Litigation: General Commercial: Highly Regarded

About

Provided by Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

HSG is known for its ability to try high-stakes commercial cases--domestic and multi-jurisdictional--and the quality of its legal scholarship and writing. The firm has asserted and defended groundbreaking legal claims with the potential to change the way business is done across entire industries.

The firm’s founders are the Hon. Richard Holwell, a former S.D.N.Y. judge, and three of his former colleagues from White & Case: Michael Shuster, Daniel Goldberg, and Dorit Ungar Black. The firm draws talent from the finest law schools, clerkships, and firms. Today, HSG has approximately 70 lawyers, including multiple former Supreme Court clerks.

The firm:

• Won a $2.4 billion trial verdict against Lehman Brothers related to mortgage-backed securities.
• Took to trial and settled a massive antitrust claim on behalf of MacAndrews & Forbes against News Corp.
• Argued for the petitioners before the Supreme Court in a case raising important questions over the scope of RICO.
• Secured a $69.8 million award—approximately 99% of the amount sought following a trial on damages—for Melody Business Finance in litigation against Philip Falcone.

·        Secured a dismissal at the trial and appellate levels of all claims against the NBA in a federal antitrust suit.

• Is nationwide lead trial and appellate counsel for Chubb’s insurance companies in opioid coverage litigation.
• Won a dismissal, affirmed on appeal, of claims brought by Carl Icahn against a prestigious M&A firm.