Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Litigation; Complex Commercial Actions; Advertising Litigation; White Collar Defense and Investigations; Anti-Counterfeiting

Joshua Kipnees is a Partner in Patterson Belknap's Litigation department.  His practice focuses on advertising litigation and government and internal investigations. Mr. Kipnees has represented clients in the food and beverage, insurance, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and financial industries in both state and federal courts. Mr. Kipnees has also led dozens of internal investigations for pharmaceutical and medical device companies involving regulatory and compliance reviews.

Mr. Kipnees also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in need in a wide variety of matters.  His pro bono work includes representing students with disabilities who were deprived of educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic, assisting a VAWA petitioner in obtaining a green card, and submitting an amicus brief that helped overturn a statute requiring a life sentence without parole for felony murder convictions, among many other representations.

From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Kipnees served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Rabner, New Jersey Supreme Court, and from 2010 to 2011, he served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Admitted in: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, and Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of International Trade; New York; New Jersey

J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University