Jay P. Lefkowitz, P.C. 
Professional Profile
Jay Lefkowitz is a senior litigation partner in the New York City office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the Firm's Global Management Executive Committee. He is also an adjunct professor of Administrative Law at Columbia Law School. Jay has served as lead trial and appellate counsel in a wide variety of substantive areas, including shareholder litigation, antitrust, product liability, and commercial litigation. He has also conducted numerous internal investigations for public companies and audit committees.
Jay has had a distinguished career in public service. He served from 2005-2009 as the United States' Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea. He also served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush for Domestic Policy and General Counsel in the Office of Management and Budget. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of Cabinet Affairs and Deputy Executive Secretary to the Domestic Policy Council for President George H. W. Bush.
In its 2013 release of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," The National Law Journal describes Jay as "a leading voice on school choice issues" and "a no-nonsense appellate and antitrust lawyer for an array of blue-chip clients." The Legal 500 U.S. noted that Jay "provides a depth of understanding and influence in some of the highest courts of our county," and in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA described him as "an exceptionally bright advocate who distills complicated issues into focused arguments." Jay was also named a Law360 'MVP of the Year' in 2011 and 2012, and The American Lawyer named him its 'Lawyer of the Week' in December 2012 for his role in winning an antitrust lawsuit in the pharmaceutical industry.
Jay's work as a lawyer and diplomat has been featured in many newspapers and magazines throughout the world. He has been profiled in The Washington Post, "A Hard-Nosed Litigator Becomes Bush's Policy Point Man;" Global Forensics, "Subprime Crisis Stirring Up New Wave of Litigation;" The Washington Post, "What Ever Happened to Jay Lefkowitz?;" The American Lawyer, "Blackboard Jungle;" The National Law Journal, "Republican Connected and Rising;" Columbia College Today, "Shuttle Diplomat;" and Aish.com, "Kosher in the White House."
Representative Matters
Representative Commercial Matters
PLIVA, Inc. et al. v. Mensing et al.
Represented Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Actavis Elizabeth in successful appeal to the United States Supreme Court in a case that overturned decisions of the Fifth and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeal and established that generic drug companies may no longer be sued for "failure to warn claims."
Boca Raton Community Hospital, Inc. v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Represented Tenet Healthcare in a case brought by Boca Raton Community Hospital on behalf of a purported nationwide class of hospitals. The plaintiff brought claims in federal court in Miami under the federal RICO statute and California's unfair competition law alleging that Tenet hospitals, through their charging practices, received "too many" outlier payments from Medicare, and thereby "stole" outlier payments from the plaintiff and other hospitals. Prevailed at class certification stage, won summary judgment, and then upheld the decision at the 11th Circuit.
Serrano v. Cablevison Systems Corp. and CSC Holdings, Inc.
Represented Cablevision in a case before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, J.) in which the plaintiffs filed a putative consumer class action asserting seven causes of action: (1)-(3) violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; (4) violation of the New York Deceptive Sales Practices Act; (5) violation of the New Jersey Deceptive Sales Practices Act; (6) fraud; and (7) unjust enrichment. We filed a motion for summary judgment and in February 2012, the district court adopted all of Cablevision's arguments and granted summary judgment. The matter is now on appeal to the Second Circuit.
In re Loral Space & Communications Consolidated Litigation
Represented three individual directors of Loral Space & Communications, Inc., including its Chief Executive Officer in a derivative suit and a shareholder class action case arising from a $300 million financing transaction between Loral and its controlling shareholder. The lawsuits, filed in Delaware Chancery Court, alleged that the Loral directors had breached their fiduciary duties by giving the controlling shareholder a preferential deal. After a one-week trial in March 2008, the court did not find that the directors had breached their fiduciary duties and refused to impose liability.
In re Budeprion Litigation
Represented Teva in a multi-district nationwide consumer fraud class action brought in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Schiller, J.) by more than 2.1 million putative class members seeking more than $12 billion in damages. While our motion for summary judgment and opposition to class certification was pending, the plaintiffs agreed at mediation to settle on a class wide basis; under the settlement, Teva paid no cash compensation to any class members and reimbursed the plaintiffs' counsel for $2.25 million of its $8 million in fees and expenses (an amount matched by Teva's co-defendant). Final settlement was approved over objections that it was too favorable to the defendant.
