Teresa Brady is a senior associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. Her practice is diverse. Ms. Brady has represented clients in the energy, banking, media, manufacturing and currency industries in both state and federal courts and in arbitration. She has litigated matters involving contracts, fraud, fiduciary duties, indemnifications, business valuations, class actions, appeals, securities and bankruptcy.
Ms. Brady has been involved in several high profile cases, including as a member of the Weil team that secured a complete dismissal for CBS Corporation in a $70 million breach of contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty suit filed by its former anchorman and correspondent Dan Rather stemming from his departure from the network in 2006. She was also a member of the trial team representing Vivendi Universal in the largest shareholder class action to go to trial, and in related individual securities actions. Ms. Brady has also litigated a variety of matters on behalf of Lehman Brothers arising from its Chapter 11 filing.
Ms. Brady also has an active pro bono practice. One long-shot victory, in which Ms. Brady and her colleagues obtained the reversal of a nearly 16-year prison sentence handed down for a minor offense under mandatory sentencing guidelines, was featured in an article published in the New York Times.
Ms. Brady is actively involved in a number of diversity initiatives, including AsianAttorneys@Weil, Weil’s Asian attorney affinity group, and as a member of the Planning Committee of Women@Weil, the firm’s women attorney affinity group.
Ms. Brady is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. She is also a member of the Development Committee for Greyston Foundation.
Ms. Brady is admitted to practice in New York and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Brady received her J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas, where she was a member of the Order of the Barristers.