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In this video, Selendy Gay Elsberg partners and associates reflect on the firm’s pro bono successes of 2022, and look towards what’s next.

On behalf of client Cerberus Capital Management, co-lead counsel Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC and Kirkland & Ellis LLP teamed up to secure a top-to-bottom liability win on December 1, 2022 in a breach of contract action against Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), one of Canada’s largest banks. After a subsequent damages hearing and related decision on January 3, 2023 that rejected nearly all of CIBC’s damages arguments, CIBC has acknowledged it owes Cerberus nearly $850 million as of December 1, 2022.

On behalf of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), attorneys at Selendy Gay Elsberg filed an amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Biden v. Nebraska.The brief supports the Biden administration’s application to reinstate their student debt forgiveness plan, citing the substantial economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on workers as justification.

Jennifer Selendy, founding partner of Selendy Gay Elsberg, was featured in The National Law Journal’s profile series of plaintiffs’ bar leaders.

For the fifth consecutive year, Selendy Gay Elsberg has announced associate bonuses that exceed the scale set by Big Law firms.

Selendy Gay Elsberg is proud to announce that Lauren Zimmerman has been named a partner of the firm, effective January 1, 2023.

Selendy Gay Elsberg is featured by Lawdragon in a piece that highlights the firm’s leading bankruptcy practice.

Partner Joshua Margolin is quoted in an article from The Wall Street Journal about Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton’s conviction. A federal jury found Milton guilty on three of four fraud charges, and the unusual mixed verdict left some people questioning whether the judge’s instructions regarding weighing criminal intent were clear to jurors.

Represented by Selendy Gay Elsberg, Dr. Justin Phillips, a professor of political science at Columbia University, has sued the U.S. Census Bureau in New York federal court, seeking the release of data that experts need to evaluate a potential source of distortion in the 2020 Census.

On behalf of the American Bar Association (ABA), attorneys at Selendy Gay Elsberg filed an amicus brief in Moore v. Harper, a case with profound implications for federal elections.