Chicago Teachers Union v. K12, Inc. and Chicago Virtual Charter School, et al.
Represented K12 Inc. and Chicago Virtual Charter School (CVCS) in a suit brought against CVCS by the Chicago Teachers Union. The union alleged that the virtual nature of CVCS' educational model violated the Illinois Charter Schools Law's requirement that charter schools be "non-home based." The court ruled in favor of K12 and CVCS and granted summary judgment.
Fenwick et al. v. Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al.
Represents Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. and certain of its affiliates in connection with allegations of consumer fraud and other similar claims arising out of Ranbaxy's recall of generic atorvastatin tablets. The case was filed on November 29, 2012.
XL Specialty Insurance v. Loral Space & Communications
Represented Loral in a suit brought by its insurance company seeking declaratory judgment that there was no insurance coverage for a $19 million fee award granted to plaintiffs' counsel in underlying litigation. The parties brought cross motions for summary judgment. After hearing oral argument, the court ruled that under the plain language of the insurance policy there was clear coverage for the $19 million fee award and granted Loral's summary judgment motion.
CMF Cayman, Ltd., et al. v. Heckler and Koch Beteiligungs GmbH
Represents a German company against a suit brought by several hedge funds and Merrill Lynch International claiming that the company breached the terms of a "Payment-in-Kind" loan. The plaintiffs are also suing the directors of the company on an alter ego liability theory and bringing additional claims for intentional and constructive fraudulent conveyances.
Representative Securities Matters
Straily v. UBS Financial Services Inc.
Represented UBS in a successful defense of an action brought in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, in which the court granted summary judgment in favor of UBS in a putative class action seeking more than $650 million in damages on behalf of the class. The suit alleged that UBS had breached fiduciary duties and the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing when it implemented a new program under which uninvested cash, which had previously been automatically swept from customers' brokerage accounts to UBS money market funds, was swept instead into FDIC-insured deposit accounts at a UBS affiliate, UBS Bank USA.
Electronic Trading Group v. UBS Warburg
Defended UBS in a putative class action alleging that the firm's prime brokerage unit violated antitrust laws by fixing prices for the interest charged on short sales, particularly naked short sales. The successful defense was upheld on appeal.
Brokerage Practices California Litigation
Represents a major investment bank in several cases nationwide challenging the client's prime brokerage practices and interest charges on naked short sales under California law.
Buettgen, et al. v. Harless, et al.
Represents SuperMedia Inc. (f.k.a. Idearc Inc.) in a class action lawsuit pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, alleging that the defendant misrepresented its bad debt expense with fraudulent intent and thereby caused investors to suffer hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.
NASD Procedural Rule 9800 Et Seq. Litigation
Represented a broker-dealer that had been the subject of the first-ever application of NASD Procedural Rule 9800 et seq., which permits the NASD to seek "temporary cease and desist orders" under certain conditions. Because the scope of the NASD's authority to impose affirmative obligations was a matter of "first impression," the National Adjucatory Council (NAC) agreed to review the Hearing Panel's decision. The NAC agreed the NASD had overstepped its authority to fashion relief under Rule 9840 when it ordered affirmative action (in this case the unwinding of a transaction and the collection of money from a non-member) that went well beyond the cessation of "ongoing violative conduct."
NASDAQ-Listed Company SEC Investigation
Conducted an internal investigation of a NASDAQ-listed broker-dealer that was the subject of an SEC fraud investigation. Kirkland interviewed numerous witnesses here and throughout Europe and made numerous findings and recommendations regarding the company's sales practices, accounting practices, public disclosures, financial controls, records retention practices and personnel decisions. Kirkland worked with and appeared before the SEC, the DOJ, the NASD and the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel.
Tenet Healthcare SEC Investigation
Represented Tenet Healthcare Corporation and certain current and former officers and directors in a formal SEC investigation concerning whether Tenet's public disclosures of Medicare outlier and stop-loss payments under managed care contracts were misleading or otherwise inadequate, as well as whether certain former and current Tenet officers and directors engaged in insider trading. The matter was settled for a small financial penalty with no imposition of a monitor.
