Jeffrey J. Greenbaum

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Co-Chair of the Firm's Business Litigation Section, and Chair of the Firm's Class Action Practice Group, is an active litigator and trial attorney in the Federal and State Courts with a specialty in complex business litigation and in defending class action litigation. He has handled cases of national prominence, chaired the ABA Section of Litigation Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee and is a frequent lecturer in the class action field. He has handled numerous matters involving securities, RICO and consumer fraud, class actions and derivative suits, professional liability, antitrust, banking, chancery practice, contracts, real estate, trade secrets and unfair competition.

Mr. Greenbaum is a leader in the ABA Section of Litigation and the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, where he served as President. In the ABA Section of Litigation, he was an elected Section Officer, member of the Section's Executive Committee and governing Council and was its liaison to the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, the U.S. Supreme Court Committee responsible for recommending changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. He was also Co-Chair of the Section's Federal Practice Task Force and Co-Chair of the Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee. Mr. Greenbaum led a committee to review for the ABA the first proposed revisions to the Federal Class Action Rule, Rule 23, testified on those provisions before the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules and co-authored a report for the Section of Litigation on proposed federal legislation involving class actions.

Mr. Greenbaum was also a member of the ABA President's Class Action Task Force, a group that developed the ABA position on federal legislation seeking class action reform. Mr. Greenbaum was a presenter before the U.S. Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Civil Rules at its Class Action Conference, a conference of the nation's leading class action practitioners, judges and law professors, designed to obtain input on proposed changes to the class action rule. He spoke on the subject of Overlapping, Competing and Duplicative Class Actions - The Practitioner's Perspective. He was also a panelist at the Advisory Committee's Duke Conference exploring litigation costs and delay.

Mr. Greenbaum has represented the Philippine Government in its search for purloined assets of the late deposed President Ferdinand E. Marcos, obtaining the first judgment in the United States that restored property to the Philippine Government.

Mr. Greenbaum began his career as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Frederick B. Lacey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, where he handled complex fraud cases. He is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney.

Mr. Greenbaum has been selected for inclusion in the 2006 and 2008-2011 editions of Chambers USA®* published by Chambers & Partners under New Jersey Litigation: General Commercial, the 2005-2012 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®* published by Woodard/White under Commercial Litigation and Mass Tort Litigation, the 2008-2012 editions of Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys®* published by Legal Media Group and the 2005-2011 editions of New Jersey Super Lawyers®* published by Thompson Reuters under Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation and Securities Litigation. He was also voted as one of "The Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers" in 2006 and

2008 by New Jersey Super Lawyers®*.

*For ranking methodologies, please see www.chambersandpartners.com, www.bestlawyers.com, www.benchmarklitigation.com and www.superlawyers.com.

Affiliations

· Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Trial Attorney Certification

· Arbitrator, United States District Court, District of New Jersey and Superior Court of New Jersey

· Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Civil Practice Committee (1996-2008)

· Former Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Committee on Model Jury Charges

· Member, Advisory Board of BNA Class Action Litigation Report

· Former Member, American Bar Association President's Class Action Task Force

· Fellow, American Bar Foundation (New Jersey Chapter)

· Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America

· Former Member, Editorial Board of New Jersey Lawyer

· Member, American Law Institute
- Member of Consultative Group on Aggregate Litigation

· Member, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association

· Section of Litigation, American Bar Association
- Liaison to the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Civil Rules (2003-2009)
- Former Revenue Officer
- Former Member of Executive Committee and governing Council
- Co-Chair, Federal Practice Task Force (2005-2006) (Recipient of Section of Litigation Award for Outstanding Leadership for work on Task Force)
- Co-Director of Division VI - The Profession (2000 - 2002)
- Former Co-Chair, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee
- Co-Chair, Task Force on The Independent Lawyer (studied whether counsel may sit on boards of their clients and to what extent attorneys may do business with their clients) (1996 - 2000)
- Member, Committee on Corporate Counsel
- Member, Committee on International Law
- Member, Professional Liability Committee

· New Jersey State Bar Association
- Co-Chair and Founder, Class Action Litigation Committee
- Member, Federal Practice Committee

· Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
- President (2007 - 2008)

Authored Articles

1/1/2012, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Amending Rule 45: Clarifying And Changing Subpoena Practices

1/8/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Jason L. Jurkevich - Class Action Waivers in Arbitration Agreements: Can They Survive?

