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, Lanham Act and false advertising disputes, and general commercial matters.   She has presented numerous oral arguments in federal and state court as well as participated in two cases argued before the United States Supreme Court:  Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Epstein, 516 U.S. 367 (1996), and PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001).  She has appeared regularly before the NAD and the Networks on false advertising challenges.  She has also tried 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 law at various seminars and is on the Board of Editors of and a contributing author to the Insurance Coverage News Bulletin. 

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 the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  Ms. Neuner is a member of the Departmental Disciplinary Committee for the First Judicial Department and a member of The Lawyers’ Committee of the Archdiocese of New York.  She is the secretary of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.  She is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Yale Law School Alumni Fund.  She was a David Rockefeller Fellow from 2007-2008.  The American Lawyer named Ms. Neuner one of the nation’s top litigation “rising stars” in its January 2007 issue:  “The Young Litigators Fab Fifty”.  She is also named in the 2008 issue of the New York Super Lawyers – Metro Edition.

Honors/Associations

•	American Bar Association, 1993-Present
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Member, Committee on Federal Courts (2003-Present)
•	New York State Bar Association
•	Vice Chair, Board of Directors of Yale Law School Alumni Fund

Publications

•	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 to Speak at ACI’s National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law January 26, 2010
•	Lynn K. Neuner to Speak at Yale Law School Conference March 27, 2009
•	Lynn K. Neuner to Speak at ACI’s National Advanced Forum on Advertising Law January 28, 2009
•	Lynn Neuner to Speak on Insurance Coverage at Mealey's Conference on Bad Faith Litigation November 5, 2008
•	Robert Bourque and Lynn Neuner to Speak at 2008 NAD Annual Conference September 19, 2008
•	Lynn Neuner to Speak at LexisNexis "Women in the Legal Profession Summit" June 4, 2008
•	Lynn Neuner Speaks at New York City Bar Program May 7, 2008

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