Hedge Fund SEC Investigation
Represented a New York-based hedge fund and its principal in connection with a SEC investigation of the fund's short trading related to its investments in PIPEs (Private Investments in Public Equity). The fund had been one of the largest investors in PIPEs, with several hundred transactions. After a two-year investigation involving testimony and expert analysis, in June 2008, the SEC agreed to close its investigation without bringing any charges against any of the parties involved.
Picard v. Herald Fund SPC
Represents Herald Fund SPC in an adversary proceeding brought by the Trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit seeks avoidance of more than $550 million in alleged preferences and fraudulent conveyances. After the Fund filed a motion to dismiss all claims, the Trustee voluntarily dismissed nearly half of his claims against the Fund.
In re Bernard L. Madoff
Represents several foreign entities in relation to the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. These representations have included filing claims on each client's behalf, objecting to claim determinations and responding to document subpoenas.
Representative Internal Investigation Matters
Madoff-Related Investigations
Represented two notprofit institutions in New York State in connection with regulatory inquiries related to losses due to Madoff-related investments. Conducted internal investigations and coordinated revision of internal corporate controls and bylaws. Made presentations to regulators.
Fortune 50 Company Investigation
Represented Fortune 50 Company in connection with SEC investigation into allegations of earnings smoothing. Interviewed dozens of employees and executives and made presentations to regulators.
Fortune 100 Corporation Investigation
Represented Fortune 100 Corporation in connection with DOJ and SEC investigations into allegations of fraudulent accounting practices. Developed protocol for internal investigations. Conducted hundreds of interviews of employees and executives and made presentations to regulators.
Representative Pharmaceutical Matters
Ranbaxy Labs & Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Leavitt, et al.
Represented Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. in a dispute with the FDA and argued that the FDA acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it denied IVAX Pharmaceuticals (since acquired by Teva) 180 days of marketing exclusivity for its generic version of Merck's blockbuster drug Zocor following Merck's request to remove the patents claiming Zocor from the FDA's Orange Book list of patents. The D.C. Circuit held that the agency's conduct violated the plain language of the Hatch-Waxman Act and was fundamentally inconsistent with the Act's incentive scheme.
Apotex, Inc. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al.
Represented Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. in its fight against the FDA over the exclusive rights to sell a generic form of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s Pravachol cholesterol drug. The FDA had ruled that a stipulated dismissal of a lawsuit between Bristol-Myers Squibb and Apotex had triggered Teva's six months of exclusivity. Following argument, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia reversed the FDA, instead ruling that a stipulated dismissal is not a "decision of a court" or a "holding" as required by the Act and granted judgment and injunctive relief to Teva. FDA appealed that decision to the D.C. Circuit, which vacated the district court's decision and remanded the matter to FDA for reconsideration in light of the district court's analysis. On remand, FDA fully adopted the district court's position and awarded Teva exclusivity. When another applicant challenged FDA's post-remand award of exclusivity, Jay successfully defended the agency's decision in both the district court and D.C. Circuit.
Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Ivax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Represented Ivax Pharmaceuticals in federal district court in California in a case where the plaintiff sought a preliminary injunction under the Lanham Act to preclude marketing forms of a "DESI" drug, quinine, that had not received formal FDA approval. We successfully fended off the preliminary injunction because we demonstrated that the plaintiff had not shown likelihood of consumer confusion.
Biovail Corp. v. FDA and Biovail Corp. v. FDA
Represented business partners Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and Impax Laboratories, Inc. in two cases challenging FDA's approval of Impax's generic version of Wellbutrin XL antidepressant. In those cases, brand manufacturer Biovail alleged first that FDA could not approve Impax's generic version of Wellbutrin XL because Impax's approved product labeling would have been misleading, and second, that FDA approval of Impax's ANDA was in any event blocked by a 30-month regulatory stay of approval based on Biovail's filing of a patent infringement lawsuit against another strength of the product. In the first case, Jay intervened on behalf of Teva and Impax and persuaded the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to reject Biovail's challenges in both TRO and preliminary injunction proceedings. In the latter case, Jay argued for Teva and Impax in emergency TRO proceedings, successfully obtaining an oral ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland holding that FDA's approval was not blocked by the 30-month stay.
Representative White Collar Matters
United States of America v. Jeffrey Stein, et al.
