Who We Are
 Our Backgrounds and Credentials
Freeman Lewis LLP is a business litigation boutique founded in 2002 by Jennifer Freeman and Robert Y. Lewis, two alumni of Shearman & Sterling, a large international law firm. Together, Ms. Freeman and Mr. Lewis have more than 40 years of experience helping clients resolve business disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation. Ms. Freeman also has an expertise in employment law, and Mr. Lewis, a former federal prosecutor, in white-collar criminal and regulatory law. Alexander Linzer, our associate, has been practicing for six years with us. Freeman Lewis LLP often works closely with other lawyers and law firms. It is a referral firm for several large international law firms.

jfreeman@freemanlewis.com 		Jennifer Freeman (Founding Partner)
Born New York, N.Y.; admitted to bar, 1980, New York and Texas.

Education: National Law Center, George Washington University (J.D., with honors). Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Law and Economics. Cornell University (B.A., cum laude).

Publications: "Workout Litigation and Private Banking," Banking Law Series 83 (PLI, 1992); "Post-Closing Purchase Price Disputes," N.Y.L.J. Sept. 12, 1991; "Judgments In Foreign Currency—A Little Known Change In NY Law," The Int'l Lawyer, Fall 1989; "Hidden Innovation In NY's Foreign Currency Direct Broadcast Developments," 74 Am. Soc'y Int'l Law Proceedings 298; "Toward the Free Flow of Information: Direct Satellite Broadcasting," 13 J. Int'l Law & Econ. 329.

Teaching: "National Institute of Trial Advocacy Faculty, Trial Academy -- Direct and Cross Examination Skills," 1993.

Bar Memberships: Former Member, Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Committee, Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, Committee Re: Legal Issues of the Homeless and Municipal Affairs Committee, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Reported Cases: Perdue v. City University of N.Y., 13 F.Supp.2d 326 (E.D.N.Y. 1998); Graphic Scanning Corp. v. Yampol, 850 F.2d 131 (2d Cir. 1988); Interpetrol Bermuda Ltd. v. Trinidad & Tobago Oil Co., 573 N.Y.S. 2d 598 (NY Sup. Ct. 1987); Banco Para El Comercio Exterior de Cuba v. First Nat'l City Bank, 744 F.2d 237 (2d Cir. 1984); Tran v. Citibank, N.A., 586 F.Supp. 203 (S.D.N.Y. 1983).

Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Dispute Resolution; Sports Law



rlewis@freemanlewis.com 		Robert Y. Lewis (Founding Partner)
Born Garden City, Kansas; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1991, California.

Education: Stanford University.(J.D., 1984). Notes Editor, Stanford Law Review. Rotary Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, 1985-1986. Grinnell College (B.A., 1980), Phi Beta Kappa.

Clerkship: Law Clerk to the Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1984-1985.

Publications: "Courts and Sparks: The Subprime Mortgage Meltdown", Worth (Dec. 2007); "Avoiding Internet Litigation in Inconvenient Forums," N.Y.L.J. (May 14, 2002); "Alternate Dispute Resolution in the Lender Liability Area" in Lender Liability (Law Journal Seminar Press (1988); "Sanctions Available Under Rules 16, 26, 37, 28 U.S.C. 1912, 1927 and Rule 38 of Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure" in Rule 11 and Other Sanctions (PLI, 1987); “How Developing world Businesses Can Make American Arbitration Work for Them”, Articlebase.com (2007)

Legal Employment: Litigation Partner, Shaw Pittman (1994-2001); Assistant United States Attorney, Central District of California (1990-1994); Litigation Associate, Shearman & Sterling (1987 -1990).

Reported Cases: Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Company, 114 Fed. Appx. 423 (2nd Cir. 2004); Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Company, 287 Fed. App. 122 (2nd Cir. 2008); United States v. Ermichine, 2002 WL 869825 (S.D.N.Y.); Isik Jewelry v. Mars Media, 418 F. Supp. 112 (E.D.N.Y. 2005); In re Austrian and German Holocaust Litigation, 250 F. 3d 156 (2nd Cir. 2001); In re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defendants Litigation, 198 F.R.D. 429 (D.N.J. 2000); The Emerging German Fund v. Goldstein, 1999 WL 970522 (S.D.N.Y.); Netrix Leasing v. K.S. Telecom, 2001 W.L. 228362 (S.D.N.Y.); United States v. Mila del Rosario, 15 F.3d 1093 (9th Cir. 1994); DeWeerth v. Baldinger, 836 F.2d 103 (2nd Cir. 1987); United States v. Bustamante Lomas, 30 F.3d 1191 (9th Cir. 1994); Oakes v. Oki-Electric Industries, 1989 WL 119701 (E.D. Pa. 1989).

Languages: German.

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Arbitration; White Collar Criminal Defense.



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Alexander T. Linzer (Associate)
Born New York, N.Y., December 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2003, New York.

Education: Fordham University (J.D., 2002). Member, Environmental Law Journal. Co-Author: "Avoiding Internet Litigation in Inconvenient Forums," N.Y.L.J. May 14, 2002; Hobart and William Smith Colleges (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999)

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Federal Criminal Law; Employment Law.

Published Decisions: Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Company, 114 Fed. Appx. 423 (2nd Cir. 2004); Compania Embotelladora Del Pacifico, S.A. v. Pepsi Cola Company, 287 Fed. App. 122 (2nd Cir. 2008); Mensah v. Polytechnic University, 68 A.D.3d 411 (1st Dept. 2009).