman Sachs, HCA, JPMorgan Chase, KKR, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, PXRE, UBS, among many others.

Chambers and Partners has recognized Mr. Youngwood as a leading securities litigator, describing him as a “smart, focused and creative lawyer who brings the required intensity to the job” and “a detail-oriented litigator with the ability to get to the nub of an issue.”  The Legal 500 has called him “[o]ne of the up-and-coming stars of the team.”  Mr. Youngwood was featured in Securities Law 360’s 2007 “10 under 40” series.  Mr. Youngwood is a frequent contributor to legal publications and speaker at the Practising Law Institute and other events.  He is the Co-chair of PLI’s annual Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute and is a contributor to the Securities Law Practice Center.  He recently received the Burton Award for Achievement in Legal Writing for his article “New Plausibility Standard Impacts Pleading in Employee Benefits Cases,” which was published in BNA, Inc.’s Pension & Benefits Daily in April 2010.  Among a number of significant pro bono achievements, Mr. Youngwood served on the Simpson Thacher team that achieved a finding (after a seven-month trial) that the New York City public schools fail to provide a constitutionally adequate education.

Mr. Youngwood received his B.A. with honors from Brown University in 1990. He received his J.D. in 1994 with honors from the University of Chicago, where he served as Comments Editor of The University of Chicago Law Review. He also holds a Masters Degree (1992) from the University of Chicago in Public Policy. Mr. Youngwood joined Simpson Thacher in 1995 following a one-year clerkship with The Honorable Dennis G. Jacobs of United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was elected a partner in 2002.

Publications

•	Securities Law Alert, January 2012
•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Securities Law Alert, December 2011
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	Securities Law Alert, November 2011
•	Bruce D. Angiolillo, Jonathan K. Youngwood and Jason B. Gumer, Lower Courts Seek to Answer Janus's Open Questions, Westlaw Journal: Securities Litigation Report (November 2011)
•	Securities Law Alert, October 2011
•	Second Circuit Holds That The Moench Presumption of Prudence Applies To ERISA Stock Drop Suits
•	Securities Law Alert, September 2011
•	Securities Law Alert, August 2011
•	Bruce D. Angiolillo and Jonathan K. Youngwood, The Janus Decision: Rule 10b-5 Liability Limited to Persons of Entities Making Alleged Misstatements, Westlaw Journal: Securities Litigation Report (July/August 2011)
•	Securities Law Alert, July 2011
•	Securities Law Alert, June 2011
•	The Supreme Court Limits Rule 10b-5 Liability to Person or Entity Making Alleged Misstatement
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Loss Causation Requirement at Class Certification Stage
•	Securities Law Alert, May 2011
•	The Supreme Court Holds that Reformation of ERISA Plan Terms Due to False or Misleading Plan Summaries Does Not Strictly Require a Showing of Detrimental Reliance
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood and Christopher R. Kelly, Supreme Court Considers Need for Loss Causation Proof at Time of Class Certification, Westlaw Journal: Corporate Officers & Directors Liability (May 2011)
•	Securities Law Alert, April 2011
•	The Supreme Court Considers Loss Causation at Time of Class Certification
•	Securities Law Alert, March 2011
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	The Plausibility Standard and Its Impact on Pleading in ERISA Cases, The Bureau of National Affairs Inc:  ERISA Compliance & Enforcement Library (March 2011)
•	Securities Law Alert, February 2011
•	Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report – January 2011
•	Securities Law Alert, January 2011
•	Joseph M. McLaughlin, Jonathan K. Youngwood and Paul C. Gluckow, Case Study: Matrixx Initiatives Inc. V. Siracusano, Law360 (January 18, 2011). Christopher R. Kelly contributed to this article.
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Bruce D. Angiolillo and Jonathan K. Youngwood, The Janus Debate: The Supreme Court May Clarify the Boundaries of Secondary Actor Liability under § 10(b), Westlaw Journal: Securities Litigation Report (December 2010/January 2011)
•	Securities Law Alert, December 2010
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Liability of Investment Advisers in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Examines Requirements for ERISA Plan Beneficiaries to Recover Additional Benefits Based on Inconsistency Between the Plan’s Summary Plan Description and the Plan Itself
•	Securities Law Alert, November 2010
•	Class Action Lawsuits Involving Foreign Claimants, Practising Law Institute (2010)
•	Securities Law Alert, October 2010
•	Securities Law Alert, September 2010
•	The Effect of Twombly and IQBAL on ERISA Stock-Drop Cases, Practising Law Institute (2010)
•	Cash Balance Plans – The Present Landscape, Practising Law Institute (2010)
•	Bruce D. Angiolillo and Jonathan K. Youngwood, Morrison v. NAB Decided: The Supreme Court Reject the Extraterritorial Application of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, Westlaw Journal: Securities Litigation Report (July/August 2010)
•	The Supreme Court Affirms the Constitutional Validity of the PCAOB; Strikes Down “Double For-Cause” Removal Provisions as Unconstitutional
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood and Peter H. Bresnan, Supreme Court Rejects 'Inquiry Notice' as Trigger of Limitations Period in Securities Fraud Cases, Westlaw Journal: Corporate Officers & Directors Liability (May 2010)
•	The Supreme Court Rejects “Inquiry Notice” as Trigger to Start Running the Statute of Limitations in Securities Fraud Cases
•	New Plausibility Standard Impacts Pleading in Employee Benefits Cases
•	The Supreme Court Requires Deference to Plan Administrator’s Interpretation of ERISA Plan Notwithstanding Administrator’s Prior Invalid Interpretation
•	The Supreme Court Adopts the Gartenberg Standard to Determine Whether an Investment Adviser Breached its Fiduciary Duty in Approving Fees
•	Starr v. SONY BMG Music Entertainment: The Second Circuit's Misapplication of Twombly in a Section 1 Sherman Act Conspiracy Case Alleging Parallel Conduct
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the United States Securities Laws in “Foreign-Cubed” Cases
•	The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases, Financial Fraud Law Report (February 2010)
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood and Peter H. Bresnan, Hearing Merck:  The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases, in Securities Litigation Report:  Volume 7, Issue 1 (December/January 2010)
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Standards Governing the Interpretation of ERISA Plans
•	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
•	Class Action Lawsuits Involving Foreign Claimants, Practising Law Institute (2009)
•	Consideration of the Underlying Merits as Part of the Class Certification Analysis, Practising Law Institute (2009)
•	The Application of Twombly and Iqbal to ERISA 401(k) Stock-Drop Cases, Practising Law Institute (2009)
•	The Application of Twombly, Iqbal, Dura and Tellabs to the Securities Act of 1933, Practising Law Institute (2009)
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	Due Diligence as a Litigation Defense, Practising Law Institute (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
•	An Overview of Removing and Remanding Cases Originally Filed in State Courts, Practising Law Institute (2007, 2008)
•	Due Diligence as a Defense in Securities Litigation, Practising Law Institute (2008)
•	Interlocutory Appeals of Class Certification Decisions under Rule 23(f), Practising Law Institute (2008)
•	Class Action Lawsuits Involving Foreign Claimants, Practising Law Institute (2008)
•	Current Litigation Issues Involving Cash Balance Plans, Practising Law Institute (2008, 2009)
•	Second Circuit Holds That Cash Balance Pension Plans Do Not Violate ERISA’s Prohibition on Age Discrimination
•	Supreme Court Finds that ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual 401(k) Plan Participant’s Account
•	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
•	Supreme Court Considers Whether ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual Participant’s Account
•	Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Expanding Securities Fraud Liability to Secondary Actors Based on Allegedly Fraudulent, Arm's Length Business Transactions
•	Supreme Court Adopts Heightened Standard for Pleading Scienter in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	Legal Issues Relating to Getting Cases Consolidated or Coordinated, Practising Law Institute (2006)
•	The Presumption of Judicial Vindictiveness in Multi-Court Re-Sentencing, 60 University of Chicago Law Review, Spring 1993

