Bill Carmody

William Christopher “Bill” Carmody is an American trial lawyer. He is a partner at Susman Godfrey.. He had his own firm in Dallas prior to joining Susman Godfrey. Carmody is known for working on large-scale corporate trials and for being paid based on results.
==Early life and education==
Carmody was born in Manhattan, NY, and raised on Long Island, NY. 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.
==Legal career==
In 1992, Carmody left Fulbright & Jaworski to start a firm with a partner. In 1994, Carmody started another law firm, focused on personal injury and business litigation. The firm became known for representing small companies against big corporations.
He later joined the Dallas office of law firm Susman Godfrey. In 2007, Carmody left Texas to head Susman Godfrey’s New York office. Carmody is known for working on large-scale corporate trials and for being paid based on results.
===Notable cases===
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. The Canadian insurer’s $8 billion lawsuit was dismissed by a New Jersey judge in December 2011.
Carmody was appointed co-lead class counsel representing the city of Baltimore, Yale University and over-the-counter investors in a 2011 antitrust class-action suit against financial firms accused of manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). As of 2018, $590 million in settlements had been paid to over-the-counter investors.
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. 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.
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.
In 2018, 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. After four days of trial, Uber and Waymo settled, with Uber reportedly giving Waymo a stake in Uber worth $245 million.
In 2021, Carmody represented former WeWork co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann, 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.
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. 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.
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.
==Personal life==
Carmody lives in Miami Beach, Florida with his wife Catherine. He was previously married to Nikki Carmody Ream.
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Category:People from Manhattan
Category:University of Tulsa College of Law alumni
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