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Founding partner of Selendy Gay PLLC , Jennifer Selendy represents both defendants and plaintiffs across high-stakes commercial and appellate litigation. A well-experienced trial lawyer and a generalist, Selendy represents financial service clients and corporations across industries, including renewable energy and healthcare. Her practice involves business disputes, bankruptcy, and cross-border disputes. Key clients include Fortis Advisors, Albertsons Companies, and the Litigation Oversight Committee for Genesis Global Holdco.
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Complex Commercial Litigation
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Partner
Career
Jennifer Selendy is a founding partner of Selendy Gay.
Jennifer’s leadership has been recognized by Corporate Counsel, which named her 2020’s “Managing Partner of the Year,” and the New York Law Journal, which lists her among 2020’s “Distinguished Leaders.”
A seasoned trial and appellate litigator, Jennifer represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes disputes. She has tried more than two dozen cases in state and federal courts and arbitration.
Jennifer was named one of “America’s Top 200 Lawyers” by Forbes, “2023 Litigator of the Year” by International Financial Law Review, and one of 2022’s “Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar” by the National Law Journal, a small and highly selective list. She is also recognized as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation, one of the “Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America” by Lawdragon and noted for her skill in complex commercial litigation by The Legal 500. Crain’s has twice named her one of the “100 Notable Women in Law.”
In addition to representing plaintiffs in high-stakes disputes, Jennifer also specializes in complex defense work and is frequently tapped for sensitive internal and governmental investigations into antitrust, financial misconduct, and employment-related matters. She has represented private equity and investment companies in precedent-setting litigation, represents renewable energy companies and related interests in cutting edge litigation aimed at protecting competition in power generation for the benefit of consumers, and has extensive expertise in RICO, bankruptcy, domestic and international arbitration, and cross-border disputes.
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Jennifer received her law degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School after completing an M.Phil. in International Relations at Oxford (St. Antony’s) as a Marshall Scholar. She served as the board chairman for the National Center for Law & Economic Justice from 2012 - 2017. Jennifer is also the co-founder of The Speyer Legacy School, an independent K-8 school for gifted children that focuses on identifying and educating low-income, high-achieving children in New York City.
Education
- Harvard Law School (J.D., 1995)
Cum laude - University of Oxford (M.Phil, International Relations, 1992)
Marshall Scholar - Tufts University (B.A., International Relations, 1990)
Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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Key clients
- Fortis Advisors No Matterport Albertsons Companies Genesis Litigation Oversight Committee Thebes Offshore Master Fund, LP Better Health Group Lenders Siemens Financial Services and Axos Financial
Work highlights
Represented Fortis Advisors in a merger earnout dispute with its acquiror, Johnson & Johnson, resulting in a $1.1 billion payout in damages for the client.
Filed a $6 billion lawsuit on behalf of Albertsons in connection with a M&A dispute with Kroger.
Filed two lawsuits on behalf of a cryptocurrency lending and trading platform's creditors who were owed crypto assets worth $2.2 billion in the face of the platform's Chapter 11 bankruptcy.