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Bill Carmody | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point (B.S.)[1]
The University of Tulsa College of Law (JD) |
Occupation | Trial lawyer |
Employer | Susman Godfrey |
Spouse | Catherine Gillis Carmody |
William Christopher “Bill” Carmody is an American trial lawyer.[1][2] He is a partner at Susman Godfrey.[3][2]. He had his own firm in Dallas prior to joining Susman Godfrey.[4][5] Carmody is known for working on large-scale corporate trials[6][7] and for being paid based on results.[3][1]
Carmody was born in Manhattan, NY, and raised on Long Island, NY.[1][8] He graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy; Carmody worked as a bartender in Miami and Tulsa, and graduated from The University of Tulsa College of Law.[1]
In 1992, Carmody left Fulbright & Jaworski to start a firm with a partner.[9][5] In 1994, Carmody started another law firm, focused on personal injury and business litigation.[5][1] The firm became known for representing small companies against big corporations.[5][4]
He later joined the Dallas office of law firm Susman Godfrey.[10][9] In 2007, Carmody left Texas to head Susman Godfrey’s New York office.[10][11] Carmody is known for working on large-scale corporate trials[6][7] and for being paid based on results.[1][3]
Carmody defended investor Dan Loeb and his hedge fund Third Point Management against allegations Loeb and other hedge fund managers created a disinformation campaign around Fairfax Financial in order to drive down its stock price as part of a short-selling scheme.[12] The Canadian insurer’s $8 billion lawsuit was dismissed by a New Jersey judge in December 2011.[13][9]
Carmody was appointed co-lead class counsel representing the city of Baltimore, Yale University and over-the-counter investors[14] in a 2011 antitrust class-action suit against financial firms accused of manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).[15][16] As of 2018, $590 million in settlements had been paid to over-the-counter investors.[17][2]
In 2015, Carmody represented David Kester, a whistleblower who claimed drug manufacturer Novartis defrauded Medicare and Medicaid programs by paying pharmacies illegal kickbacks for recommending Novartis drugs.[18][19] Novartis, Accredo Health Group and Bioscrip Corporation paid $465 million in total to settle the False Claims Act charges, the largest recovery by the government in a False Claims Act lawsuit based solely on kickbacks.[19]
Carmody represented General Electric Capital - a unit of General Electric - in 2017, in a breach of contract trial against Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) over guaranteed investment contracts, winning a $161 million judgment.[2][14]
In 2018,[14] Carmody represented Uber as the lead trial lawyer defending it in a $2 billion lawsuit filed by Waymo, which alleged Uber had stolen trade secrets protecting Waymo’s self-driving car technology.[20][21] After four days of trial, Uber and Waymo settled, with Uber reportedly giving Waymo a stake in Uber worth $245 million.[1]
In 2021, Carmody represented former WeWork co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann,[3] helping him secure a reported $480 million settlement from SoftBank after it canceled its tender offer to purchase up to $3 billion in WeWork stock.[22][23]
When dating company Match.com and IAC/InterActiveCorp were sued by the Tinder co-founders in a $2 billion lawsuit for allegedly understating the dating app’s value in 2017, Carmody was brought in as lead trial counsel for the defendants.[24][6] The lawsuit was settled in December 2021, days before the end of trial, with Match.com agreeing to pay $441 million to the plaintiffs, and to others who agreed to drop related suits.[25][26]
In May 2023, Carmody helped hedge fund manager Louis Bacon secure a $203 million award for Bacon in a defamation lawsuit against Canadian fashion executive Peter Nygard.[3]
Carmody lives in Miami Beach, Florida with his wife Catherine.[27] He was previously married to Nikki Carmody Ream.[28]