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Jeffrey H. Daichman is a partner in and co-chairs the firm's Litigation practice group. Mr. Daichman has been an active trial and appellate lawyer for more than 25 years in State and Federal Courts. He has litigated cases in over 20 different States, has regularly been admitted as lead counsel pro hac vice in many jurisdictions throughout the United States, and has argued before the appellate courts as well as the highest court of the State of New York. In addition to his trial and appellate work, Mr. Daichman has represented clients in numerous arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and has also participated in and used Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation to his client's advantage.
With an emphasis on commercial litigation, Mr. Daichman has litigated cases ranging from corporate matters, shareholders' claims, partnership disputes, breach of contract, lender liability, fraud, employment issues, brokerage claims, distributorship and sales representative agreements, liability claims relating to high technology issues, computer copyright claims, unfair competition, commercial paper and negotiable instruments, discrimination and sexual harassment and numerous federal and state statutory matters. He has extensive experience in the First Amendment area, having litigated claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, obscenity and the right to publicity, resulting in several landmark decisions in this area of constitutional law. His diverse litigation experience has involved him in high profile cases successfully representing clients against adversaries such as Louis Nizer and Gerry Spence, representing individuals such as author Jackie Collins and Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione and successfully defending against claims brought by public figures such as Vanessa Williams, Henry Kissinger and Jerry Falwell. Among the cases he has been involved in include defeating claims for hundreds of millions in damages and winning judgments for $40 million, $39 million, $4 million and $2 million after trial.
Mr. Daichman is admitted to practice in the State of New York, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits and the United States Supreme Court, briefed two cases decided by the Supreme Court and argued before Supreme Court Justice David Souter when he sat on the Supreme Court of New Hampshire and before Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer when he sat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston.
Mr. Daichman is a 1974 graduate of the New York University School of Law where he was the Managing Editor of the N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure. He is also a graduate of Purdue University (M.A. 1971) and Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute (B.S. 1970). | 