Robert Kry > MoloLamken LLP > Washington D.C., United States > Lawyer Profile

As part of its broad oeuvre of complex commercial litigation, New York-headquartered firm MoloLamken LLP has continued to pick up some notable victories for investors in securities fraud and shareholder rights cases at both trial and appellate level. Praised for its ‘very smart and collaborative’ approach to handling matters, including in international cases, the team, which is noted for its ability to try cases, provides ‘practical advice to complex matters’. Steven Molo, who heads up the overarching complex litigation group housing the securities fraud offering, ‘brings practical insight and is razor sharp in his analysis’, leveraging his trial skills to good effect. Other key practitioners include Justin Ellis, who excels in handling complex securities matters for and against sophisticated global financial institutions, and Robert Kry, who splits his time between Washington DC and New York and has developed a particularly compelling offering in relation to securities matters with an international dimension.

The practice group at MoloLamken LLP is well-versed in handling cases before the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals, with particular strength in appeals involving IP, energy, telecoms, sovereign immunity, and constitutional and administrative law. The practice is directed by Jeffrey Lamken, who is lauded by one client as an ‘especially adept oral advocate, uniquely composed and prepared for anything’. His recent cases of note have included representing Nobel Prize-winning scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier before the Federal Circuit after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board declined to award them the patent for the CRISPR-Cas9 system for editing genes in eukaryotic cells. Also noted is appellate specialist Lucas Walker, who recently argued a significant trademark case on behalf of Abitron Austria before the Supreme Court. Appellate litigators Rayiner Hashem, Michael Pattillo, Robert Kry and Sara Margolis are additional key contacts. All lawyers mentioned are based in Washington, D.C., with the exception of Margolis, who is based in New York.