• Jason M. Moff is a litigator who maintains a diverse commercial practice, with an emphasis on complex civil litigation and regulatory defense work. Jason represents private and public companies in federal and state courts, and in sensitive proceedings before regulatory and administrative agencies. He has served as co-lead counsel in significant securities and shareholder matters, represented major corporations in regulatory and criminal investigations, served on a number of trial teams, and advised clients on a range of regulatory and litigation issues.

    Among his notable representations, Jason has represented Ocwen Financial Corporation, a major financial institution and mortgage servicer, by serving as co-lead counsel for the company in several major securities class action and opt-out lawsuits as well as in a series of shareholder demands, books and records requests, and shareholder derivative litigation. Jason also represented Bear Stearns/JP Morgan Chase in complex civil matters arising out of the 2008 financial crisis; Bear Stearns Asset Management in the pre-trial dismissal of a $3 billion federal lawsuit brought by Bank of America relating to CDOs; and a hedge fund portfolio manager in a four-week criminal insider-trading trial. In addition, Jason has performed an investigation on behalf of the special litigation committee of a Fortune 100 company; represented public and private corporations in complex contract disputes; handled investigatory matters on behalf of creditors’ committees in bankruptcy proceedings; and appeared on behalf of Fortune 100 clients in false advertising proceedings before the National Advertising Division, the self-regulatory adjudicative body for the advertising industry.

    Jason also actively participates in pro bono matters. He has represented numerous amici in the marriage equality cases decided by the Supreme Court and federal circuits in recent years, including Windsor, Perry and Obergefell. With co-counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, he tried a lawsuit in federal court in Tennessee challenging a state law that unconstitutionally obstructed women’s right to abortion access. He also represented Constance McMillen, a Mississippi teenager whose high school denied her the right to bring her girlfriend to the prom and who was subsequently featured in Glamour magazine and other national publications. He has represented multiple young clients seeking to dismiss removal proceedings and obtain immigration documentation after fleeing oppressive circumstances in their home countries.

    In 2014, Jason was selected by the National LGBT Bar Association (an American Bar Association affiliate) as one of the Top 40 LGBT lawyers under the age of 40 nationwide. He has also been selected multiple times as a Rising Star in New York by Super Lawyers.

    Experience

    • Successfully represented Sirius XM Radio Inc. in a patent infringement suit regarding certain technology related to satellite communication networks.

    • Represented Ocwen Financial Corporation in major SEC investigations and litigation demanded by and arising out of various shareholder demand letters, and books and records requests, as well as serving as co-lead counsel defending the institution and certain of its board members in several major securities class action and opt-out lawsuits and appeals.

    • Represented JPMorgan’s Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc., along with a number of its current and former officers and directors, in multiple class and derivative suits, and other civil actions and investigations arising out of the 2008 financial crisis. Representation included first bank-against-bank litigation, in which Kramer Levin defeated federal claims brought by Bank of America alleging $3 billion in damages.

    • Represented a major health products corporation in a multibillion-dollar trial involving breach of a merger agreement.

    • Represented and performed investigation for the special litigation committee of a Fortune 100 company in connection with a shareholder’s derivative challenge in Delaware Chancery Court to a multibillion-dollar acquisition that survived a motion to dismiss.

    • Represented a hedge fund portfolio manager in a four-week criminal insider-trading trial.

    • Represented a multinational public energy and oil corporation in a challenge seeking injunction against prospective corporate acquisition.

    • Represented a creditors’ committee in connection with the bankruptcy proceeding of a multinational corporation.

    • With co-counsel at the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood, tried claims in federal court in Tennessee challenging unconstitutional impediments to women’s right to abortion access.

    • Represented a Fortune 100 corporation in extra-judicial challenges to a competitor’s contact lens advertising.

    • Represented a joint venturer in a lawsuit concerning the development of a major drug intended for psoriasis.

    Credentials

    Education

    • J.D., cum laude, University of Michigan Law School, 2005
      • Articles Editor, Michigan Journal of Gender & Law
      • Co-chair, Outlaws Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Student Alliance
      • Board Member, National LGBT Bar Association
      • Chair, Michael Greenberg NLGLA Student Writing Competition
    • B.A., Psychology, cum laude, Yale University, 1999

    Bar Admissions

    • New York, 2006

    Clerkships

    • Honorable Deborah A. Batts, U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York, 2005 - 2007

    Court Admissions

    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • U.S.C.A., 1st Circuit
    • U.S.C.A., 2nd Circuit
    • U.S.C.A., 10th Circuit
    • U.S.D.C., Eastern District of New York
    • U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York

    Professional Affiliations

    • New York County Lawyers Association, Co-chair, LGBT Issues Committee
    • New York City Bar Association
    • New York State Bar Association

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