Mondaire Jones has joined the firm as a partner. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mondaire brings a wealth of legal and public service experience to the firm. He will represent clients across a range of complex commercial litigation and government investigations matters, as well as advise on strategic, policy, and crisis management issues. More

As part of its celebration of Women’s History Month, New York’s Westchester County Board of Legislators honored Friedman Kaplan litigation partner Katherine L. Pringle for her leadership and volunteer efforts for the non-profit organization Bread for the World, and her dedicated community service for local events and programs in Pelham, NY. More

Partners Stan Chiueh, Timothy M. Haggerty, and Mala Ahuja Harker have been selected as members of Law360’s 2025 editorial advisory boards, through which they will provide Law360 with input and feedback on its coverage and share insights on how to best shape future coverage in their respective areas. More

Friedman Kaplan played a critical role in high-profile litigation that followed in the wake of an “uptier” transaction negotiated by distressed bedding manufacturer Serta Simmons Bedding with certain of its lenders under an existing debt facility. The resulting liability management transaction became the subject of hotly contested litigation during Serta’s 2023 Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Friedman Kaplan, along with Paul Weiss and Porter Hedges, represented a group of excluded lenders in extremely expedited litigation and through trial in Houston, Texas. More

The New York Law Journal published an article co-authored by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker and Joel Cohen of Petrillo Klein & Boxer regarding the recent decision in United States v. Tavberidze where Judge Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York found that Section 3E1.1 (b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines violates the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. More

The New York Law Journal published an article written by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker examining the recent decision in Parker v. Alexander which determined that New York’s Adults Survivors Act and Child Victims Act largely preempt the claim revival provision in New York City’s Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law. More

The New York Law Journal recently published an article written by Friedman Kaplan counsel Bonnie M. Baker regarding a potential amendment to New York State’s criminal “revenge porn” statute after a recent New York Criminal Court decision from Kings County. More