Joseph E. White, III

Bio

Joseph E. White, III is the Co-Founder of Saxena White P.A. and leads the Firm in all strategic initiatives. Over the last 20 years, Mr. White has recovered billions of dollars for investors in major securities fraud class actions and is widely recognized as a leader in the securities litigation industry. He has represented institutional investors in front-page cases, including actions against Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs, and Washington Mutual. Mr. White has also distinguished himself for his ability to prosecute and prevail on creative and novel theories of liability that have resulted in recoveries far exceeding those in comparable securities class actions.

Mr. White is responsible for many of the Firm’s most significant and high-profile cases. He recently served as lead counsel in Peace Officers’ Annuity and Benefit Fund of Georgia v. DaVita Inc., which achieved a recovery of $135 million after six hard-fought mediation sessions. Mr. White specializes in mediating complex securities class actions and has an exceptional track record of maximizing recoveries for damaged investors. He leverages his strong relationships with the best and most frequently used mediators to enhance favorable recoveries.

Mr. White also played an instrumental role in In re Wells Fargo & Co. Shareholder Derivative Litigation ($240 million recovery — the largest insurance-funded monetary component of any shareholder derivative settlement by more than $100 million), In re Wilmington Trust Securities Litigation ($210 million recovery after eight years of hard-fought litigation and ranks among the top ten securities fraud settlements in the Third Circuit and among the top 5% of securities fraud settlements since the enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), and Fulton County Employees Retirement System, derivatively on behalf of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., v Blankfein, et al. ($79.5 million recovery and the second-largest derivative settlement in Second Circuit history).

Mr. White is an industry expert and regularly speaks at D&O insurer-focused conferences on topics affecting securities litigation and insurance industries. He is widely praised for his expertise, and for the last six years, Mr. White has been named a “500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyer” by Lawdragon. He was also named a “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine.

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