About
Jeff has been diagnosed annually by means of his peers as a New York “Super Lawyer” (one of the Top 25 in Westchester County), and decided on as one in every of US News & World Report’s “Best Lawyers in America” in the area of commercial litigation. He has also been named a life-time member of “Elite Lawyers in America,” “The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum,” and “Top Trial Lawyers in America.”
Jeff’s versatility with a wide array of challenge topics has caused his handling of many high profile, difficult cases. Among other subjects, Jeff correctly led the defense in federal courtroom of a ship-builder wrongfully implicated inside the “Ethan Allen” tragedy on Lake George wherein twenty humans perished, triumphing summary judgment at the purchaser’s behalf; prosecuted a $four.five million jury verdict in Columbia County against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI); argued earlier than the New Jersey Supreme Court the landmark client fraud class motion, Lee v. Basic Research, which ended in a unanimous, nine-zero opinion overturning the lower courts’ selections denying magnificence certification; and argued earlier than the Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court the precedent setting case of Tyler v. Michaels which declared unlawful the collection of private identifying statistics in reference to retail credit score card transactions.
Jeff is not any stranger to the Courtroom, and has efficaciously tried to verdict a numerous quantity of subjects, which includes securing a protection verdict for Madison Square Garden and Amtrak in a federal jury trial inside the Eastern District of New York; prevailing a multi-million greenback jury award in a country court breach of contract motion in White Plains; and winning in a 9 month real estate fraud arbitration in New York City in which he recovered a multi-million dollar judgment.
Jeff is a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, a graduate of Columbia University School of Law, and started out his profession as a litigator at Cravath Swaine & Moore.
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
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Graduation year: 1988
Graduation year: 1984