Speaking Engagements

•	Paul C. Gluckow and Jonathan K. Youngwood Will Speak at PLI’s One-Hour Briefing Webcast on “'Say on Pay' Lawsuits: An Update Under the Dodd-Frank Act” January 27, 2012
•	Peter Kazanoff and Jonathan Youngwood to Speak at PLI’s “Securities & Shareholder Litigation: 2011 Year-End Update and Recent Developments” Webcast November 21, 2011
•	Jonathan Youngwood to Speak at Practising Law Institute’s “Bet the Company” Litigation 2011: Best Practices for Complex Cases Program October 27, 2011
•	Jonathan Youngwood and Paul Gluckow to Speak on Practising Law Institute’s “Securities & Shareholder Litigation: Recent Critical Developments” Audiocast September 20, 2011
•	Jonathan Youngwood to Co-Chair and Joshua Levine to Speak at Practising Law Institute’s "Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute 2011" September 13, 2011
•	Bruce D. Angiolillo and Jonathan K. Youngwood Spoke at the 2011 PLUS D&O Symposium on February 2, 2011 in New York February 7, 2011
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood Will Moderate a Panel at PLI's "'Bet the Company' Litigation 2010: Best Practices for Complex Cases" Program on November 9, 2010 in New York September 29, 2010
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood Will Speak at PLI's "ERISA Litigation 2010" Program on September 15, 2010 in New York September 8, 2010
•	Jonathan K. Youngwood to Chair and Mark J. Stein to Speak at PLI’s "Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute 2010" July 30, 2010
•	Jonathan Youngwood to Speak at ABA’s CLE Program on Iqbal and Beyond: What Is "Plausible" in Labor and Employment Law Cases? March 30, 2010

Admissions

•	New York
•	Supreme Court of the United States
•	Southern District of New York
•	Eastern District of New York
•	Northern District of New York
•	United States District Court for the District of Columbia
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
•	U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Clerkships

•	Hon. Dennis G. Jacobs, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Education

•	University of Chicago Law School, 1994 J.D. With Honors; University of Chicago Law Review, Comment Editor, 1992-1994
•	Brown University, 1990 B.A. Honors in Major (Public Policy)