Professional Experience
Ms. Sher practices in the area of litigation. She has represented many long-standing Firm clients, including Exxon Mobil Corporation, AT&T Corporation, and Sony Electronics Inc. In addition to general complex commercial litigation, she handles appellate matters, professional liability matters, corporation, directors and officers liability defense, and consumer class action defense.
A member of the New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania Bars, Ms. Sher has participated in trials, appeals, and hearings in both state and federal court in New Jersey and New York, as well as the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. She has also participated in state administrative matters and in applications addressed to the United States Supreme Court and the courts of other states, including California, Delaware, and Ohio. In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Sher has training and experience in mediation, both as a mediator and representing clients in mediation.
Ms. Sher also participates in the Firm's professional development and training program, as well as the Firm's litigation support and technology efforts, focusing on the use of computers for litigation support. Some of the complex litigation she has handled has involved the creation, maintenance, and use of document databases covering more than a million documents. She also has been actively involved in the firm's development and implementation of computerized databases for in-house legal forms, briefs, and memoranda, and task-based billing systems.
Ms. Sher clerked for The Honorable Leonard I. Garth, now senior judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Representative Matters
· Represented Agfa Corporation, Cendant Corporation, International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.; Sony Electronics, Inc., TD Ameritrade, and many other clients in breach of contract and tort suits
· Represented AIWA America, AT&T, Midlantic National Bank (PNC), Warner-Lambert Company (Pfizer, Inc.), TD Ameritrade, Inc., and Sony Electronics Inc. in consumer and shareholder class-action suits
· Represented Exxon Mobil Corporation in multiple cases involving a contract dispute with a Saudi Arabian joint venture partner, including one in Delaware state court where the trial team obtained a favorable jury verdict in excess of $416 million, later upheld by the Delaware Supreme Court
· Represented W.R. Grace & Co. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in environmental (CERCLA) litigation in New Jersey and New York federal courts
· Represented Exxon Corporation in a New Jersey federal grand jury investigation and related Department of Defense proceeding and commercial civil litigation
News, Publications & Presentations
· Featured, "Seventy-two Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers List for 2012," Day Pitney Press Release, October 4, 2011
· Co-author, "Case Study: NJ Treasury V. Merrill Lynch," Law360, May 27, 2011
· Featured, "Thirty-three Day Pitney Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, March 31, 2011
· Co-editor, New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure, New Jersey Law Journal Press, 2011 ed.
· Co-author, "New Jersey Appellate Court Holds that Shareholders May Gain Access to Minutes of the Board of Directors and Executive Committees Upon Proof of a 'Proper Purpose,'" Day Pitney Alert, August 20, 2010
· Featured, "Seventy-six Day Pitney Lawyers Named to Best Lawyers for 2011," Day Pitney Press Release, August 9, 2010
· Panelist, "Complex Business Litigation," New Jersey ICLE Seminar, June 18, 2010
· Co-presenter, "Removal to Federal Court," New Jersey ICLE Webinar, February 25, 2010
· Featured, "Fifteen Day Pitney Attorneys Named in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition," Day Pitney Press Release, February 24, 2010
· Featured, "Seventy-seven Day Pitney Partners Named to Best Lawyers 2010," Day Pitney Press Release, July 30, 2009
· Co-moderator, "Navigating Your Way Through Multi-Party Litigation in Federal Court," New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Convention, May 14, 2009
· Featured, "Thirty Three Day Pitney Attorneys Named New Jersey Super Lawyers," Day Pitney Press Release, April 1, 2009
· Featured, "75 Day Pitney Partners Named Among The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 Ranked #1 in New Jersey and #2 in Connecticut," Day Pitney Press Release, December 11, 2008
· Co-author, "Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Clarify Appealability of Remand Orders," Appellate Alert, October 16, 2008
· Co-editor, "2008 New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure," New Jersey Law Journal Press, 2008
· Featured, "Day Pitney Lawyers Take Center Stage At Fordham Law School Conference," Day Pitney Press Release, August 11, 2008
· Speaker, APRL's "Annual Meeting," New York, NY, August 7-9, 2008
· "Best Practices," NITA Notes, March 2008
· "Faculty Q&A," NITA Notes, February 2008
· "Practice Made Perfect: The Art of Litigation," Inside the Minds: Litigation Prosecution and Defense, Aspatore Books, 2006
· "Defective Class Reps=SOL Tolling," New Jersey Lawyer, October 31, 2005
· Preparing for Commercial Litigation: A "Goods Sold and Delivered" Case Study, Panel Moderator for Institute of Continuing Legal Education, September 2004
· "Aiding the Enemy: Compelled Disclosure of Attorney Work Product," InfoTech Law Alert, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1998
· "Court Nixes Fees for Fact Witnesses," with Ronald Coleman, The National Law Journal, September 22, 1997
· "Trespassing in Cyberspace," InfoTech Law Alert, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1997
· "The Information Highway: A Ticket to Court?," InfoTech Law Alert, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1996
· "The Legal Complexity of Advertising on the Internet," InfoTech Law Alert, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1996
· "Caution: Potholes Ahead," InfoTechnology Law Update, Vol. 1, No. 3, May 1995
· "Combined Training is Bonus Component in Partnering," Corporate Legal Times, October 1994
· Using Computers for Litigation Support, Panel Participant for Institute of Continuing Legal Education, August 1994
· "Computerized Litigation Support Gives an Edge," with Edward J. Hansen, New Jersey Lawyer, 3 NJC 2087, 1994
· "Demographics of Legal Profession Make ADR Inevitable," Corporate Legal Times, May 1993
· "ERISA: Why Make a Federal Case?" New Jersey Lawyer, Jan./Feb. 1992
Professional Affiliations
· Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Board Member
· New Jersey State Bar Association, Secretary, Federal Practice & Procedure Section
· National Institute of Trial Advocacy, faculty (national and regional deposition and trial advocacy training programs in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, Colorado), 1998-present
· Morris County Superior Court, Chancery Division, Volunteer mediator, Mediation Panel
Outside Interests
· N.J. State Bar Foundation Speakers Bureau, Volunteer
· Rutgers University School of Law (Newark), adjunct faculty, 1999-2000
· Seton Hall University School of Law (Newark), adjunct faculty, 2000
· Myriam's Dream, Inc. (not-for-profit), Member, Board of Directors
Awards and Achievements
· Chosen for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2006-2012
· Recognized as a Super Lawyer, Corporate Counsel edition, 2010
· Recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the area of business litigation, 2005-2011
· Recognized as one of the Top 50 female New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2009
· Chosen for inclusion in The American Lawyer as one of the Top Commercial Litigation Lawyers, 2006
· Recognized by the NJ Law Journal as a leader among women attorneys in New Jersey, 2003
· AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell