Armstrong, Lee A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Lee Armstrong has represented clients around the world in cases involving banking, securities, mergers, intellectual property, media, white-collar crime, construction, employment law, and various business torts. He has enjoyed success as lead trial counsel in jury and bench trials and in preliminary injunction hearings in many jurisdictions.

Recently, Lee was one of the lead trial lawyers representing Chrysler LLC in its bankruptcy and sale of assets to Fiat-led Chrysler Group LLC, a 42-day historic effort that involved multiple evidentiary hearings and appellate practice; secured a defense verdict on behalf of Citizens Financial Group in a federal trademark infringement case in Michigan (and then successfully argued the appeal before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals); obtained injunctive relief against a client's former employees in a trade secrets case in the Southern District of Texas; and secured a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a client in another trade secrets case in Delaware Chancery Court.

Some of Lee's other high-profile cases include his representation of financial institutions in the massive securities litigation relating to the collapse of Enron; defense of movie producers at the highly publicized jury trial involving Woody Allen, which settled after two weeks of trial; and an employment litigation jury verdict in favor of famed jewelry company Harry Winston. Lee has been quoted in various print media and has appeared numerous times on national television, providing legal analysis and debating high-profile cases. He can be seen weekly on the nationally televised show "America's Newsroom," and he serves as the administrative partner for the New York Office.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Construction

Representative Cases

• Air Products defeats Honeywell's attempt to block its acquisition of a competitor , (2009)
• Air Products obtains injunction against former employee and his new company in misappropriation of trade secrets action
• Allegiance Healthcare obtains summary judgment dismissal of $10 million action for various business torts
• Chrysler sold to Fiat-led "New Chrysler" after historic court proceedings , (2009)
• Citibank obtains dismissal of securities fraud action
• Harry Winston settles action against former employee for misappropriation of trade secrets
• Harry Winston wins unanimous jury verdict in action brought by former employee
• Movenpick wins dismissal of contract dispute on jurisdictional grounds
• Parsons Main obtains favorable settlement in construction litigation involving New York Times printing facility in College Point
• Photobition obtains injunctive relief in misappropriation of trade secrets action against former employees and new employer
• RBS Citizens prevails at bench trial in trademark infringement case , (2009)
• Royal Bank of Scotland defends action arising out of collapse of Enron
• Royal Bank of Scotland successfully defeated motion by Fifth Third Bank to enjoin drawing down on $103 million letter of credit , (2009)
• Sweetland Films reaches settlement in litigation brought by Woody Allen
• Washington Group International settles litigation involving construction of $700 million hydroelectric project in Asia

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Fordham University
• New York University

Address

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

1.212.326.8340 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.212.755.7306 (Business Fax)

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Websites

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