Jacob I. Chefitz

Associate
New York
About
Jacob I. Chefitz's practice focuses on complex commercial disputes at every stage of litigation. He has represented companies in a variety of industries, including life sciences and financial services, in proceedings in federal and state courts around the country. 
Areas of FocusLitigation, Arbitration and InvestigationsAppellate
Bar admissionsNew York
CourtsUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitUnited States District Court for the Southern District of New YorkUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

EXPERIENCE

  • Represented a major pharmaceutical company asserting claims for tortious interference with contract and deceptive trade practices arising out of alleged misappropriation of patient assistance funds
  • Represented a major pharmaceutical company in litigation against networks of healthcare providers that defrauded company's free-drug program
  • Represented a major medical devices company in a suit alleging breach of a merger agreement relating to a surgical robotics company
  • Represented a financial guaranty insurer in actions concerning residential mortgage-backed securities
  • Represented a payments technology company in a false claims act case alleging failure to remit escheatable unclaimed property to the state
     

Pro Bono

  • Obtained reversal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of the dismissal of an incarcerated man's Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment claims arising out of his prolonged solitary confinement
  • Briefed and argued appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of a noncitizen seeking reopening of his removal proceedings, and received a 2021 Pro Bono Publico Award from the Legal Aid Society in recognition of this pro bono work
  • Argued multiple criminal appeals in the New York State Appellate Division, Second Department
  • Filed amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and appellate courts around the country behalf of an interfaith group of religious organizations in support of individuals whose rights under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act were violated while incarcerated
Education
  • J.D., Harvard Law School
    cum laude
    Notes Editor, Harvard Law Review
  • B.A., University of Pennsylvania
    summa cum laude

Clerk Experience

  • Law Clerk to the Hon. Michael A. Chagares, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • Law Clerk to the Hon. Edward R. Korman, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
     
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+1 212 335 4767
(Work, New York)