Matters

• Represented the managing partner of a Washington, D.C.-based law firm in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association; as lead counsel, won a pre-hearing motion dismissing all claims against the client, including multimillion-dollar claims for fraudulent inducement, negligent misrepresentation, and rescission of a partnership agreement.
• Represented a health technology startup in a multimillion-dollar brokerage-fee dispute against a major financial institution; as lead appellate counsel, persuaded New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, to award the startup summary judgment, and persuaded New York’s Court of Appeals not to review that decision.*
• Won reversal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a dispute over ownership of artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat; as lead appellate counsel, persuaded the court to reinstate the client’s claims for conversion and declaratory judgment.*
• Represented a Major League Baseball team, the Washington Nationals, in a dispute against the Baltimore Orioles over the value of television rights fees; the Nationals won a victory in the New York Court of Appeals affirming a nearly $100 million arbitration award.*
• Successfully defended Elon Musk against Twitter’s motion to compel production of his emails in Twitter’s Delaware lawsuit to require him to purchase the company; the court’s ruling that Musk’s emails about the Twitter transaction in his Tesla and SpaceX accounts were protected by attorney-client privilege was covered in popular media and legal scholarship.*
• Represented a bioenergy company in a jury trial in New York’s Commercial Division against large insurers, seeking damages for their bad-faith delay in paying claims arising from a fire; defeated all of the insurers’ pretrial motions in limine and won a novel motion excluding evidence that the company could have mitigated its damages by obtaining funds from other sources while awaiting payment from its insurers; the matter settled more than a week into trial.*
• Represented a global restaurant and nightlife brand in a bad-faith insurance coverage action against its insurer and insurance broker arising from the denial of coverage for business-interruption losses during the COVID-19 pandemic; after extensive discovery, the matter resolved in a favorable settlement for the client.*
• Represented a class of plaintiffs in an antitrust class action in the Southern District of New York alleging that five major banks conspired to manipulate a key benchmark for the price of gold; the case settled for $152 million.*
• Defended a Chinese national in an action in New York Supreme Court to enforce a Chinese court’s judgment; following an evidentiary hearing, the court dismissed all claims against the client due to defective service and lack of personal jurisdiction.*

* Denotes representations undertaken prior to joining Schlam Stone & Dolan LLP.

Honors

• Super Lawyers: Rising Stars 2024-2025
• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch since 2024
• The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation