Jared Friedmann is a senior associate in the Litigation Department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges' New York office. His practice focuses on various forms of complex commercial litigation. Mr. Friedmann has represented clients in the banking, insurance, manufacturing, and telecommunication industries in both state and federal courts and in arbitration. Mr. Friedmann has counseled clients and litigated matters involving class actions, contracts, fiduciary duties, employment discrimination, ERISA, copyright, products liability, insurance, appeals, bankruptcy, and antitrust.
Mr. Friedmann has received numerous awards for his pro bono work which has focused on helping disadvantaged children and children with disabilities. Mr. Friedmann also represented an indigent client in a federal civil rights action and received a jury verdict in his clients' favor.
Mr. Friedmann received his B.S. from Cornell University, School of Industrial & Labor Relations. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Senior Editor of the Columbia Law Review. From 2004-2005, Mr. Friedmann clerked for the Honorable Colleen McMahon in the Southern District of New York.