Jeremy Wyeth Schulman leads Hughes
Hubbard’s litigation practice in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Jeremy’s
highly diversified practice focuses on complex commercial litigation matters,
international and domestic arbitration, internal investigations and corporate
counseling.
Jeremy is known as a “go to”
litigator for the most consequential business disputes confronting clients in
virtually every industry sector. He has represented pharmaceutical companies,
major foreign and domestic financial institutions, insurance companies, trading
concerns, media companies, energy joint ventures, brewers, airport development
companies, real estate owners and developers, homebuilders, hotel ownership and
management companies, and hotel franchisors, as well as multiple foreign
governments and foreign government-owned infrastructure companies, among
others.
Clients say Jeremy “is a master legal tactician. He and his team executed their winning strategy with expert precision. Put simply, [he] knows how to win cases.”
Jeremy has a lengthy track
record of success, which includes winning the dismissal of multi-billion dollar
“bet-the-company” claims, procuring trial judgments and settlements in the many
hundreds of millions of dollars, and handling the most difficult and sensitive
matters for clients across the United States and around the world. He has been
lead counsel in numerous hotly-contested corporate governance cases, as well as
disputes concerning iconic real estate properties.
He won a landmark Lanham Act false advertising trial, in which he obtained a
substantial jury award, permanent injunction, and contempt findings against the
opposing parties for violating the injunction, all of which were affirmed by a
federal appeals court. He has been involved in some of the highest profile and
complex international disputes emerging in recent years, including the Sumitomo
Corporation “rogue trading” cases, the Bank of New York Russian money
laundering scandal, and the East Timor oil and gas drilling rights cases, as
well as substantial investor-state disputes in Brazil, the Philippines, and
Mongolia.
Jeremy
has also represented prominent trial lawyers when they themselves have needed
litigation counsel, including a well-known national association of trial
lawyers in a major loan securitization dispute, a senior official in the
Department of Justice in an intellectual property lawsuit, and a former judge
on what is now the Maryland Supreme Court in a construction matter.
Jeremy’s
primary focus is prosecuting and defending actions involving breach of
contract, fraud, civil RICO, breach of fiduciary duty, negligent
misrepresentation, misappropriation of trade secrets, lender liability,
creditor’s and debtor’s rights, fraudulent conveyances, trademark and copyright
infringement, false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, invasion of
privacy, products liability, and federal and state securities law violations.
Jeremy
regularly appears in state and federal courts across the United States,
including New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland, Florida,
Delaware, California, Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts,
Louisiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina, and
Wisconsin, as well as various foreign and domestic arbitral tribunals.
Jeremy
is tenacious in his approach to litigation, handling cases with a sense of
urgency and a focus on efficiency. Although he places great emphasis on
creative problem solving, frequently steering disputes to resolution through
informal negotiation or mediation, Jeremy is also an experienced trial lawyer.
He has successfully handled numerous contested proceedings, including jury and
non-jury court trials, merits arbitration hearings, temporary restraining order
and injunction hearings, dispositive motions hearings and other evidentiary
proceedings.
Highlighted Matters
Representation of pharmaceutical company and its principals as national litigation counsel handling Lanham Act false advertising, contributory false advertising, trademark infringement, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secrets/know how, and tortious interference cases in federal and state courts in Maryland, Wisconsin, California, Georgia, and Florida. Obtained $18 million jury verdict and permanent injunction, and won findings of contempt, all of which were affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Defeated more than 50 counterclaims and won summary judgment dismissing separate $160 million counter-suit.
Representation of real estate-backed specialty lender in dozens of loan disputes in New York and Illinois, including $30 million wire fraud case. Won summary judgments or settlements in excess of $30 million.
Represented prominent group of bio-technology companies and their principals as national litigation counsel handling loan, securities, and contract disputes in New York, Maryland, Delaware, and Massachusetts, including $230 million loan dispute and $73 million licensing agreement litigation.