Defended an investment manager in what has been described as the largest criminal tax fraud prosecution in United States history. The client was charged with 17 co-defendants in a wide ranging conspiracy to evade taxes and defraud the IRS through allegedly abusive tax shelters in the Southern District of New York. The indictment charges that the defendants — most of whom were employees of KPMG — developed sham tax shelter transactions and marketed them to hundreds of wealthy individuals, evading roughly $11 billion in taxes.
Representative Product Liability Matters
In re Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada
Represented Teva in a case in Southern Nevada (D. Nev. 2011) (Mahon, J.), in which more than 3,000 individual consumers brought separate actions in Nevada state court against Kirkland clients asserting product liability, breach of warranty and infliction of emotional distress claims. Plaintiffs moved in state court to have the individual cases consolidated for a single trial, and Kirkland removed the claims to federal court as a "mass action" under the Class Action Fairness Act. After Kirkland successfully defeated the subsequent motion to remand the cases to state court, the plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed all of the cases (for zero dollars).
General Motors C/K Pickup Truck Litigation
Represented General Motors in more than one dozen product liability lawsuits nationwide; represented General Motors in several evidentiary proceedings in which plaintiffs sought exceptions to GM's attorney-client and/or work product privileges under the crime-fraud doctrine; successfully brought mandamus petitions in a variety of federal courts to reverse district court decisions; and led a successful effort to have a plaintiff's attorney sanctioned with a personal contempt citation for $190,000 for violation of a court order.
Washington Square Park Litigation
Trial counsel for General Motors in a highly publicized case in state court arising out of one of the worst automobile accidents in New York City history. The 24 plaintiffs included six decedents and others with significant brain injuries, burns and loss of limbs. Defect allegation related to the lack of a brake-transmission shift interlock in all GM 1980s vehicles. Plaintiffs sought compensatory and punitive damages. Favorable settlement reached after six weeks of trial.
Representative Constitutional & Religious Liberty Matters
State of Wisconsin School Voucher Program Litigation
Represented the State of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Supreme Court and later the United States Supreme Court in its successful litigation to become the first state in the country to implement a school voucher program.
Concerned Citizens of Carderock v. Hubbard
Defended the Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation in a lawsuit brought by residential owners in the town of Carderock, Maryland challenging the constitutionality of a zoning ordinance, arguing that it amounted to an impermissible endorsement of religion within areas zoned for single-family residential use. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted the defendant's motion to dismiss.
Other Distinctions
Jay is named one of "The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" in 2013 by The National Law Journal and is honored for his pro bono work for the education reform movement under California's "parent trigger" law.
Jay has been ranked in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business for General Commercial Litigation every year since 2008.
In 2012, Jay was recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. for his work in both Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation.
In 2011 and 2012, Jay was recognized in New York Super Lawyers.
Jay was named "Litigator of the Week," The Am Law Litigation Daily, December 2012.
In 2011 and 2012, Jay was named MVP, Law360, November 2011, November 2012.
In 2012, Jay was named "Life Sciences MVP," Law360, December 2012.
In 2011, Jay was named "Appellate MVP," Law360, November 2011.
Communal Activities & Distinctions
In 2010, Jay was honored with the Gershom Mendes Seixas Award from Columbia/Barnard Hillel.
In 2004, Jay received the Public Service Award from the Orthodox Union, and also represented the U.S. at the International Conference on Anti-Semitism in Berlin, Germany.
In 1990, Jay served as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland.
