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Lynn K. Neuner
Partner

425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017-3954
Phone:  (212) 455-2696
Fax:  (212) 455-2502
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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 participating 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 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 a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a member of the American Bar Association (where she is Co-Chair of the Programming Subcommittee of the Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee), 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 is a David Rockefeller Fellow for 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”.

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
•  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 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
•  Lynn Neuner, Amanda Perez and Lisa Rubin Speak at Yale Law School
December 4, 2007
•  Marissa Wesely and Lynn Neuner As Panelists at Yale Law School Women's Conference
April 2, 2007
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



•  Litigation
•  Insurance/Reinsurance
•  Securities/Shareholder Litigation
 
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