Joseph Cotilletta is a Partner in the New York office of Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, where he prosecutes complex securities fraud cases on behalf of institutional and individual investors. He also represents investors in corporate governance and transactional matters, including class action and derivative litigation.
In recent years, Cotilletta has achieved extraordinary results for investors. He was a senior member of the litigation team that achieved a $200 million recovery in Boston Retirement Systems v. Uber Technologies, Inc.— a case that alleged Uber’s $8.1 billion IPO offering documents misrepresented the company’s business model, growth strategy, passenger safety efforts, and financial condition. The settlement was the fourth largest securities class action settlement in 2024.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Plaintiff Securities Litigation |
Cotilletta was part of the team that secured a $1 billion settlement in In re Dell Technologies Inc. Class V Stockholders Litigation. The settlement currently stands as the largest shareholder settlement ever in any state court in America and the 17th largest shareholder settlement of all time in federal and state court.
Before joining Labaton Keller Sucharow, Cotilletta was a senior associate at a prominent national law firm, where he gained substantial trial and litigation experience pursuing high-value cases in various jurisdictions throughout the United States. Cotilletta helped obtain multi-million-dollar recoveries from some of the largest companies in the world and set legal precedent in multiple areas of the law. Since the start of his legal career, Cotilletta has dedicated himself to becoming a skilled advocate, sharpening his litigation expertise while trying numerous cases as first or second chair and taking and defending hundreds of depositions.
Cotilletta is a member of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section as well as the Securities Litigation Committee of the New York State Bar Association.