SELENDY GAY - Key Persons
Adam Gould is a litigator with experience in a broad range of complex commercial disputes and white-collar investigations and enforcement actions.
Adam earned his J.D. summa cum laude from the American University Washington College of Law, and was a senior staff member of the American University Law Review, an executive editor of the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Brief, and a member of the Mock Trial Honors Society.
Before joining Selendy Gay, Adam was a judicial law clerk for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. He was also an Associate in an international law firm's White Collar Defense and Investigations group.
Education
American University Washington College of Law (J.D.)
Summa Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Senior Staff Member, American University Law Review,
University of Oregon (B.S.)
Aine Carolan earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an executive editor for the New York University Law Review.
While in law school, Aine was a law student advocate for Sanctuary for Families and the Brennan Center Public Policy Advocacy Clinic and an executive board member of Law Women and the Domestic Violence Advocacy Project.
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D.)
Staff Editor, New York University Law Review
Haverford College (B.A.)
Alexandra Butler is a litigator with experience in commercial, securities and criminal appellate litigation, as well as arbitration.
Before joining Selendy Gay, Alexandra was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Alexandra earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she was a student attorney for the Criminal Justice Institute, an online content editor for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and a student contributor for OnLabor.org. During law school, Alexandra interned at the Constitutional Accountability Center in Washington, D.C.
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Alvaro Mon Cureño is a litigator with experience in regulatory enforcement, bankruptcy, and internal investigations. He has represented corporate clients in financial services, retail, technology, and other industries.
In his public interest practice, Alvaro successfully represented 33 undocumented immigrants in a civil RICO action against their former immigration attorneys. He has also represented clients in federal criminal proceedings, pro bono.
Alvaro earned his J.D. from Cornell University, where he was a member of the Latin American Law Students Association.
Amanda Miner is a litigator with experience in a broad variety of complex commercial litigation matters in both state and U.S. District Courts.
Before joining Selendy Gay, Amanda was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Amanda earned her J.D. from Cornell Law School, where she was the Publishing Editor of Cornell Law Review. While in law school, Amanda served as a legal extern for the Office of Legal Counsel for Governor Jared Polis, student attorney for the Child Advocacy Clinic and founded the Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Referral & Pro Se Project.
Education
Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude)
Andrew is an experienced trial and appellate litigator who has been named a leading securities litigator by The Legal 500 and is ranked among the nation's "Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers" by Lawdragon.
He has successfully represented clients in securities, contract, healthcare, antitrust, mass tort, RICO, ERISA, and constitutional matters, among others. Andrew was a key member of the team that represented the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in recovering $25 billion from the world's leading banks over the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), including the trial team that obtained an $800 million judgment from Nomura and RBS. In that litigation, Andrew obtained a summary judgment decision that banks did not act with reasonable care in creating the RMBS they sold to investors during the run-up to the financial crisis.
Ashley Ulrich is a litigator with experience in a broad range of complex commercial, antitrust, and bankruptcy disputes.
Ashley earned her J.D. from New York University Law School, where she was a Managing Editor for the Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law. While in law school, Ashley was the Litigation Director of the Unemployment Action Center of New York and a volunteer with the Courtroom Advocates Project.
Before joining Selendy Gay, Ashley was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.
Education
New York University School of Law (J.D.)
Bradley Posdal earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. While in law school, he was president of Neighbors, the Law School's primary community service organization, and a summer law student intern for the Immigrants' Rights Clinic in Chicago.
David A. Coon is a litigator with experience in complex commercial litigation, appeals, and regulatory and enforcement investigations. He was recognized in Best Lawyers' 2024 list of "Ones to Watch" in the publication's appellate category, as well as by Super Lawyers in its 2023 New York Metro "Rising Stars" list.
Job Titles:
- EDiscovery & Litigation Support Director
In a nationally recognized career spanning more than three decades, Faith has been lead counsel in over 35 jury trials and has successfully navigated bet-the-company crises and investigations for scores of Fortune 500 companies. Before founding Selendy Gay, Faith was co-chair of the national trial practice at one of the country's top litigation firms and a highly respected federal prosecutor. Raised in rural Georgia and a resident of New York City, Faith is comfortable in courtrooms around the country.
