CHADDY GEORGES is a member of the Securities and Shareholder Litigation practice in Sidley’s San Francisco office.
Chaddy has trial experience as a member of the team representing Renée James, a director of Oracle Corporation, in the Delaware Court of Chancery. In re Oracle Corp. Derivative Litig., C.A. No. 2017-0337-SG. Ms. James and other defendants are accused of breaching their duties to Oracle in connection with the company’s 2016 acquisition of NetSuite. The Sidley team also represents non-defendant Oracle directors including former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, George Conrades, and vice chairman Jeff Henley. Trial took place in July 2022 and a judgment has not yet been rendered.
Prior to joining Sidley full-time, Chaddy participated in the firm’s summer associate program in 2019. He also served as a law clerk with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, Civil Division.
Chaddy earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was an Articles & Essays Editor of the California Law Review and Managing Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law. He also served as a tutor for the 1L Written and Oral Advocacy program and as a leader of the Berkeley Law Youth Advocacy Project. Chaddy graduated law school with Pro Bono Honors and received the Jurisprudence Award in Contracts for attaining the highest grade in his class.