4/1/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Stuart M. Feinblatt - Hydrogen Peroxide: The Third Circuit's "Acid Test" For Class Certification

12/1/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Reduce Costs and Protect Expert Draft Reported and Communications with Expert Witnesses - An ABA Proposal That Corporate Counsel Should Consider Supporting

5/1/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and James M. Hirschhorn - District Court Recognizes That Class Actions Against Not-For-Profit Hospitals Cannot Solve The Problem Of Funding Affordable Health Care For Uninsured Patients

8/1/2004, Barry M. Epstein, Stuart J. Glick, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Mark S. Olinsky - "E-Discovery: A Guide For Corporate Counsel - Sills Cummis' Contribution To The Discussion On Electronic Discovery - Part II"

7/1/2004, Barry M. Epstein, Stuart J. Glick, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum and Mark S. Olinsky - "E-Discovery: A Guide For Corporate Counsel - Sills Cummis' Contribution To The Discussion On Electronic Discovery - Part I"

5/3/2004, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - "The future of class actions in New Jersey"

4/1/2001, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Federal Class Action Reform: Action Expected on the Legislative and Rule-Making Fronts

Related Press Releases

11/30/2011, Benchmark Litigation Gives High Scores to Sills Cummis & Gross

6/10/2011, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Continues to Maintain High Rankings in the 2011 Edition of Chambers USA Guide to Leading Business Lawyers

3/21/2011, Sills Cummis & Gross Announces Its 2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers

8/9/2010, Sills Cummis & Gross Attorneys Continue to be Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011

3/22/2010, Sills Cummis & Gross Announces Its 2010 New Jersey Super Lawyers

8/5/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Retains Prestige in 2010 Best Lawyers ®

6/18/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Holds High Standing in Chambers USA Guide to Leading Business Lawyers

5/6/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross' Jeffrey J. Greenbaum to Speak at New Jersey State Bar Association's Annual Meeting and Convention

3/26/2009, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Announces Its 2009 New Jersey Super Lawyers

10/28/2008, Highest Accolades from Best Lawyers ® for Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

7/1/2008, Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. Maintains Merit in Annual Chambers USA Guide to Leading Business Lawyers

5/15/2008, Sill Cummis & Gross P.C. Releases Third Edition of E-Discovery Book

8/9/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Association of Federal Bar Passes Resolution Supporting Federal Judiciary Salary Increase

11/1/2006, 26 Sills Cummis Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007

3/31/2005, Hospital Wins Charity Care Litigation

Relevant News

12/2/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Law360 Q&A with Sills Cummis' Jeffrey Greenbaum

11/15/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Protecting Attorney Work Product in Auditor Documents

11/15/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Pro Hacs Revoked Based on Conduct in Separate Case in Another State

9/1/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - D.C. Circuit Protects Attorney Work Product in Auditor Documents

6/1/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - The Duke Conference and E-Discovery Solution - A Panelist's Perspective

6/15/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Rule Changes Would Limit Time Spent On Experts

9/1/2008, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Congress Passes Legislation Creating New Evidence Rule

6/1/2008, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - FJC Weighs Changes to Summary Judgment Rule

2/7/2008, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - N.J. Federal Bar Gung-Ho About Mandatory CLE

11/8/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Data Digging Can Be Legal Headache

9/24/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Congress and Judicial Salaries

9/18/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New skipper promises a firm hand on the tiller

6/4/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Greenbaum to head Federal Bar

4/30/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - U.S. Advisory Panel Gives Nod to Summary Judgment Rule Changes

4/21/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Judge is Crystal Clear: HDTV Set Just Fine

1/10/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Follow the E-mail Trail

1/8/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Fed Class-Action Law: Enrage Ebbs

1/1/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Section Proposes Rule for Inadvertent Disclosures of Privileged Material

12/4/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - E-Discovery Rules Take Effect in U.S. Courts

8/14/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Delegates Pass Measure To Shield Experts' Drafts From Discovery

8/14/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - E-Discovery Gets Rules of Its Own

8/7/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Rules Tightening Discovery To Be Voted on by ABA

8/7/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Get ready for the e-discovery regs

3/20/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - E-Discovery: Do's and don'ts are coming

3/1/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - ABA Section of Litigation - Litigation News - Proposed E-Discovery Rules Near Enactment

3/1/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Judicial Conference Opposed Televised Federal Trials

9/19/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Here come the do's and don'ts of e-discovery

5/1/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Proposed Electronic Discovery Rules Prompt Comments from Section Leaders

3/28/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Litigators finding faults in new class-action law

3/21/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New Jersey No 'Judicial Hell Hole'

2/28/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Class-action Curb? Can't Scare Us

1/24/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - It's time to set ground rules

12/1/2004, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Responding To SOX: A Class Action Litigator's Perspective

8/2/2004, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Those Junk Faxes Are Good for Something - Lawsuits

9/15/2003, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Chubb Exec Urges United Defense vs. D&O Suits

7/29/2002, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Juror Questions Begin in Fall

5/1/2002, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Courts Criticize Concealment of Contrary Case Law

Relevant Events

8/5/2011, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Expert Life after Changes to Rule 26: Should Experts Be Required to Comply with ABA Ethical Standards for Experts?