Faith was recently named one of "America's Top 200 Lawyers" by Forbes and a "Litigation Trailblazer" by the National Law Journal. She is a two-time recipient of Crain's "100 Notable Women in Law" award, and on Crain's list of "Notable LGBTQIA+ Leaders." The Office of the Appellate Defender presented Faith with the prestigious Gould Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy in 2019. She is highly rated by Chambers (in Commercial Litigation, Government Investigations, and White-Collar matters), and is a long-time recipient of top litigation awards, including the Lawdragon 500, Benchmark's "Litigation Stars," Super Lawyers, and many others.
Chambers lists Faith as one of the country's top litigators, citing "significant praise for her work in high-stakes litigation covering commercial claims, white-collar issues and matters of constitutional law." Clients have touted her "extraordinary feel for litigation," saying: "I've never met a lawyer like her; she combines so many talents in a single human body. She's incredibly responsive, unbelievably insightful, and her advice is always sound."
In naming her a "Top Female Trial Lawyer," Law360 described Faith as "a great litigator" with "a kind of magnetic charisma, a likeability and intelligence that allow her to present complicated cases in a way that disarms tough judges, hostile witnesses, and skeptical jury members."
Faith is a former chief of the Civil Rights Unit (Criminal Division) and deputy chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York. With deep experience in plaintiff and defense matters, she divides her time between complex civil litigation, corporate governance, and white-collar and regulatory investigations.
In her commercial practice, she focuses on complex contractual and financial instrument disputes, securities, antitrust and bankruptcy litigation, intellectual property disputes, and consumer class actions. She also has extensive experience in Board and Special Committee assignments, representation of C-Suite executives and high net worth individuals in corporate and family law matters, and first and foremost, in resolving litigation that is seriously compromised and requires emergency re-shaping. Her long roster of high-profile clients that she has served as national or lead trial counsel includes the American Federation of Teachers, Bausch, Bridgewater, Coca-Cola, Colgate, Domtar, Edge & Node, E-Trade, Home Depot, MacAndrews & Forbes, McKinsey & Company, Novartis, Nuance, Pfizer, Regeneron, Revlon, Sandoz, and Schwab.
In her white-collar practice, Faith has represented individuals and corporations in investigations by the SEC, FINRA, DOJ, FDA, IRS, EPA, DOD, and numerous state attorneys general. She has led internal investigations at the request of corporations, boards of directors, and special committees. No individual or corporation that Faith has represented while under investigation has been indicted, pleaded guilty, or forced to accept deferred prosecution.
Job Titles:
- Accounting and Finance Director
Jay Alix v. McKinsey & Co.: Represented McKinsey & Co. against claims by Jay Alix, founder of consulting firm AlixPartners, and Mar-Bow Partners challenging McKinsey's Chapter 11 disclosures under Rule 2014.
Mar-Bow Value Partners LLC v. McKinsey & Co.: In the matter of Alpha Natural Resources, successfully achieving, despite a relentless campaign, a ruling in federal bankruptcy court in Richmond, VA that Jay Alix's Mar-Bow Partners does not have standing to be heard on its ongoing conflict-of-interest dispute in relation to Alpha Natural Resources, a bankruptcy coal miner.
Jennifer's leadership has been recognized by Corporate Counsel, which named her 2020's "Managing Partner of the Year," and the New York Law Journal, which lists her among 2020's "Distinguished Leaders."
A seasoned trial and appellate litigator, Jennifer represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes disputes. She has tried more than two dozen cases in state and federal courts and arbitration.
Jennifer was named one of "America's Top 200 Lawyers" by Forbes, "2023 Litigator of the Year" by International Financial Law Review, and one of 2022's "Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar" by the National Law Journal, a small and highly selective list. She is also recognized as a "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation, one of the "Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America" by Lawdragon and noted for her skill in complex commercial litigation by The Legal 500. Crain's has twice named her one of the "100 Notable Women in Law."
In addition to representing plaintiffs in high-stakes disputes, Jennifer also specializes in complex defense work and is frequently tapped for sensitive internal and governmental investigations into antitrust, financial misconduct, and employment-related matters. She has represented private equity and investment companies in precedent-setting litigation, represents renewable energy companies and related interests in cutting edge litigation aimed at protecting competition in power generation for the benefit of consumers, and has extensive expertise in RICO, bankruptcy, domestic and international arbitration, and cross-border disputes.
