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About Boris Feldman
Boris Feldman specializes in securities litigation, mergers and acquisitions, and fiduciary duty and disclosure counselling.
Boris has represented many of the leading technology companies: Google, Genentech, Salesforce, Instacart, Rivian and Palantir (complete list here).
Boris has also represented legendary entrepreneurs, including Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Herb Boyer, Sergey Brin, Vint Cerf, Carly Fiorina, Arthur Levinson, Larry Page, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Boris has defended over 275 shareholder class actions, derivative suits, and merger challenges throughout the United States on behalf of domestic and foreign issuers. He has represented boards of directors in internal investigations and regularly represents companies and individuals in SEC enforcement proceedings. A major part of his practice is advising public companies on fiduciary duty and disclosure issues.
Boris was born in South Bend, Indiana. He attended Yale College on a National Merit Scholarship. At Yale, he was President of the Yale Debate Association and Speaker of the Yale Political Union. Boris graduated from Yale, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in history. Boris graduated from Yale Law School, where he served as Note & Topics Editor of The Yale Law Journal. He was also the Director of Debating for Yale University while a law student.
Boris has served on a variety of legal organizations, including the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law and the American Law Institute. He has been outside counsel to Palo Alto Community Eruv.
Boris has lectured at many law schools, including Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. He has published extensively on litigation and securities law topics (articles here).
Recent work
Select cases:
- He regularly represents Google (Alphabet) in its shareholder suits.
- He represented Genentech in all of its shareholder suits.
- He represents Instacart, Palantir, and Rivian in shareholder litigation growing out of their IPO’s.
Select clients
Software & Hardware Companies:
- Planatir
- HP
Life Sciences Companies:
- Genentech
- Guidant
- Stryker
Other Companies:
- Instacart
- Rivian
- Tesla
- Pixar
View full select client list here
Qualifications
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School, 1980
Note & Topics Editor, Yale Law Journal (Volume 89); Director of Debating for Yale University - B.A., History, Yale College, 1977
Summa cum laude; With Distinction in History; Member, Phi Beta Kappa; National Merit Scholar; President, Yale Debate Association; Speaker, Yale Political Union
Associations and memberships
- Member, The American Law Institute
- Member, Board of Advisors, Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law
Honors
- Chambers USA 2024: ranked as “Star Individual” (above Band 1) in securities litigation; one of only 2 in California. Chambers says: “There is no better securities litigation lawyer anywhere.”
- Named by The American Lawyer as one of the top 45 lawyers in the country under the age of 45 in 1995
Admissions
- Bar of the District of Columbia
- State Bar of California
- Supreme Court of California
- Various U.S. District Courts
- Various U.S. Courts of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
Select speaking engagements
Boris has lectured on shareholder and disclosure issues before ALI-ABA, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Nasdaq, National Investor Relations Institute, New York Stock Exchange, PLI, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Risk & Insurance Management Society, SEC Institute, Stanford Directors' College, and Software Publishers Association. He has also lectured at several law schools, including UC Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, and Yale.