Meir Feder focuses on complex trial and appellate litigation. He has argued appeals in the Supreme Court of the United States, eight federal circuits, and multiple state appellate courts, including the landmark personal jurisdiction case Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations v. Brown, 564 U.S. 915 (2011) in the Supreme Court. Meir also focuses on developing legal strategy and key legal arguments in class actions and other complex trial-level cases across the country.
Meir's recent experience includes defending and serving as defense liaison counsel in a multidistrict products liability litigation, representing the former speaker of the New York State Assembly in obtaining the reversal on appeal of several counts of criminal bribery charges, and successfully arguing multiple appeals in cases under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Meir has also represented defendants in opposing class certification and litigating expert issues in several consumer class actions. Prior to joining Jones Day, Meir was a prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he served as deputy chief appellate attorney and tried criminal cases in federal district court.
In 2016, Meir was elected to membership in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. He is a member of the American Law Institute and serves on the boards of the Dwight D. Opperman Institute of Judicial Administration and the Office of the Appellate Defender and as vice chair of the National Legal Committee of AJC.
Esperienze
- October 26-28, 2016
2016 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers White Collar Seminar - December 9, 2014
No-Injury Class Actions: The Rise of Statutorily-Created Harm and the Need for High Court Intervention - October 23, 2014
Supreme Court Update: A Look at Significant Cases in the New Term - October 23, 2014
Speaker Series: Review and Preview of Business Cases at the Supreme Court - October 4, 2013
Success and Failure in Professional Sports, Lewis & Clark Law School 18th Annual Business Law Fall Forum - April 17-21, 2012
Jones Day Sponsors the ABA Section of International Law Spring Meeting in New York - October 19, 2011
Decisions Impacting Financial Institutions - October 13-14, 2011
South Carolina Law Review Symposium, Personal Jurisdiction for the Twenty-First Century: The Implications of McIntyre and Goodyear Dunlop Tires - July 20, 2011
Panel on the just-completed Supreme Court term, New York City Bar Association - July 14, 2011
The New World of In Personam Jurisdiction After Goodyear and J. McIntyre—Planning to Get the Best and Defending Against the Worst, DRI’s Product Liability Committee - June 3, 2011
PLI’s Appellate Advocacy 2011 - April 26, 2011
Fair Use and Visual Art, panelist, New York State Bar Association Section on Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law - January 29, 2011
Symposium, Stitching Together the Past, Present and Future of Antitrust Law in Sports with an American Needle, Villanova Sports & Entertainment Law Journal - November 11, 2010
Panel on American Needle v. NFL, 2010 Philadelphia Sports Law Conference - October 6-7, 2010
Issues & Appeals – Supreme Court Review - June 29, 2010
American Needle v. NFL: Impact on Joint Ventures, ABA Teleconference - June 14, 2010
Practicing Law Institute Tele-Conference on American Needle - June 9, 2010
American Needle v. NFL, Law Seminars International Tele-Briefing - January 29, 2009
The Changing Supreme Court in Challenging Times: Post-Election Perspectives on the Future of the Court and Civil Rights, New York State Bar Association - August 8, 2008
Institute of Judicial Administration Review of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2007-2008 Term - October 1, 2007
Judge, Office of the Appellate Defender First Monday in October moot court program - August 24, 2007
Radio interview concerning Philip Morris v. Williams
(www.mytechnologylawyer.com) - October 28, 2006
Argued moot court of Parents Involved v. Seattle School District, Federal Bar Council Bench & Bar Retreat - August 6, 2006
Panel on oral argument, American Bar Association - August 4, 2006
Review of the Supreme Court's Term - December 1, 2005
Panel on oral argument, NY State Bar Association
- Harvard Law School (J.D. magna cum laude 1989; Supreme Court Editor, Harvard Law Review; argued for championship team, Ames Moot Court Competition); Columbia University (B.A. summa cum laude 1986)
- New York; District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York: Deputy Chief of Appeals Unit (2001 and 2002-2003) and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division (1997-2003)
"Highly recommended" for Supreme Court and appellate litigation, The Legal 500 US
Super Lawyers — appellate
Best Lawyers in America — appellate
Benchmark Litigation — national appellate star
- Law Clerk to: Justice David H. Souter, U.S. Supreme Court (1990 Term) and Judge William A. Norris, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1989-1990)