Representation of private equity firm in litigation over its interests in $480 million petroleum company sale. Won summary judgment on all seven counts of Amended Complaint, won dismissal of all eleven counts of the opposing parties’ counterclaims, won finding that adversary pressed litigation in bad faith and without substantial justification, and obtained recovery valued at $65 million, plus reimbursement of all of our client’s attorneys’ fees and costs.
Representation of dietary supplement licensor in California federal litigation concerning Lanham Act false advertising, trademark infringement, and breach of a trademark licensing agreement.
Representation of senior U.S. Department of Justice official in copyright litigation.
Representation of Washington, D.C. trade association in litigation concerning $90 million failed loan.
Representation of one of Japan’s largest conglomerates in multi-billion-dollar litigation against two leading New York-based banks arising from their involvement in one of the largest rogue trading scandals in history.
Representation of a celebrity chef in litigation concerning ownership of successful restaurant ventures.
Representation of minority ownership group in buy-sell dispute concerning the sale of a $150 million office building in Washington, D.C.
Representation of putative seller of Orlando, Florida apartment complex in litigation with buyer over a disputed purchase and sale agreement.
Representation of leading U.S. homebuilder in litigation concerning $120 million real estate acquisition in the Washington metropolitan area.
Representation of 50% owner of limited liability company owning $50 million Washington, D.C. office building in dispute concerning sale of property.
Representation of the principals of a Florida-based technology company in multiple litigations against two leading financial institutions in connection with disputed securities margin agreements.
Representation of leading German financial institution in connection with opening of branches in the U.S.
Representation of Russian bank in civil forfeiture action brought by Federal government in connection with Bank of New York money laundering investigation.
Representation of large minority partners in litigation and pre-litigation disputes concerning various real estate partnerships owning shopping mall, residential apartment complexes, office buildings, and raw land in the Washington metropolitan area valued at more than $500 million.
Representation of real estate developer in litigation and various other matters over his interest in $106 million office building and contiguous property located in the Washington metropolitan area.
Representation of New York-based real estate company concerning various disputes with major hotel management company relating to hotels in Florida and Puerto Rico.
Representation of owner of Downtown Washington hotel in AAA arbitration against major hotel management company concerning proposed hotel renovation.
Representation of owner of three luxury hotels in Southern California in litigation against leading hotel management company in state court in California concerning mismanagement of hotels.
Representation of leading hotel franchisor in federal court appeals concerning branches of its franchise agreement.
Representation of sports league in litigation in federal court in Nevada concerning the design and acquisition of a rocket-powered airplane.
Representation of software development company in federal lawsuit against former officer, director, and employee concerning ownership of the company’s intellectual property.
Representation of leading solar energy company in federal lawsuit against former business partner concerning the former partner’s breaches of a reseller agreement.
Representation of communications company in licensing dispute with software provider and related escrow dispute with leading escrow agent in multi-jurisdictional dispute.
Representation of internet company in securities fraud action against investors.
Representation of Asian government in World Bank arbitration concerning rehabilitation of country’s principal thermal power station.
Representation of leading airport developer in World Bank arbitration against Asian government concerning construction of international passenger terminal.
Representation of Asian governmental agency in D.C. District Court litigation concerning disputed oil and gas drilling rights.
Representation of a director of a U.K.-based oil company and an official of the Federal Government of Somalia in connection with terrorism allegations asserted by the United Nations Monitoring Group for Somalia and Eritrea.
Representation of the Federal Republic of Somalia in various matters, including conducting an investigation of financial corruption allegations asserted by the United Nations Monitoring Group for Somalia and Eritrea.
Representation of owner of combined-cycle power plant in Brazil in ICC arbitration proceedings and extensive pre-arbitration negotiations in construction dispute with contractor.
Representation of major insurance company in class action in Ohio state court concerning marketing practices with respect to variable annuity products.
Representation of major insurance company in litigation in New York State court concerning an alleged breach of a reinsurance contract.
Representation of brewing company in litigation in New York federal court against former distributor who alleged improper termination of distributorship agreement.
