Lynn K. Neuner is Global Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department. Lynn was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers and was named one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” and “Top 10 Women in Litigation” in the U.S. by Benchmark Litigation. She has the distinction of being Chambers-ranked in four fields: commercial litigation (Band 1), securities litigation, insurance coverage, and advertising disputes. Lynn tries high-stakes cases in federal and state court, leads trial hearings in international and domestic arbitrations, and conducts evidentiary proceedings before the National Advertising Division. Her work involves the representation of large financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, mega insurers, domestic manufacturers and individual directors and officers.
Lynn’s representative experience includes:
- The Toronto-Dominion Bank in resolving historic litigation related to Allen Stanford,
orchestrator of one of the largest-ever Ponzi schemes, on the eve of trial;
- Pfizer in numerous indemnity disputes involving opioids, talc, asbestos, and consumer
products;
- Chubb, Axa XL, and Swiss Re in aviation insurance litigation related to airplanes
allegedly grounded in Russia after the Ukraine invasion;
- Bayer in emergency court proceeding that ended competitor’s advertising campaign
in two weeks;
- Travelers in mega insurance coverage cases against Northrop Grumman involving
pollution at several sites in Long Island;
- Pfizer in domestic arbitration trial involving co-development dispute;
- Jabil Inc. in contract manufacturing dispute with Beckman Coulter and Danaher
Corporation; and
- Private family siblings and family businesses in nine disputes, including in three trials.
Lynn has been recognized as a “Litigation Trailblazer” by The National Law Journal and as a “Distinguished Leader” by the New York Law Journal. She was named once again to Crain’s New York Business’s “Notable Women in Law” for 2023 and was previously recognized as one of the New York County Lawyers Association’s “Outstanding Women in the Legal Profession.” She is consistently recognized as one of the “Top 250 Women in Litigation” in the U.S. by Benchmark Litigation, and as a National and New York “Litigation Star” in General Commercial Litigation and Securities Litigation. Lynn is recognized by Chambers USA in General Commercial, Securities, Insurance and Advertising. She is recommended in several areas by The Legal 500, including as a “Leading Trial Lawyer.”
Lynn is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Practising Law Institute, a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society, a member of Simpson Thacher’s Executive Committee, a former Vice President of the New York City Bar Association, a former Chair of the Yale Law School Alumni Fund Board, and a former Co-Administrative Partner for the Firm. She received her J.D. from Yale Law School and received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Williams College. She dedicates her pro bono efforts to veterans issues.
Updated Aug 2023