Jordan Goldstein is a veteran litigator who specializes in complex financial products and commercial transactions.
Jordan holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and previously worked as a deal attorney, where he structured many of the same types of transactions he now litigates. Jordan is also a former federal prosecutor and served in senior roles in the U.S. Department of Justice, including in the Office of Legal Counsel and as special counsel to the assistant attorney general of the National Security Division.
Admitted to practice in both New York and Florida, Jordan has a strong focus on litigating investor and consumer claims. He has represented clients adverse to virtually every major investment bank regarding a range of financial products, including mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, auction-rate securities, credit default swaps, municipal bonds, and insurance policies on financial instruments. He has litigated and appeared in numerous proceedings on behalf of bondholders in which bond payout provisions are in dispute, has litigated hostile takeovers, has been appointed class action counsel in major antitrust litigation, and has defended borrowers in commercial lending transactions. Jordan has helped his clients recover over $25 billion.
Jordan is recognized as a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation and is listed as a recommended lawyer by Legal 500 in their Dispute Resolution: Securities Plaintiff rankings.
Joshua Margolin is a seasoned litigator with experience in a wide array of complex commercial and financial disputes.
Named a "Plaintiffs' Lawyer Trailblazer" by The National Law Journal and a "Rising Star" by Benchmark Litigation and Super Lawyers, Joshua has litigated, arbitrated and mediated matters involving complex financial products, securities fraud, corporate governance, mergers, natural resources, real estate, insurance, contracts and employment. He has successfully argued before trial and appellate courts and has extensive experience achieving favorable results through mediation and in guiding his clients, including companies and individuals, through investigations.
Joshua is frequently called upon to provide legal commentary on emerging issues and key legal decisions across a variety of industries and practice areas for the Wall Street Journal, Reorg, Bloomberg, and other financial publications. He has also joined panels at conferences, including ABS East and GIR Live, speaking on topics including reporting requirements and corporate recidivism.
Joshua also maintains an active public interest practice. His efforts to safeguard voting rights were recognized by The Financial Times, which shortlisted him for its top prize in "Social Justice and the Rule of Law."
Joshua leads Selendy Gay's Wellbeing Initiative and serves on the New York City Bar Association's Lawyer Assistance Program. Both programs provide critical resources and support to those struggling with mental health issues.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Chairman of the Board of Her Justice
Kelley Cornish is a leading bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer. Over the course of her career, Kelley has represented all participants in bankruptcy cases and corporate restructurings: debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, official and unofficial committees, and acquirers of distressed assets. Her notable representations include Sears, Diamond Sports Group, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Ryze Renewables, Westmoreland Mining, Bumble Bee Foods, Alorica, Jack Cooper Ventures, Triangle Petroleum, The Bon-Ton Stores, Performance Sports Group, AbitibiBowater (now known as Resolute Forest Products), and the acquirors of Brooks Brothers and Lucky Apparel.
As a former litigator, Kelley combines her extensive bankruptcy and litigation experience to guide clients through complex, high-stakes restructuring and insolvency disputes, bankruptcy-related investigations, and litigation involving breaches of fiduciary duty, fraudulent transfers, preferences, and equitable subordination. She advises on investigations of potential prefiling claims and serves as conflicts litigation counsel, as well as counsel to litigation trusts, court-appointed examiners and trustees, and independent directors. She also has extensive experience in matters where litigation intersects with mergers & acquisitions and liability management transactions, and in advising and representing clients in restructuring-related mediations.
Some of Kelley's notable representations in which complex litigation was a cornerstone of the successful restructuring include:
The Restructuring Sub-Committee of the Board of Directors of Sears in the company's chapter 11 cases, including the investigation of claims and causes of action in related party transactions, and the commencement of an estate adversary proceeding asserting more than $1.8 billion in claims.
Diamond Sports Group, the nation's largest owner of regional sports networks, in an investigation of claims and causes of action against J.P. Morgan and Sinclair Inc., Diamond's parent company, for fraudulent transfers of assets, unlawful distributions and payments, breaches of contracts, unjust enrichment, and breaches of fiduciary duties, culminating in the commencement of litigation seeking damages in excess of $2.4 billion.
TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V., a leading media and television company in Mexico, and certain of its subsidiaries in the dismissal of the involuntary chapter 11 petitions filed against TV Azteca and its subsidiaries in the Southern District of New York with respect to missed interest payments on $400 million principal amount of unsecured notes.
Performance Sports Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of sports equipment and apparel with products marketed under the BAUER, MISSION, MAVERIK and EASTON brand names, in its complex U.S. and Canadian bankruptcy cases, including the going concern sale of its business to a leading Canadian private investment firm and the formation of a post-confirmation litigation trust to pursue securities class action claims against certain third parties that were pending at the commencement of the bankruptcy cases.
Bumble Bee Foods, one of the world's largest branded, shelf-stable seafood providers, in the successful going-concern sale of its businesses through coordinated chapter 11 and Canadian bankruptcy cases, resulting in the discharge of claims pending in massive, multi-district litigation asserting that the company and its private equity sponsor participated in an unlawful conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain, or stabilize the price of packaged tuna products.
AbitibiBowater (now Resolute Forest Products), North America's largest newsprint, paper, and wood products company, in the restructuring of more than $8 billion of prepetition indebtedness. The plan confirmation proceedings featured the company's successful defense of multibillion-dollar fraudulent transfer claims at a lengthy trial.
Walter Energy, a leading producer and exporter of coal for the global steel industry, in successfully restructuring more than $4 billion of secured and unsecured debt and the going concern sale of the company's core mining operations to its senior lenders. The plan confirmation proceedings featured the company's successful restructuring of its collective bargaining agreements following a lengthy trial.
Kelley is consistently recognized by Chambers, The Legal 500, International Financial Law Review, Best Lawyers in America, and other publications. Her representation of the restructuring subcommittee for the board of directors in Sears' chapter 11 case was named International Financial Law Review's "Deal of the Year," and her work for Performance Sports Group was recognized as the most significant restructuring of the year by M&A Advisor and the Turnaround Management Association. In Chambers, clients praise Kelley as "someone you want on your side when the stakes are high." They note that "what separates her from others is her ability to manage the human side of a restructuring with equal mastery as the business side."
Kelley was recently appointed Regent for the Second Circuit of the American College of Bankruptcy's Board of Regents. She was recently inducted into the Turnaround Management Association's Hall of Fame and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Kelley is the chair of the board of Her Justice, which provides free legal services to women living in poverty, and a board member of Lambda Legal, an organization that focuses on LGBTQ+ causes. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Law Board of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and of the Board of Trustees of the Trinity School in New York City.
Kelley has been widely recognized for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Crain's New York Business included her on its list of "Notable LGBTQ Leaders and Executives." Both the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and Her Justice have named Kelley their "Woman of the Year in Restructuring." Kelley received M&A Advisor's 2023 "Leadership Award" for her contributions to DEI, and she will be honored in the fall by Tina's Wish with the "Tina Brozman Mentoring Award."
Education
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (J.D.)
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Member of the Human Rights Campaign Federal Club Council
Lauren Zimmerman is an experienced trial lawyer who has successfully represented clients in a wide array of matters in federal and state courts and arbitral panels across the United States. Lauren's practice includes complex commercial civil litigation, white collar defense, and corporate crisis management and investigations. In addition to her private sector work, she has an active public interest and pro bono practice.
Lauren has been recognized for her litigation successes and commitment to justice and equity by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, which named her to their 2024 list of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40.
Lauren is an active member of the Human Rights Campaign Federal Club Council, Out Leadership, and the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. She is on the board of Access Justice Brooklyn, a non-profit organization that offers free legal advice and representation to people with low incomes, especially in marginalized communities.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Senior Advisory Board Member of the Health Finance Institute
Lena is a Senior Advisory Board member of the Health Finance Institute, a nonprofit working to catalyze financing for the prevention of non-communicable diseases. On the local level, she has worked to raise funds for Her Justice, an organization that provides free legal help to women and children living in poverty in New York City.
