Jeffrey M. Eilender

Jeffrey M. Eilender joined the Firm in July 1995 and became a partner in 1999.  Mr. Eilender received his A.B. from Cornell University in 1988 (magna cum laude in History), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and his J.D. from Columbia University Law School in 1991, where he was Senior Editor of the Law Review, a Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar, and winner of the Whitney North Seymour Medal for Trial Advocacy.  Mr. Eilender clerked for the Honorable Charles M. Metzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, from 1991 to 1992, and then for the Honorable Morton I. Greenberg, United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, from 1992 to 1993.  Before joining the Firm in July 1995, Mr. Eilender practiced with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.  He focuses on complex commercial litigation, and also has represented clients in connection with corporate governance, real estate, intellectual property, the Internet and employment litigation and appeals.  He is a member of the New York Bar, as well as the Bars of a number of Federal courts around the country.