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Temidayo Aganga-Williams has joined the firm as a partner, bringing strong government experience to his representation of clients facing complex enforcement actions, internal investigations, congressional oversight, and high-stakes civil litigation. Most recently, he served as Senior Investigative Counsel for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

Selendy Gay Elsberg is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a premier trial, investigations, and appellate practice.

In this week’s “Litigator of the Week” column from Litigation Daily, two of our litigation teams were featured by AmLaw for their recent victories.

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 that rejected nearly all of CIBC’s damages arguments, the New York Supreme Court – on February 6, 2023 – entered judgment for Cerberus for $855 million.

The Legal Aid Society, Legal Services NYC, and Selendy Gay Elsberg PLLC, together with the New York State Attorney General and the New York City Law Department, secured a ruling on two Federal appellate cases – Community Housing Improvement Program (CHIP), et al. v. City of New York et al. and 74 Pinehurst LLC, et al. v. State of New York, et al. – upholding the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (HSTPA) and New York’s Rent Stabilization Law (RSL).

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 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.