Mr. Jonathan S. Liss is a results-oriented commercial litigator whose practice is focused on resolving complex business and corporate disputes with an emphasis on shareholder and corporate governance disputes, business torts, commercial contract disputes, and general commercial litigation.
He has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial litigation, from the discovery process through final dispute resolution, and has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in various matters at the trial and appellate levels in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. He strives to find creative, cost-effective solutions to solve clients’ problems in the most efficient way.
Mr. Liss has handled numerous lawsuits involving business divorces and business breakups, contract disputes, commercial leases and other real estate development disputes, estate disputes and will contests, and accounting malpractice. He represents clients in various industries, including real estate, pharmaceuticals, financial services, and trucking, among others.
EDUCATION:
- New York University School of Law (J.D.)
- New York University – Leonard N. Stern School of Business (B.S.)
PROFESSIONAL ADMISSIONS:
- State of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP(S):
- Law clerk to the Honorable Ronald D. Castille, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Philadelphia, PA
Representative Matters:
- Representing minority shareholder of international bank in various matters, including seeking to inspect books and records in Delaware Courts.
- Representing the minority member of a trucking company in a business breakup and shareholder dispute.
- Representing a major pharmaceutical company in arbitration with another major pharmaceutical company over a royalty dispute and securing multimillion-dollar judgment.
- Representing a landlord in an action in which a number of tenants are alleging that the landlord is improperly claiming exemption to a local rent control ordinance.
- Representing a major solar panel manufacturer in a multimillion-dollar contract dispute with a major customer.
Cost
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