Linton Mann III is a Partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP’s Litigation Practice.  Linton represents clients in a broad range of high-stakes litigation and investigation matters including securities, shareholder derivative disputes, class actions, antitrust and complex commercial disputes.  Linton’s clients typically include corporations, financial institutions and private equity firms, as well as boards of directors and board committees. 

Linton is the Chair of the Board of Trustees for Uncommon Charter Schools New York City which oversees twenty-two public charter schools in Brooklyn, New York.  He is also on the Board of Directors of Manhattan Legal Services, a program of Legal Services NYC, the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services in the country, and he is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of DukeNY, a division of the Duke Alumni Association. 

Linton also has significant pro bono experience including representing low-income tenants in New York City’s Housing Court and New York’s trial and appellate courts.  He also participates in and coordinated (2009-2016) Simpson Thacher’s Legal Outreach Internship.  Legal Outreach is an organization that prepares urban youth from underserved communities to compete at high levels by using intensive legal and educational programs as tools for fostering vision, developing skills, enhancing confidence and facilitating the pursuit of higher education.

Education

• Duke University School of Law, 2007, J.D. 
  Co-Chair Duke Law Moot Court Board
• University of Georgia, 2004, B.A. in Political Science
• University of Georgia, 2004, B.A. in Speech Communications

Admissions

• New York 2008
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 2011
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 2008
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 2008
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado 2016

Associations

• The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • LGBT Rights Committee (2009-2011)
• American Bar Association
• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow
• Board of Trustees of Uncommon Charter Schools New York City, Chair
• Board of Directors of DukeNY, Secretary
• Board of Directors of Manhattan Legal Services, Member