About Jeffery D. Ubersax
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Class Actions
- Product Liability
- Securities
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982J.D.
- Law Review: The Harvard Law Review, Editor and Supreme Court Editor
- Harvard University Law School, 1978M.A.
- Major: History
- Amherst College, 1977B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Languages
- German
Representative Cases
- American Board of Emergency Medicine wins appeal of antitrust class action challenging the board's eligibility criteria (2009)
- Ascension Health wins dismissals in class actions alleging violations of consumer protection laws by overcharging uninsured patients (2009)
- Brown Gibbons Lang wins dismissal of fraud claims in bankruptcy proceeding (2009)
- Brush Wellman obtains affirmance of summary judgment by Third Circuit in beryllium exposure case (2010)
- Brush Wellman obtains dismissal of claims in beryllium exposure putative class action
- Brush Wellman obtains Mississippi Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit rulings dismissing putative class action alleging exposure to beryllium (2009)
- Brush Wellman obtains summary judgment in contract dispute over proposed sale of office and manufacturing complex (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins affirmance of Daubert exclusion order and summary judgment on occupational exposure to beryllium claims (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins dismissal of state and federal claims involving employee health benefits (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins reversal of order establishing "medical monitoring class" in case of first impression in Ohio (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins summary judgment on claims relating to workplace exposure to beryllium by employees at an Arizona facility (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins summary judgment on contract claims for indemnification arising from product liability actions (2009)
- Brush Wellman wins summary judgment on intentional tort claim relating to workplace exposure to beryllium (2009)
- Cliffs Natural Resources resolves dispute over "take or pay" provision of 2006 requirements contract (2009)
- Cliffs Natural Resources wins arbitral award in dispute over iron ore purchase amount (2009)
- Cliffs Natural Resources wins arbitral award in dispute with steelmaking company about price reopener provision (2010)
- Cliffs Natural Resources wins baseball arbitration against Canadian steel maker (2011)
- Cliffs Natural Resources wins Eighth Circuit appeal in dispute concerning post-termination duties under reclamation-services agreement (2010)
- Dial Finance summary judgment in case involving Second Mortgage Loan Act is affirmed on appeal
- Federated Department Stores and affiliates reorganize in chapter 11 (2009)
- NationsBank defends against bank brokerage customer class actions in federal and state courts in Florida, District of Columbia, Georgia, and Texas (2009)
- Newark Electronics pursues breach of contract action related to computer software design for South Carolina distribution center (2009)
- Penton Media resolves shareholder class action (2009)
- TRW defends against claim that merger with Northrop violated anti-assignment provisions of partnership agreement (2009)
- Twin Med obtains favorable settlement in contract dispute with nursing care facilities (2009)
- United Taconite wins breach of warranty trial and is found blameless for drill accident (2010)
- World Kitchen investigates and settles allegations by official committee of unsecured creditors involving fraudulent conveyance claims (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court District of Arizona
Past Positions
- Judge William W Schwarzer, United States District Court, Northern District of California, Law Clerk, 1982 - 1983
Office Info
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