Diana Conner

Overview

Diana’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, including high-stakes disputes involving healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and media companies. She has substantial trial experience in both state and federal courts, as well as extensive appellate experience. 

Work Highlights 

Diana’s experience includes advising:

• Financial guaranty insurers: advising in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in suits against banks that sponsored residential mortgage-backed securities, including on appeal to the New York Appellate Division and the New York Court of Appeals. One such matter resulted in a US$1.8bn settlement in favor of the client midway through trial.
• A major medical device company: representing in a US$2.4bn earnout dispute concerning a surgical robotics company merger, including at a multi-week trial in Delaware Chancery Court.
• A major medical device company: representing in a US$1.6bn contractual dispute relating to advanced medical imaging technology, including at a week-long trial in New York federal court.
• A major pharmaceutical company: representing in a US$140m arbitration concerning alleged breaches of a vaccine manufacturing agreement.
• A non-profit foundation: representing in a civil asset forfeiture case concerning over US$500m in assets, including at a five-week trial in New York federal court and on multiple appeals to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
• A major medical device company: representing in an earnout dispute relating to orthopedic surgical devices in Delaware federal court.
• Investors: representing in New York state court trust instructional proceedings concerning the proper distribution of funds to holders of residential mortgage-backed securities.
• A major media company: representing in a New York state court action concerning the alleged breach of a production services agreement relating to a reality television show.
• A large auto parts manufacturer: representing in a contractual dispute relating to electric vehicles.