Joseph E. White, III

Bio

Joseph E. White, III, Co-Founder of Saxena White P.A., has represented shareholders in major securities fraud class actions and derivative actions for over 20 years. He has represented lead and representative plaintiffs in front-page cases, including actions against Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and Washington Mutual. He has successfully settled cases yielding billions of dollars against numerous publicly traded companies, including cases against DaVita Inc. ($135 million settlement), Goldman Sachs Group ($79.5 million case recovery – the second largest derivative settlement in Second Circuit history), Rayonier, Inc. ($73 million settlement), SIRVA, Inc. ($53.3 million settlement), and one of the largest settlements in 2018, Wilmington Trust ($210 million). Mr. White has also developed an expertise in litigating precedent-setting cases against foreign publicly traded companies, and settled two cases involving Brazilian corporations: Aracruz Celulose ($37.5 million), and Sadia, Inc. ($27 million).

Additionally, Mr. White has achieved meaningful corporate governance and monetary recoveries for shareholders in merger related and derivative lawsuits. Recently, Mr. White played an instrumental role in obtaining a $240 million settlement in In re Wells Fargo & Company Shareholder Litigation. The settlement included the $240 million cash payment from Defendants’ insurers – representing the largest insurance-funded monetary component of any shareholder derivative settlement. In In re Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Derivative Litigation, Mr. White’s efforts obtained repayment of a $200 million loan from Outdoor’s parent which was then paid as a special dividend to Outdoor shareholders. In addition, Mr. White has successfully settled cases that have presented important public health issues that are of serious concern across the nation, including cases against Novo Nordisk, Universal Health Services, and Patterson Companies.

Mr. White regularly lectures on topics of interest to pension trustees, and advises municipal, state, and international institutional investors on instituting effective systems to monitor and prosecute securities and related litigation. For the last several years, Mr. White has been named a “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer” by Lawdragon. He was also named a Florida’s “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine, a Florida Super Lawyers award recipient, and has been recognized as a “Top Lawyer” by Palm Beach Illustrated. He is also a Lawyers of Distinction Certified Member.

Mr. White earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Tufts University before obtaining his Juris Doctor from Suffolk University School of Law.