Columbia Law School Board of Visitors, Board Member
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Board Member
Foundation for Jewish Camp, Board Member
National Affairs, Board Member
New Citizens Project, Board Member
NYU Alexander Hamilton Center Advisory Board, Board Member
Ramaz, Board Member
The Tikvah Fund, Board Member
Publications
"U.S. Response to North Korea is Dangerously Naive," The Washington Post, April 13, 2013
"Drones Are No Substitute for Detention," Financial Times, March 4, 2013
"Symposium - What Is the Future of Conservatism in the Wake of the 2012 Election?" Commentary, January 2013
"Escaping from the North Korean Stalemate," Commentary, December 2012
"Fate of Financial Crisis Litigation Hangs on Knotty Legal Question," New York Law Journal, July 19, 2012
"A Question Of Belonging," The Wall Street Journal, March 22, 2012
"Court Paints with Broad Brush, Upends U.S. Stem Cell Policy," The Hill, September 15, 2010
"Obama Embraces the 'Pre-emption' Doctrine," The Wall Street Journal, September 14, 2010
"Bookshelf: Judaism: A Way of Being, by David Gelernter, The Genesis of a People," The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2010
"Obama vs. the Regulators," The Washington Post, August 6, 2009
"AIDS and the President - An Inside Account," Commentary, January 2009
"Let's Confront North Korea on Human Rights," The Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2008
"Why North Koreans Need Us," The New York Sun, May 5, 2008
"Truth in Advertising," The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008
"Stem Cells and the President - An Inside Account," Commentary, January 2008
"Science Obviates Politics," The New York Sun, January 11, 2007
"For A Few Dollars More," The Wall Street Journal, January 10, 2007
"Homes Away from Home," The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2005
"The Election and the Jewish Vote," Commentary, February 2005
"It's Time to Lengthen Strides in Tort Reform," Investor's Business Daily, August 31, 2004
"Houses of Worship - Singled Out," The Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2004
"A Spectrum of Abuse at FCC?," The Washington Times, July 25, 2004
"Telecommons Turf Tango," The Washington Times, June 24, 2004
Testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (the Helsinki Commission), "Government Actions to Combat Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region," June 16, 2004
Testimony at the OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism, "Workshop on Promoting Tolerance: Media, i.a., Internet, NGOs and Religious Leaders," April 28, 2004
"Three Strikes for the FCC - Government Regulation Stifles the Telecom Industry," National Review, March 18, 2004
"Strike Up the Broadband," The Weekly Standard, January 26, 2004
"Bookshelf - Ugly and Venomous," The Wall Street Journal, January 22, 2004
"The 9/11 Deadline," The Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2003
"Malarkey And Stem Cells," The Washington Post, November 8, 2003
"The Facts on Stem Cells," The Washington Post, October 30, 2003
"Does the Jewish Vote Count?," Commentary, March 2001
"A Critique of the FCC's Decision to Retain Limits on National Television Station Ownership," Telecommunications & Electronic Media News, Fall 2000
"Bookshelf: The Supreme Court and Its Most Famous Justice, Law Without Values," by Albert W. Alschuler, The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2000
"It's The Law, Stupid, How many lawyers does it take to win an election?," The Weekly Standard, November 20, 2000
"Books in Review: Jew vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry," by Samuel G. Freedman, Commentary, October 2000
"Clinton, Not the Courts, Is Condemning Elian," The Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2000
"Bookshelf: The Warren Court and American Politics, by Lucas A. Powe, Jr., If the Legislature Won't Do It, We Will," The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2000
"A Modest Tort Proposal," The Weekly Standard, August 16, 1999
"Bookshelf: The Lord Will Gather Me In, by David Klinghoffer, Torah and Truth," The Wall Street Journal, December 15, 1998
"Supreme Court on School Choice: 50 Years of Precedents," The Wall Street Journal, November 23, 1998
"Treason of a Clerk, On the Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy at the Supreme Court," The Weekly Standard, April 27, 1998
"The NPR Log Book, No: All Opinions Are Not Entitled To Equal Air Time," ABA Journal, June 1996
