Molly Wells

Molly Wells is a partner in Fishman Haygood’s Litigation Section. She has experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants across all manner of commercial litigation.

Molly is known for her careful attention to detail in addressing complex problems before and after the initiation of legal proceedings. When legal proceedings cannot be avoided, Molly most frequently represents clients in litigation or arbitration on claims for breach of contract, unfair trade practices, common-law aiding and abetting, and violations of securities, antitrust, and mineral laws.

Molly is also a member of the firm’s international arbitration team, who have represented claimants in construction matters against foreign nations for violations of claimants’ rights under certain treaties. In relation to this work, Molly is a member of ArbitralWomen and the International Bar Association.

Before joining Fishman Haygood, Molly clerked for the Honorable Carl J. Barbier of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Updated Sep 2025

• Represents the putative class of customers defrauded by FTX and who suffered losses totaling more than $8 billion from the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in the multidistrict litigation In re FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Collapse.
  
  
• Represents the Official Stanford Investors Committee (OSIC), with claimed damages exceeding $5 billion, resulting from the infamous Stanford International Bank certificate of deposit Ponzi scheme. OSIC asserts aiding and abetting claims against Bank of New York Mellon for its role in providing banking services to the Stanford International Bank and its affiliated entities, facilitating investors’ purchases of fraudulent CDs.
  
  
• Represented individuals and the Official Stanford Investor’s Committee against five banks, with particular concentration on claims against Trustmark National Bank and Independent Bank of Texas (formerly known as Bank of Houston), in a lawsuit alleging the banks’ aiding and abetting of the $7 billion Ponzi scheme perpetrated by R. Allen Stanford. Settlements of $100 million were reached with both Trustmark and Bank of Houston in early 2023, with total recoveries from all five bank defendants (The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Société Générale Private Banking (Suisse) S.A., HSBC Bank plc, Trustmark, and Bank of Houston) amounting to more than $1.6 billion.
  
  
• Represents contractor ETRAK INŞAAT TAAHHÜT VE TICARET ANONIM ŞIRKETI (Etrak) in ongoing enforcement efforts related to its favorable international arbitral award against the State of Libya for its failure to honor a settlement agreement between the parties. U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Jia Cobb recently confirmed the arbitral award and issued judgment in Etrak’s favor. Etrak is now pursuing post-judgment discovery in conjunction with its enforcement efforts.

• Appellate
• Class action
• Commercial
• Commercial disputes
• International arbitration
• Plaintiff
• Securities

• Banking
• Financial services
• Media

• J.D., summa cum laude - Tulane University Law School - 2014
• B.A. in French, cum laude - University of Richmond - 2005

• Louisiana State Bar Association - 2015
• ArbitralWomen - 2023
• International Bar Association - 2024
• Association for Women Attorneys    
• New Orleans Bar Association

• Louisiana - 2015