Jessica Lynn Falk

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Jessica Falk
Jessica L. Falk is a nationally recognized trial attorney and a partner in the Complex Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property & Media practice groups. She regularly leads bet-the-business commercial disputes, complex antitrust litigation, and sophisticated intellectual property litigation and counseling.

Leading legal and business publications frequently and repeatedly herald Jessica’s trial prowess and litigation capabilities. In 2025, The American Lawyer named Jessica a “Litigator of the Week” for securing a plaintiff $400+M jury trial victory for Regeneron in its antitrust case against Amgen. Lawdragon 500 selected her to its “X – The Next Generation” list in 2024 and its “Leading Global IP Lawyers” list in 2025. From 2021 to 2024, Benchmark Litigation named Jessica to its “40 & Under List”, which recognizes “top emerging talent” in U.S. litigation. In 2021, she was named a national “Rising Star” for Intellectual Property by Law360. In 2020, Jessica was honored as the national winner of the “Rising Star in IP” Award at the Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Americas Women in Business Law Awards. She is currently recognized as a leading litigator in World Trademark Review’s WTR1000 for Enforcement and Litigation, which calls her “no stranger to representing high-profile clients” and a “smart, diligent, proactive and personable lawyer” who is an “amazing partner to clients” with a “leadership style that engenders loyalty.” For two consecutive years, Jessica also has been named a recommended lawyer nationwide by Legal 500, including for General Commercial Disputes, Copyright, Trademarks: Litigation, and Media & Entertainment: Litigation.

Jessica represents clients across the industry spectrum – including energy, fashion, media and entertainment, insurance and investment services, publishing, life sciences, and technology – in high-profile disputes, including an impressive record at trial and before appellate panels. Notable recent experience includes:

  • Securing a $407 million plaintiff jury verdict for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in a Delaware federal court antitrust litigation on its claims that competitor Amgen unlawfully monopolized the U.S. market for PCKSK9 inhibitors.
  • Representing GlobalFoundries in a multi-billion-dollar breach of contract and fraud dispute adverse to IBM in New York Supreme Court arising from GlobalFoundries’ acquisition of IBM’s chip manufacturing business. Jessica argued a successful appeal before the First Department that led to a favorable settlement.
  • Representing AIG in defense of a trademark infringement lawsuit in Missouri federal court that sought damages in excess of $1 billion, which she favorably settled on the eve of trial.
  • Representing Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in connection with monopolization, restraint of trade, and other claims against Novartis and Vetter relating to actions Novartis and Vetter took to bar competition from Regeneron’s pre-filled syringe version of Eylea.
  • Representing New York City Regional Center in a $50M+ mass action fraud and fiduciary duty lawsuit brought by over a hundred EB-5 investors, securing a complete dismissal, affirmed on appeal before the Second Circuit.
  • Obtaining a $6.5 million judgment – as trial counsel – for Nuance Communications, Inc. in a breach of contract dispute for failure to pay annual minimum revenue commitments, defeating a counterclaim that the breach was purportedly justified.
  • Securing a complete arbitration trial victory for a major energy corporation on fraud and breach of contract claims seeking $1 billion in damages arising from the construction of a clean coal energy plant.
  • Representing Sirius XM and Pandora Media in a five-week remote trial before the CRB in the multi-billion dollar royalty rate-setting proceeding, Web V.
  • Representing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. in an arbitration arising out of the sale of its college textbook business whereby the arbitrator ruled entirely in HMH’s favor.
  • Representing Pilgrim’s Pride in a series of federal antitrust class actions and direct action complaints brought by direct and indirect purchasers across the country alleging the major poultry producers reduced output to raise the price of broiler chickens, which were consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Jessica has also played leading roles on Weil teams that have successfully represented clients in high-profile and landmark intellectual property cases, including obtaining a number of victories in multiple jurisdictions for The Walt Disney Company and Marvel Comics in significant copyright ownership cases involving iconic Marvel characters such as The Avengers, Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and Thor.

Jessica is frequently recognized for her pro bono work and has represented pro bono clients in matters involving intellectual property rights, asylum proceedings, and New York City Housing Authority proceedings. She received the Lawyers Alliance for New York’s 2016 Cornerstone Award in connection with her work on two successful cases appealing New York government agencies’ failure to provide documents in response to Freedom of Information Law requests. She is also actively involved in mentoring and inclusion initiatives at the Firm and serves on the leadership panel for the Firm’s Taskforce on Women’s Engagement and Retention (TOWER) and is co-chair of the Firm’s Summer Program Committee.

Jessica is active in the New York City Bar Association and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. She has appeared as a panelist for the American Bar Association’s Consumer Protection Update, the New York State Bar Association’s Bridging the Gap: Intellectual Property in the Digital Age program, and the Wall Street Exchange’s panel on Powerful Networking and Social Media Tools. She co-authored the State Bar of Texas Suing and Defending Governmental Entities Course from 2010-2013 and is the author of Unwinding the Deals that Fell Victim to the Credit Crunch, 27 Ann. Rev. Banking & Fin. L. 261 (2008).

Jessica graduated magna cum laude from Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences and graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law, where she received the Dean’s Award for Unfair Competition & Trademark Law and was an Edward F. Hennessey Scholar.

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