Lynn K. Neuner is a member of Simpson Thacher’s Litigation Department.  Her trial and litigation experience covers several areas such as insurance coverage, securities and mergers litigation, Lanham Act and false advertising disputes, and general commercial matters.   She has presented numerous oral arguments in federal and state court and appears regularly before the NAD and the Networks on false advertising challenges.  She has tried a deci-million dollar commercial dispute on behalf of Ingersoll-Rand Company, a centi-million dollar insurance coverage action on behalf of Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and a multi-million dollar personal injury case on behalf of New York City. 

Ms. Neuner is a member of both the Connecticut and New York Bars.  In 1992-93, she clerked for the Honorable H. Lee Sarokin of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, and in 1993-94 she clerked for the Honorable John M. Walker, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  She is a regular speaker on insurance coverage and false advertising law at various seminars. 

Ms. Neuner joined Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in 1994.  She received her J.D. in 1992 from Yale Law School.  She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Williams College in 1989.  Ms. Neuner is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and District of Connecticut, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  Ms. Neuner is a former Chair of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  She is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Yale Law School Alumni Fund.  She is a former Panel Chair of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department in New York.  The American Lawyer named Ms. Neuner one of the nation’s top “45 Under 45" women attorneys in the country in January 2011.  In January 2007, The American Lawyer named Ms. Neuner one of the nation’s top litigation “rising stars” in its article on “The Young Litigators Fab Fifty.”  She was a David Rockefeller Fellow from 2007-2008.  Ms. Neuner is also named in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 issues of the New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition and in the 2008 issue of Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

Honors/Associations

•	American Bar Association, 1993-Present
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Former Chair, Executive Committee
•	New York State Bar Association
•	Chair, Board of Directors of Yale Law School Alumni Fund

Publications

•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	The Supreme Court Limits Rule 10b-5 Liability to Person or Entity Making Alleged Misstatement
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Loss Causation Requirement at Class Certification Stage
•	The Supreme Court Considers Loss Causation at Time of Class Certification
•	The Supreme Court Considers Implied Preemption of Failure-to-Warn Claims Against Generic Drug Manufacturers
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	The Supreme Court Finds No Conflict Pre-emption Based on Federal Seatbelt Regulation
•	The Supreme Court Finds Design Defect Claims Preempted under the Vaccine Act
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Liability of Investment Advisers in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Considers Conflict Preemption Case Concerning Federal Seatbelt Regulation
•	The Supreme Court Hears Express Preemption Case Relating to Alleged Vaccine Design Defect
•	The Supreme Court Affirms the Constitutional Validity of the PCAOB; Strikes Down “Double For-Cause” Removal Provisions as Unconstitutional
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	The Supreme Court Rejects “Inquiry Notice” as Trigger to Start Running the Statute of Limitations in Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the United States Securities Laws in “Foreign-Cubed” Cases
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
•	The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	Three Federal Courts Issue Back-to-Back Decisions Addressing the Viability of Global Warming Tort Actions
•	Corban v. USAA: Reinterpreting the Anti-Concurrent Causation Clause
•	Supreme Court Finds in a “Lights” Cigarettes Case That Claims for Violation of a State Statutory Duty Not to Deceive Are Not Preempted by the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
•	Supreme Court Hears Its Second Significant Preemption Case This Term
•	The Supreme Court Revisits the Preemption of State Law Consumer Protection Claims
•	Developments In New York Insurance Law: New York Joins States That Require Prejudice To Insurers For Disclaimer of Coverage Based on Late Notice; Allows Direct Actions Against Insurers
•	MDL Capital Management, Inc. v. Federal Insurance Company: Third Circuit Decision Highlights Significance of Professional Services Exclusion in D&O Insurance Policy
•	Supreme Court Bars State Common Law Claims Challenging Medical Devices with FDA Pre-Market Approval
•	The Supreme Court Rejects "Scheme" Liability For Secondary Actors In The Absence Of Actual Reliance On The Deceptive Conduct Or A Separate Duty To Speak
•	Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Expanding Securities Fraud Liability to Secondary Actors Based on Allegedly Fraudulent, Arm's Length Business Transactions
•	Is Your D&O Policy What It Should Be?
•	New York Court Holds That Policyholders Can Recover Damages Beyond the Limits of an Insurance Policy for Bad Faith Claims Against Insurers

Speaking Engagements

•	Lynn K. Neuner Speaks at ACI’s 2nd Annual Forum on Advertising Law June 24, 2011
•	Lynn K. Neuner Speaks at NAD Annual Conference 2010 October 6, 2010
•	Lynn K. Neuner Speaks at Asbestos Insurance Litigation Conference April 20, 2010
•	Lynn K. Neuner to Speak at ACI’s National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law January 26, 2010

Admissions

•	Connecticut 1992
•	New York 1994
•	United States District Court for Southern District of New York 1996
•	United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York 2001
•	U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 2004
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 2008
•	United States Supreme Court 2001

Clerkships

•	Hon. H. Lee Sarokin, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992-1993; Hon. John M. Walker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1993-1994

Education

•	Yale Law School, 1992 J.D. Yale Journal on Regulation
•	Williams College, 1989 B.A. summa cum laude