Phineas Leahey focuses on appellate litigation and complex civil litigation. He has worked on dozens of motions and appeals in state and federal courts on a wide variety of subject matters such as securities law, RICO, accounting malpractice, consumer protection, class certification, and personal jurisdiction.
In his pro bono practice, Phineas has briefed and argued several cases, including a successful appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2007, Seidemann v. Bowen, in which the panel ruled, as a matter of first impression in the Second Circuit, that the First Amendment prohibits public sector unions from requiring nonmember employees to annually renew their objections to political and ideological expenditures unrelated to implementation or ratification of their collective bargaining agreements.
Locke v. Karass: Should the Court Overrule Lehnert's Test Determining Whether Union Expenditures Are Related to Collective Bargaining?, Journal of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, Vol. 9, Iss. 2, 2008
ACLI, et al v. Ross, 08-1406 (6th Cir.) Almengor, et al. v. CUNY, et al., No. 08-cv-6585-LAK Levine v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. No. 08-10416-JJ (11th Cir.) Seidemann v. Bowen, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58625 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 1, 2008), 08-3299-cv (2d Cir.) (“Seidemann II”) Standard v. Morrison, No. 08-35246 (9th Cir.) The Republic of Iraq v. ABB AG, et al., No. 08-cv-05951-GEL (S.D.N.Y.) Thorpe v. Zimmer, Inc., et al., No. 08-cv-3888-CM (S.D.N.Y.)
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Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court
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