Darryl J. Alvarado

Darryl J. Alvarado is an associate in the San Diego office, where his practice focuses on complex securities and shareholder derivative litigation.

Mr. Alvarado is a member of the litigation team prosecuting actions against investment banks and the leading national credit rating agencies for their role in structuring and rating structured investment vehicles filled with toxic assets. These cases are among the first to successfully allege fraud against the rating agencies, whose ratings have historically been protected by the First Amendment. Mr. Alvarado is also prosecuting a shareholder derivative action against one of the world’s largest drug manufacturers. Mr. Alvarado was a member of the team of attorneys responsible for obtaining $27 million for aggrieved investors in In re Cooper Cos. Sec. Litig., No. 06-CV-00169 CJC(RNBx) (C.D. Cal.).