Matthew T. Insley-Pruitt
Top rated Securities Litigation attorney in New York, New York
Wolf Popper LLP
Practice Areas: Securities Litigation, Consumer Law, Business Litigation; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2006
Education: University of Pennsylvania Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2013 - 2018 Call today:
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Attorney Matthew T. Insley-Pruitt is a partner at the law firm of Wolf Popper LLP in New York, New York. Mr. Insley-Pruitt concentrates his practice on securities litigation and serves a wide range of clients in New York City and the surrounding areas. He provides committed, thorough and exceptional representation to each client he serves, no matter how complex or challenging the issue.
In addition to securities litigation, Mr. Insley-Pruitt handles corporate transactional matters, derivative litigation and consumer fraud issues. He has over a decade of legal experience and has been involved in many major cases, resulting in major settlements and verdicts for investors and successful outcomes for his consumer clients.
After graduating from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree, Mr. Insley-Pruitt received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. While pursuing his law degree, he was technology editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Mr. Insley-Pruitt is licensed to practice law before the state courts of New York, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 4th, and 9th Circuits. Prior to joining Wolf Popper LLP, he acquired his initial legal experience by practicing as an associate at another New York-based private law firm. He became a partner at Wolf Popper LLP in 2016.
In addition to his law practice, Mr. Insley-Pruitt is an active contributor to his legal community. In 2016, he authored an article on mandatory arbitration clauses that appeared in the New York Law Journal.
Practice areas
Securities Litigation, Consumer Law, Business LitigationFocus areas
Consumer Protection
- 50% Securities Litigation
- 40% Consumer Law
- 10% Business Litigation
First Admitted: 2006, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.wolfpopper.com/team/Matthew-Insley-Pruitt
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Fourth, and Ninth Circuit
- New York
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Doctor’s Best, Inc. Glucosamine Sulfate Consumer Litigation, No.: 8:20-cv-01325-JLS-JDE, (C.D. CA.) , 2022
- Wells Fargo Bank, NA Truth In Lending Act (TILA) Litigation, No.: C 15-02904 WHA, (N.D. CA.)
- Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi v. TreeHouse Foods, Inc., No. 1:16-CV-10632 (N.D. Ill.) As Lead Counsel, Wolf Popper represented the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (“PERS”) in this securities class action against TreeHouse Foods, Inc. and certain of its senior executives on behalf of investors who purchased TreeHouse securities during the period February 1, 2016 through November 2, 2016. The complaint alleged that TreeHouse and certain of its senior executives violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, by issuing a series of false and misleading statements arising out of the Company’s acquisition of ConAgra Foods, Inc.’s private brands operations, for $2.7 billion in cash in February 2016. The case was ultimately resolved for $27 million.
- Belfiore v. The Procter & Gamble Co., 14-cv-4090 (E.D.N.Y.), his consumer class action litigation, Belfiore v. The Procter & Gamble Co., 14-cv-4090 (E.D.N.Y.), alleges that Procter & Gamble has been representing that its Charmin Freshmates flushable wipes are “flushable” and “safe for sewer and septic systems” when in fact they do not break down sufficiently and, as a result, cause serious problems for septic tanks and household plumbing. Judge Weinstein initially certified the class of New York consumers in 2017. After remand from the Second Circuit, Judge Weinstein held four days of hearings in 2019 where Wolf Popper presented expert testimony on using hedonic regression to calculate class wide damages. Judge Weinstein then confirmed his prior decision and certified the class once more, crediting plaintiff’s expert over three prominent defense experts who testified at the hearing. After defeating the motion to dismiss and repeatedly defeating defendant’s attacks on class certification, Wolf Popper negotiated a settlement with P&G where class members are eligible to receive up to $50.20 per household and P&G agreed to remove the representation that Freshmates are “safe for sewer and septic systems.” The court approved the settlement on July 23, 2020., 2020
- Amedisys, Inc. Securities Litigation, No.: 10-CV-00395 (M.D. LA.) As Co-Lead Counsel, Wolf Popper represented one of the Co-Lead Plaintiffs, the Puerto Rico Teachers Retirement System, in this securities class action. The complaint alleged that Amedisys hid a Medicare fraud scheme by which Amedisys improperly inflated Medicare reimbursements by pressuring and intimidating nurses and therapists to provide unnecessary treatment to trigger higher fees, and that while committing this alleged Medicare fraud, Amedisys made several false and misleading statements that artificially inflated the price of its stock.The District Court initially granted Defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint. However, Co-Lead Plaintiffs successfully appealed that dismissal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which reversed the dismissal and remanded the case to the District Court for further proceedings. See 769 F.3d 313 (5th Cir. 2014). Defendants’ petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court and subsequent motion to dismiss the amended complaint were both denied. The parties reached a settlement in the amount of $43.75 million, which was approved by the Court on December 20, 2017., 2017
- JPMorgan Acceptance Corp. I (JPMAC) Securities Litigation, No.: 2:08-cv-01713 (E.D.N.Y.) As Co-Lead Counsel, Wolf Popper represented the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (“MissPERS”) in this securities class action against JPMorgan Acquisition Corp. (“JPMAC”), certain individuals employed by it or its affiliates, and JP Morgan Securities, Inc., on behalf of investors who purchased mortgage-backed securities issued by 26 separate offering trusts. The class action was brought on behalf of investors who purchased certain mortgage passthrough certificates (mortgage-backed securities) across 26 offerings, with an initial face value of approximately $23 billion. MissPERS alleged in its consolidated complaint that the offering documents pursuant to which the JPMAC securities were sold contained misrepresentations and omitted to disclose information concerning the underwriting of the mortgage loans serving as collateral for the securities. Defendants’ motion to dismiss was denied in substantial part. On July 24, 2014, the court approved the settlement of the action for $280 million, one of the largest settlements of a class action against the issuers of mortgage-backed securities. The Court found that “the representation of both sides was obviously very vigorous. The plaintiffs, I know, expended efforts in terms of pursuing the investigation, the theories, the research and the advocacy.” The Court also noted that the action “was a difficult case. Certainly in the beginning, at the time when some of the principles, the legal principles that are applied in this case, in any cases related to mortgage-backed securities, was not well established. They did yeomen’s work, I think, in trying to establish some of those principles. . . . [T]his is a good result in this particular case.”, 2014
- University of Chicago (B.A.), 2000
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.), 2005
- Super Lawyers (New York – Metro Edition) Rising Star, 2013-2018
- Super Lawyers (New York – Metro Edition) 2020-2022
- Consumers
- Pension Funds
- Retail Investors
Office location for Matthew T. Insley-Pruitt
845 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6601
Phone: 646-835-0093
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2013 - 2018
