Charles A. Gilman

Charles A. Gilman is senior counsel to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's litigation practice group.  He is lead and first chair trial counsel in cases of size and import in federal and state courts throughout the country. A few examples include:

• a no liability jury verdict and judgment in Oklahoma for defendant underwriter in a nationwide securities class action over a failed bond offering;  
• a no liability jury verdict in West Virginia for defendant investor in an energy exploration contract dispute;
• a unanimous jury verdict and significant damages in New York for plaintiff hotel chain in a legal malpractice action against former national law firm; 
• recovery of over $1.6 billion for international bank in insurance arbitration arising out of September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center;
• recovery of over $700 million for biotech company in failed corporate acquisition;
• recovery of over $300 million for securityholders in contingent value rights litigation against international pharmaceutical manufacturer;
• recovery of over $150 million for international hotel chain in action for theft of trade secrets;
• dismissals of multi-billion-dollar securities class actions;
• successful representation of several of our nation's largest law firms in litigation involving alleged violations of securities laws and professional responsibility.

Charlie is recognized as one of New York's top business trial lawyers by Chambers USA and Benchmark Litigation, and has been named among the leading securities litigators in New York by The Legal 500. He has also been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers in the areas of commercial litigation and securities litigation.

Charlie is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law teaching courses in securities litigation and SEC enforcement.  He is a member of the Court-Appointed Mediation Panels of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and is a Complex and Commercial Panel Arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association. He is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a Life Member of the Dean's Council of the University of Virginia School of Law.

He is admitted to practice in New York and Washington, D.C., all thirteen Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Joining Cahill in 1974, Charlie became a partner in 1982 and Senior Counsel in 2020.