Jeffrey A. Jannuzzo, Esq.

Mr. Jannuzzo has been in solo practice for 15 years, and has concentrated in partnership disputes (on behalf of both firms and individuals), malpractice claims and defense, and general commercial litigation and arbitration.

Of his 21 reported cases in the Appellate Division or Court of Appeals, nineteen are wins, one is a partial win, and only one was a loss. The partial win in 2008 established a question of first impression in N.Y. The loss reached the N.Y. Court of Appeals in 2007 but was decided adversely. The 2000 decision by the Court of Appeals in Darby v. Darby v. VSI, protecting lawyers against a certain type of malpractice claim, has been cited in case law or secondary sources over 150 times.

His prior practice was in large firms, with an emphasis on international litigation. During the late 1980's, he was resident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he was among other things outside counsel to the U.S. government in military construction claims.

At the end of the first Gulf War, Mr. Jannuzzo published an op-ed essay in the Wall Street Journal outlining a plan for war reparations, at a time when conventional wisdom held it was not possible to enact such relief. U.N. Security Counsel Resolutions 687 and 692 largely followed the plan he proposed. Mr. Jannuzzo was one of the candidates nominated by the United States for the U.N. Compensation Commission, which administered the Gulf War claims.

His video published by Lexis/Nexis, "Preparing For A Deposition In A Business Case," a practical tool for use by lawyers to prepare their clients, is said to be the best-selling legal video ever made.

Education

J.D. Yale Law School, 1976.
B.S. Skidmore College, 1971.

Bar Admissions

New York, 1977.
U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1977.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1988.
U.S. Court of International Trade, 1988.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2000.