5/19/2011, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Class Actions Today ... and Tomorrow

4/27/2011, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Consumer Class Actions and Beyond: Threatened or Alive and Well?

4/14/2011, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Using the New Federal Rule to Get the Most Out of Your Experts

6/18/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - ABA Section of Litigation Leadership Meeting

6/2/2010, Jeffrey H. Newman, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Peter G. Verniero - Teamwork for Tomorrow: Legal Strategies for Success

5/10/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Meeting of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure

4/22/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - ABA Section of Litigation Annual 2010 CLE Conference

4/14/2010, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Protective Orders in Mass Torts: Sufficient or Substandard?

6/24/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Significant Developments in Class Actions - Webinar

6/20/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - ABA Section of Litigation Leadership Conference - Federal Rulemaking

5/13/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting and Convention

3/26/2009, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Federal Rule Changes - Summary Judgment, Dealing with Experts and Beyond: Will They Improve Federal Civil Litigation?

4/23/2008, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Class Action Issues Facing Banks and the Financial Services Industry

11/19/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Navigating The Federal Courts In The Age Of Technology: From E-Discovery To E-Trials - Discovering Electronic Evidence And How To Use It At Trial

8/9/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - ABA Annual Meeting

5/16/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New Jersey State Bar Association Annual Meeting

3/21/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - E-Discovery in 2007 and Beyond

3/19/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New State and Federal E-Discovery Rules: Everything You Need to Know to Comply

3/9/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - National Institute on E-Discovery

2/17/2007, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - The Lawyer as Leader

11/21/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - New State and Federal E-Discovery Rules: What Should We Expect?

11/21/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Class Action Rule Changes

6/7/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Class Actions and Electronic Discovery: The Back Breakers of Litigation

2/16/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Proposed Federal Rules for E-Discovery: What Should We Expect?

1/1/2006, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - "Expert Witness Discovery"

11/1/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - "The Latest Trends in E-Discovery"

6/17/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - The Future of Class Actions in New Jersey After the Class Action Fairness Act - Alive and Well?

5/18/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - NJSBA Annual Meeting 2005

2/1/2005, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - The Post-Zubulake Legal Climate

1/27/2005, Corporate Governance and Compliance Today and Tomorrow: What Corporate Law Departments Need to Know

11/10/2004, The Legal And Strategic Guide To E-Discovery: Best Practices For Corporate Counsel

10/15/2004, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - The 8th Annual National Institute on Class Actions

2/3/2004, Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - "Class Action Litigation" A Tele-Seminar Sponsored by ALFA International

Relevant Representative Decisions

5/17/2010, N.J. Dep't of Treasury, Div. of Inv. v. Fuld, 604 F.3d 816, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 9991 (3d Cir. N.J. 2010)

5/22/2009, In re Schering-Plough Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43665 (D.N.J. 2009)

5/19/2009, In re Schering-Plough Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42219 (D.N.J. 2009)

4/6/2009, In re Vonage Initial Pub. Offering Secs. Litig., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28255 (D.N.J. 2009)

12/10/2008, CitiFinancial, Inc. v. Madden, 672 S.E.2d 365; 2008 W. Va. LEXIS 117 (W. Va.. 2008)

12/5/2008, Wanland & Assocs. v. Nortel Networks Ltd.(In re NorVergence, Inc.), 384 B.R. 315 (D.N.J. 2008)

11/25/2008, Goldman v. Simon Prop. Group, Inc., 58 A.D.3d 208; 869 N.Y.S.2d 125; 2008 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8993) (App. Div. 2008)

10/14/2008, Lonner v. Simon Prop. Group, Inc., 31 A.D.3d 398, 817 N.Y.S.2d 503 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2008)

10/14/2008, Goldman v. Simon Prop. Group, 31 A.D.3d 382; 818 N.Y.S.2d 245 (2d Dept. 2008)