Maria is a trial lawyer who serves clients in complex, high stakes commercial and financial disputes. She works on plaintiff and defense-side matters in federal and state courts, and arbitrations. In her plaintiff-side practice, she has recovered over $3 billion for her clients. She has represented Fortune 50 companies, CEOs, corporate boards, investors and trustees in a broad range of matters ranging from disputes over structured products, earnouts, debt covenants, fraudulent conveyance accounting and tax practices, short selling, Ponzi schemes, whistleblower actions, corporate governance disputes, and employment matters. Maria also handles internal investigations and represents corporate boards and special committees.
Benchmark Litigation names Maria a Litigation Star, while Lawdragon lists Maria among the "500 Leading Lawyers in America" and the nation's "Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers." She is also recognized as one of New York's "Super Lawyers" in business litigation. Legal 500 lists Maria as a recommended lawyer in their General Commercial rankings.
Oscar Shine is a litigator with experience in complex commercial disputes, internal investigations, and government enforcement matters.
Oscar has represented clients in labor and employment disputes, securities class actions, and multidistrict products liability litigations. He has also represented prominent corporations in regulatory investigations before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and several state attorneys general. Oscar served on Google's communications staff in the Asia-Pacific region and has worked on matters involving Chinese law.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Partner
- Lead Counsel for FHFA
Heralded as "The Man Who Took on Wall Street" by the Financial Times, Philippe has recovered more than $36 billion for clients in the last decade alone. These successes include an unprecedented $25 billion in trial victories and settlements for U.S. taxpayers stemming from residential mortgage-backed securities suits brought against the world's largest banks, a representation which earned Philippe The American Lawyer's "Litigator of the Year" award and first-ever Grand Prize in Litigation.
Named one of the nation's top 100 Trial Lawyers and a Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation, an "exceptionally talented" securities litigator by Chambers & Partners and a "Trailblazer" (twice) by the National Law Journal, Philippe has over 25 years of experience in complex commercial litigation with particular expertise in securities, financial products, insurance, energy, and antitrust disputes. He is also routinely sought after to represent clients in domestic and international arbitrations and high-stakes public sector litigations.
Rajat Rana regularly advises individuals, multinational companies, and sovereign clients in resolving high-stakes, cutting-edge cases, with a track record of delivering successful resolutions before leading arbitral institutions worldwide, as well as federal and state courts in the United States. Rajat is called upon to implement effective pre-litigation and pre-arbitration strategies and to then pursue aggressive defense in some of their most serious and sensitive matters. He also advises individuals and companies in commercial and investment treaty disputes around the world, including in matters with ICSID and its Additional Facility.
As a first generation Indian American, Rajat has also earned a reputation as a trusted legal advisor for Indian multinational companies and ultra-high net worth individuals involved in international disputes, solidifying his prominent position within the global Indian legal industry. In addition, Rajat has a particular interest in the clean energy sector, in particular, lithium and other rare-earth minerals, as well as manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers of electric batteries and vehicles.
Rajat is known for his hands-on approach, responsiveness, and practical advice. His tireless dedication is evident in his relentless work ethic making him the most curious and best-prepared attorney in his field. Clients appreciate Rajat's commitment to understanding their goals and objectives, valuing his forthright advice that guides them towards successful outcomes. Rajat is consistently recognized as a future leader by Who's Who Legal, and he was also the Leadership Council for Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow for 2023. Rajat was also named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers.
Rajat earned a master's degree from Stanford Law School following his graduation from National Law School in Bangalore. Rajat then earned a JD from University of Virginia School of Law. His diverse legal experiences include clerking for a Supreme Court Justice in India and working for the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Sean Baldwin is an accomplished trial lawyer with particular expertise trying cases in New York courts, the Delaware Court of Chancery, and commercial arbitrations.
Sean has litigated and arbitrated matters involving complex financial products, securities, insurance, antitrust, and trademark licensing disputes. His clients include Fortune 500 life insurance companies, monoline insurers, hedge funds, investment companies, and casino developers and operators.
Sean has been recognized for his groundbreaking success in securities litigation and recoveries. He was recognized by The American Lawyer as a "Litigator of The Week" in 2018. In 2019, he was named a "Trailblazer in Plaintiff Litigation" by The National Law Journal, and a "Leading Lawyer in Plaintiff Securities Litigation" by The Legal 500.
Job Titles:
- Director of Research and Analysis
Job Titles:
- Director of Risk Management