Attorneys

Ian J. McLoughlin

Education

• Gonzaga University, BA, 1997 - cum laude
• Boston University School of Law, JD, 2000 - magna cum laude

        

Partner
imcloughlin@shulaw.com
Download vCard

Ian McLoughlin is a partner at Shapiro, Haber & Urmy LLP. He focuses his practice on complex commercial and class action litigation, including business disputes, antitrust litigation and cases involving securities fraud, consumer fraud, and other unfair business practices.  He represents institutions and individuals in a variety of disputes, including class actions and shareholder derivative lawsuits, and was named a Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Star in the field of business litigation in 2009, 2010, and 2011. 

Representative matters he is currently working on include the following:

• Representation of a local bank in litigation against a major securities firm arising out of the alleged improper sale of auction-rate securities;
• SEC whistle-blower actions under the Dodd-Frank Act and accompanying new regulations, in which the firm represents and advises whistle-blowers alleging violations of the securities laws;
• National class actions alleging violations of the antitrust laws, including In Re Plasma-Derivative Protein Therapies Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.), in which the firm serves as one of two co-lead counsel representing a putative class of hospitals and other health care suppliers alleging that certain pharmaceutical companies agreed to restrict the supply of plasma therapies in order to drive up the price of these treatments;
• Class actions alleging violations of the securities laws, including both insider trading cases and cases in which the firm represents the victims of Ponzi schemes who are seeking to recover their losses from defendants other than the Ponzi schemer himself;
• Employee wage litigation, including the representation of employees seeking to recover unpaid overtime compensation; and
• A variety of other class actions, including consumer litigation and products liability actions

He has also represented numerous refugees seeking political asylum on a pro bono basis. For example, he assisted a client from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who had been severely persecuted by governmental authorities, to obtain asylum.  His work has contributed to Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP's receipt of the 2011 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) for its work in representing asylum seekers.  PAIR is nationally recognized for its pro bono model of securing safety and freedom for individuals who have fled persecution, and promotes the rights of unjustly detained immigrants.

From 2000 - 2007, he worked as a litigation associate at the Boston law firm of Foley Hoag LLP, where he represented individuals and businesses in a variety of complex disputes involving, among other things, securities, intellectual property and employee non-competition agreements. During his tenure at Foley Hoag, he also served for several months on a firm-sponsored rotation at the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office, where he was responsible for the full caseload of an Assistant District Attorney and first-chaired fifteen criminal trials.

Bar Admissions

Ian McLoughlin

visit superlawyers.com