"Decade of Greed?," The Public Interest, No. 124, Summer 1996
"Books in Review: Ultimate Answers, Think A Second Time, by Dennis Prager," Commentary, Vol. 101, No. 5, May 1996
"Overcoming Posner," The Public Interest, No. 120, Summer 1995
"The Paradox of a Great Ethnic Success," The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 1995
"Managed Competition Is Unhealthy – for Baseball," The Washington Times, August 2, 1994
"Books in Review: Romancing the State, The Fatal Embrace,: Jews and The State," by Benjamin Ginsberg, Commentary, January 1994
"Books in Review: The Baseball Business, Play Ball: The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball," by John Feinstein, Commentary, Vol. 96, No. 3, September 1993
"GOP Jujitsu Strategy," The Washington Post, June 23, 1993
"Where Dad Belongs," The Wall Street Journal, June 18, 1993
"Our Students, Still at Risk," The New York Times, May 3, 1993
"The Next Rebellion: Parents vs. The Liberals," The Washington Times, April 23, 1993
"Jewish Voters & the Democrats," Commentary, April 1993
"The Missing Linkage," The Jerusalem Report, March 14, 1991
"Law Review Errs With Affirmative-Action Plan," Manhattan Lawyer, May 23, 1989
"Affirmative Action Can Hurt Those It Is Intended to Help," The Times Union, February 7, 1989
"Shultz Had Legal Right to Bar Arafat," The Jewish Week, Inc., December 9, 1988
Press Coverage
"Frum Dress Codes V. Human Rights?," The Jewish Week, April 17, 2013
"The 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America: Jay Lefkowitz," The National Law Journal, March 25, 2013
"Court Weighs Drug Liability," The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2013
"Justices Explore Fine Line on Generic Drug Injuries," The New York Times, March 20, 2013
"Supreme Court Weighs Future Of Generic-Drug Defect Suits," Law360, March 19, 2013
"Top Court to Hear Arguments Over Generic Drugmaker Liability," Reuters, March 18, 2013
"K&E's Lefkowitz Strikes Again for Defendants in Medicaid Fraud Case," The Am Law Litigation Daily, February 28, 2013
"Q&A with Kirkland's Jay Lefkowitz," Law360, February 27, 2013
"Eye Med Distributor's $100M Suit Barred By Deal, Akorn Says," Law360, January 28, 2013
"Appellate Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis," Law360, January 10, 2013
"Litigator of the Week: Jay Lefkowitz of Kirkland & Ellis," The Am Law Litigation Daily, December 14, 2012
"Life Sciences MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz," Law360, December 3, 2012
"Six Kirkland Partners Named to Law360's "MVPs of the Year" List," Law360, November 30, 2012
"Generic Drugs Proving Resistant to Damage Suits," The New York Times, March 20, 2012
"Charter School Dispute had a Strategic Angle," Florida Business Review, January 13, 2012
"Pro Bono Hotlist," The National Law Journal, January 2, 2012
"Focus: The Litigation Top 50 - Wars of the World," The Lawyer, December 5, 2011
"Appellate MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Jay Lefkowitz," Law360, November 18, 2011
"Law360 Names 2011 MVPs," Law360, November 10, 2011
"Palestinian Move Hits Obama Vote Base," Financial Times, September 21, 2011
"Supreme Court Delivers Big Win to Generic-Drug Makers," Inside Counsel, September 2011
"In Trio of Big Business Cases, Justices Sharply Divide," The National Law Journal, June 24, 2011
"Court: Generic Drug Makers not Liable for Warnings," The Associated Press, June 23, 2011
"Supreme Court Sides with Generics, Rules State Law Failure-To-Warn Claims Preempted by Federal Law," The Am Law Litigation Daily, June 23, 2011
"For Generics' Lawyers, Landmark Ruling was Years in the Making," Thomson Reuters News & Insight, June 23, 2011
"Generic-Drug Makers Shielded From Lawsuits, Top Court Says," Bloomberg News, June 23, 2011
"Lefkowitz Drops Bid to Run 9/11 Fund," Metropolis, April 14, 2011
"Star Litigator Jay Lefkowitz Goes Pro Bono in California School Reform Case," Lawyers and Settlements.com, February 22, 2011
"First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Seeks to Improve Los Angeles School," The National Law Journal, February 7, 2011
"How Policy Can Often Trump Politics in the White House," Columbia Law School, September 23, 2010
"Corp. Counsel Name Product Liability Standout Firms," Law360, September 7, 2010
"The 4 Firms In-House Counsel Fear The Most," Law360, September 3, 2010
"Litigation Department of the Year: Finalist: Not Afraid to Litigate - or Negotiate," The American Lawyer, January 1, 2010