6/24/2008, Ford v. Panasonic Corp. of North America, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14038 (3rd Cir. 2008)

6/18/2007, DeBenedictis v. Merrill Lynch & Co., 492 F.3d 209 (3d Cir. 2007)

7/11/2006, Kolari v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 455 F.3d 118 (2d Cir. 2006)

12/16/2005, Cunningham v. Citigroup, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS, 33805 (D.N.J. Dec. 16, 2005)

3/29/2005, Kolari v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4840 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)

11/14/2004, In re Integra Realty Resources, Inc., 354 F.3d 1246 (10th Cir. 2004)

3/22/2004, Rosenberg v. Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., 369 N.J. Super. 456, 849 A.2d 566 (App. Div. 2004)

7/17/2003, Mulder v. PCS Health Systems, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 307 (D.N.J. 2003)

8/21/2001, In re Integra Realty Resources, Inc., 262 F.3d 1089 (10th Cir. 2001)

5/29/2001, In re Party City Securities Litigation, 147 F. Supp.2d 282 (D.N.J. 2001)

9/28/2000, Castlerock Management Ltd. v. Ultralife Batteries, Inc., 114 F.Supp. 2d 316 (D.N.J. 2000)

8/1/2000, Republic of the Philippines v. Christies, 2000 WL 1056300 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)

9/28/1999, Castlerock Management Ltd. v. Ultralife Batteries, Inc., 68 F. Supp.2d 480 (D.N.J. 1999)

8/23/1999, Brosious v. Children's Place Retail Stores, 189 F.R.D. 138 (D.N.J. 1999)

8/6/1999, In re Party City Securities Litigation, 189 F.R.D. 91 (D.N.J. 1999)

11/10/1998, F.C. Cycles Intl., Inc. v. Fila Sport, S.p.A., 184 F.R.D. 64 (D. Md. 1998)

10/21/1998, In re MobileMedia Securities Litigation, 28 F. Supp. 2d 901 (D.N.J. 1998)

9/4/1998, In re Children's Place Securities Litigation, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22868 (D.N.J. 1998)

5/2/1995, Jack LaLanne Fitness Centers, Inc. v. Jimlar, Inc., 884 F. Supp. 162 (D.N.J. 1995)

7/7/1994, George Harms Const. Co., Inc. v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 137 N.J. 8 (1994)

2/10/1993, Cohen v. Republic of the Philippines, 146 F.R.D. 90 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)

9/30/1992, Sotheby's Inc. v. Garcia, 802 F. Supp. 1058 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)

4/24/1992, Security Pacific Mortg. & Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Republic of Philippines, 962 F.2d 204 (2d Cir. 1992)

12/2/1991, Security Pacific Nat. Bank v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 1991 WL 267768 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)

10/14/1991, Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 138 F.R.D. 366 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)

3/19/1991, Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 946 F.2d 18 (2d Cir. 1991)

1/14/1991, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 769 F. Supp. 471 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)

3/1/1990, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2032 (S.D.N.Y. 1990)

10/31/1989, Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos, 888 F.2d 954 (2d Cir. 1989)

8/7/1989, In re 40 Wall Street, N.V., 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9162 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)

6/29/1989, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 878 F.2d 620 (2d Cir. 1989)

5/24/1989, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5751 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)

2/15/1989, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 705 F. Supp. 188 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)

6/7/1988, Republic of Philippines v. New York Land Co., 852 F.2d 33 (2d Cir. 1988)

12/11/1987, Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 1987 WL 28670 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)

7/28/1987, Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 692 F. Supp. 1488 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)

11/26/1986, Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 806 F.2d 344 (2d Cir. 1986)

5/19/1986, Overlook Terrace Corp. v. Excel Properties Corp., 210 N.J. Super. 420, 510 A.2d 68 (App. Div. 1986)

12/11/1985, Kelley Drye & Warren v. Murray Industries, Inc., 623 F. Supp. 522 (D.N.J. 1985)

12/23/1981, Alchemie Intern., Inc. v. Metal World, Inc., 523 F. Supp. 1039 (D.N.J. 1981)

4/15/1981, U.S. v. Western Electric, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12030 (D.N.J. 1981)

3/28/1980, U.S. v. Tobacco Distributors' Assn., 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11577 (D.N.J. 1980)

2/14/1978, Greenspan v. Brassler, 78 F.R.D. 130 (S.D.N.Y. 1978)

7/14/1977, U.S. v. Buechler, 557 F.2d 1002 (3d Cir. 1977)

 (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification)