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Shay Dvoretzky
Top Rated Family Law Attorney in Washington, DC
Appellate, Federal, ERISA, Class Actions
51 Louisiana Avenue NorthWest, Washington, DC 20001
About Shay Dvoretzky
Practice Areas
- Appellate
- Federal
- ERISA
- Class Actions
Education
- Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000J.D.
- Honors: Yale Club Scholar
- Honors: William Wang Prize in Corporate Law
- Law Journal: Yale Law Journal,
- Yale University, 1995B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Distinction in the Political Science
Languages
- Hebrew
Representative Cases
- Albertson's wins dismissal of malicious prosecution action filed by the UFCW International (2007)
- AOL obtains favorable jury verdict on breach-of-contract and tortious-interference claims related to CompuServe acquisition
- CBS Corporation and Westinghouse Pension Plan defeat ERISA action related to sale of business
- CBS Corporation wins summary judgment on indemnification and contribution claims in ERISA action by Northrop Grumman
- EDS resolves consolidated securities fraud action and ERISA class action
- Goodyear prevails in important Supreme Court Title VII decision involving statute of limitations period (2009)
- New York public school forced to change discriminatory admission policy (2009)
- NY state legislative redistricting plan is defended against voter claims of 14th Amendment and Voting Rights Act violations (2009)
- Prisoner asserts rights under Religious Freedom and Institutionalized Persons Act (2006)
- Pro bono client persuades 6th Circuit to reverse dismissal of federal habeas petition for failure to exhaust state remedies
- R.J. Reynolds defends claims filed in NY court by daughter of deceased smoker
- R.J. Reynolds prevails in decertifying statewide class action of former and current Florida smokers
- Scotts prevails in 11th Circuit appeal and preliminary injunction against competitor for trade dress infringement
- University of Notre Dame successfully challenges AmeriCorps funding
- Voters and political party officials successfully defend congressional redistricting plan against Voting Rights Act challenge
- Westinghouse Savannah River defends 4th Circuit appeal after discrimination claims denied
- Westinghouse Savannah River successfully defends ruling of disparate-impact and disparate-treatment on appeal in 4th Circuit
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- New York
Past Positions
- Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, Law Clerk, 2001 - 2002
- Hon. J. Michael Luttig, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Law Clerk, 2000 - 2001
Office Info
Other Colleagues
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- Partner
- Of Counsel
- Counsel
Nearby Lawyers
- Appellate
- Federal
- ERISA
- Class Actions
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