"4 Firms Lead Pack In Legal Skills," Law360, November 16, 2009
"Kirkland Wins Appeal for Tenet in RICO Case," The Am Law Daily, September 9, 2009
"Inside the Ring: Korea Rights Report," The Washington Times, January 29, 2009
"Kosher in the White House," AISH.com, December 28, 2008
"Daddy Track; Paid Paternity Leave is Now Standard at Am Law 100 Firms," The American Lawyer, July 2008
"Supreme Court Pharma Fight," CNBC Video, February 27, 2008
"Subprime Crisis Stirring up New Wave of Litigation, Says Kirkland's Lefkowitz," Global Forensics, February 2008
"Foggy Bottom Apostate," The Wall Street Journal, January 25, 2008
"K&E Wins AmLaw's Litigation Dep't of the Year," Wall Street Journal Law Blog, January 2, 2008
"Litigation Department of the Year: Winner: Top Guns," The American Lawyer, January 2008
"Bush Envoy Argues for Accountability," Yale Daily News, October 10, 2007
"Shuttle Diplomat," Columbia College Today, September 1, 2006
"European Closing Bell," CNBC Europe, March 22, 2004
"A Hard-Nosed Litigator Becomes Bush's Policy Point Man," The Washington Post, April 30, 2002
"Blackboard Jungle," The American Lawyer, May 1, 2000
"Republican, Connected and Rising," The National Law Journal, March 11, 1996
Seminars
Columbia Law's Center for Constitutional Governance Conference - Domestic Policy Panelist, "The Next Four Years: Major Issues in Constitutional Governance," April 2013
American Conference Institute - Speaker, "Asserting a Successful Preemption Defense and Managing Parallel Plaintiff Claims in a Post-Mensing World," December 2012
AJC's Learned Hand Award Dinner - Moot Court Advocate Headliner, "Civil Liberties in a Post-911 World," November 2012
PhRMA Law Section Event - Speaker, "Review of the 2011-2012 Supreme Court Term and Preview of the 2012-2013 Term," October 2012
2012 GSK Law Firm Summit - Speaker, "Preemption and the Post-Mensing World," September 2012
Hudson Institute - Speaker and Moderator, "Escape from North Korea," September 2012
DRI's Drug and Medical Device Seminar - Speaker, "Preemption: Where Has the Pendulum Swung After Mensing?" May 2012
General Pharmaceutical Association's Annual Meeting - Featured Speaker, "Drug Liability Litigation Post Mensing: Generic Drug Labels--The Same Only More Defensible," February 2012
Hertog Political Studies Program – Speaker, "Stem Cell Research and Federal Funding," July 2010
Alexander Hamilton Society Dinner – Speaker, "Perspectives on North Korea," July 2010
New York Young Republicans Club – Guest Speaker, April 2010
Republican Jewish Coalition Seminar – Speaker, "Post Election Analysis & the Future of the GOP," January 2009
Young Israel of Century City Scholar in Residence, Weekend of October 24-26, 2008
American Enterprise Institute Conference "The North Korean Problem: Toward a Diplomatic Solution in 2008?" – Keynote Speaker, "North Korean Human Rights & US National Security," January 2008
Columbia Law School Dean's Visiting Speaker Luncheon Series – Speaker, "Perspectives on the Law," February 2007
United States' Mission to the United Nations, Economic and Social Council Presentation – Speaker, "Shining a Light: Human Rights Abuses in North Korea," December 2006
Asia Society Symposium "Can Human Rights Concerns Be Addressed in a Comprehensive Northeast Asia Security Regime" – Keynote Speaker, May 2006
Columbia University's Kraft Lecture Series – Panelist, "Is Religion Political?" March 2006
American Bar Association's Annual National Conference – Presented "Preserving Exclusivity: Navigating What's at Stake Under the Hatch-Waxman Act," January 2006
American Bar Association's Aviation and Space Law Committee Conference – Panelist, "Aviation Security and Privacy and Discrimination," October 2005
Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy Conference "9/11 Victim Compensation Fund: Successes, Failures, and Lessons for Tort Reform" – Opening Remarks, January 2005
UJA Young Leadership Conference "Perspectives on U.S. Policy in the Middle East" – Keynote Speaker, June 2004
Manhattan Institute's Center for a Digital Economy Conference "Avoiding a Tragedy of the Telecommons" – Panelist, "How are Regulatory Incentives Affecting Competition and Investment?" May 2004
U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Alternatives to Litigation Conference – Panelist, "Administrative Compensation Systems," April 2004
Courts
United States Supreme Court, as well as numerous federal district and appellate courts.
