Jeffrey J. Greenbaum Member 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 listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2005, Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business for a number of years, including 2010, Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys for a number of years including 2010 and New Jersey Super Lawyers since its inception in 2005. He was also voted as one of “The Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers” in 2006 and 2008 by New Jersey Super Lawyers. Education J.D., University of Michigan, cum laude, 1972 B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, 1969 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) • 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) Bar Admissions New Jersey, 1972 New York, 1980 U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1972 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1981 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1981 U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1973 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1983 U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1999 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2007 U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2007 U.S. Supreme Court, 1976 U.S. Tax Court, 1994 Authored Articles 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 8/9/2010 Sills Cummis & Gross Attorneys Continue to be Honored in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 3/24/2010 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 8/20/2007 Jeffrey J. Greenbaum - Association of Federal Bar Passes Resolution Supporting Federal Judiciary Salary Increase 11/2/2006 26 Sills Cummis Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 4/2/2005 Hospital Wins Charity Care Litigation Relevant News 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 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) 4/6/2009 In re Vonage Initial Pub. Offering Secs. Litig., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28255 (D.N.J. 2009) 5/19/2009 In re Schering-Plough Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42219 (D.N.J. 2009) 5/22/2009 In re Schering-Plough Corp., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43665 (D.N.J. 2009) 12/10/2008 CitiFinancial, Inc. v. Madden, 672 S.E.2d 365; 2008 W. Va. LEXIS 117 (W. Va.. 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) 12/5/2008 Wanland & Assocs. v. Nortel Networks Ltd.(In re NorVergence, Inc.), 384 B.R. 315 (D.N.J. 2008) 6/24/2008 Ford v. Panasonic Corp. of North America, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14038 (3rd Cir. 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) 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)   Goldman v. Simon Prop. Group, 31 A.D.3d 382; 818 N.Y.S.2d 245 (2d Dept. 2006) 12/16/2005 Cunningham v. Citigroup, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS, 33805 (D.N.J. Dec. 16, 2005)   Kolari v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4840 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)   Rosenberg v. Washington Mutual Bank, F.A., 369 N.J. Super. 456, 849 A.2d 566 (App. Div. 2004)   In re Integra Realty Resources, Inc., 354 F.3d 1246 (10th Cir. 2004)   Mulder v. PCS Health Systems, Inc., 216 F.R.D. 307 (D.N.J. 2003)   In re Party City Securities Litigation, 147 F. Supp.2d 282 (D.N.J. 2001)   In re Integra Realty Resources, Inc., 262 F.3d 1089 (10th Cir. 2001)   Republic of the Philippines v. Christies, 2000 WL 1056300 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)   Castlerock Management Ltd. v. Ultralife Batteries, Inc., 114 F.Supp. 2d 316 (D.N.J. 2000)   Brosious v. Children’s Place Retail Stores, 189 F.R.D. 138 (D.N.J. 1999)   Castlerock Management Ltd. v. Ultralife Batteries, Inc., 68 F. Supp.2d 480 (D.N.J. 1999)   In re Party City Securities Litigation, 189 F.R.D. 91 (D.N.J. 1999)   In re MobileMedia Securities Litigation, 28 F. Supp. 2d 901 (D.N.J. 1998)   In re Children’s Place Securities Litigation, 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22868 (D.N.J. 1998) 11/12/1998 F.C. Cycles Intl., Inc. v. Fila Sport, S.p.A., 184 F.R.D. 64 (D. Md. 1998)   Jack LaLanne Fitness Centers, Inc. v. Jimlar, Inc., 884 F. Supp. 162 (D.N.J. 1995)   George Harms Const. Co., Inc. v. New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 137 N.J. 8 (1994)   Cohen v. Republic of the Philippines, 146 F.R.D. 90 (S.D.N.Y. 1993)   Security Pacific Mortg. & Real Estate Services, Inc. v. Republic of Philippines, 962 F.2d 204 (2d Cir. 1992)   Sotheby’s Inc. v. Garcia, 802 F. Supp. 1058 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)   Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 138 F.R.D. 366 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)   Security Pacific Nat. Bank v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 1991 WL 267768 (S.D.N.Y. 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) 5/24/1989 Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5751 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) 8/7/1989 In re 40 Wall Street, N.V., 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9162 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)   Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 878 F.2d 620 (2d Cir. 1989)   Republic of the Philippines v. Marcos, 888 F.2d 954 (2d Cir. 1989) 2/15/1989 Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 705 F. Supp. 188 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)   Republic of Philippines v. New York Land Co., 852 F.2d 33 (2d Cir. 1988)   Citibank, N.A. v. Nyland (CF8) Ltd., 692 F. Supp. 1488 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)   Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 1987 WL 28670 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)   Overlook Terrace Corp. v. Excel Properties Corp., 210 N.J. Super. 420, 510 A.2d 68 (App. Div. 1986)   Republic of Philippines v. Marcos, 806 F.2d 344 (2d Cir. 1986)   Kelley Drye & Warren v. Murray Industries, Inc., 623 F. Supp. 522 (D.N.J. 1985)   U.S. v. Western Electric, 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12030 (D.N.J. 1981)   Alchemie Intern., Inc. v. Metal World, Inc., 523 F. Supp. 1039 (D.N.J. 1981)   U.S. v. Tobacco Distributors’ Assn., 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11577 (D.N.J. 1980)   Greenspan v. Brassler, 78 F.R.D. 130 (S.D.N.Y. 1978)   U.S. v. Buechler, 557 F.2d 1002 (3d Cir. 1977) Contact Information Phone Number:  (973) 643-5430 Email Address:

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