Jarrod F. Reich

Associate
Armonk

t: 914 749 8397
f: 914 749 8300

jreich@bsfllp.com

Area of Practice

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 2004; Order of the Coif; Myron Penn Laughlin Note Award; Phi Delta Phi; Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review

Brandeis University, B.A. , magna cum laude, Politics, 2001; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Justice Louis D. Brandeis Scholar; Editor-in-Chief, Louis magazine

Clerkships

Hon. William J. Haynes, Jr., United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, 2004-2005

Admissions

New York and District of Columbia

United States District Courts: Southern District of New York

Jarrod Reich's primary practice area is complex litigation.

At Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Mr. Reich has represented a wide range of clients in diverse matters in state and federal court and in domestic and international arbitration involving, among other areas, intellectual property, Constitutional law, labor relations, antitrust, contracts, and commercial law. Among the clients for and matters in which Mr. Reich is or has been heavily involved include:

NASCAR, Inc., in achieving complete dismissal of a suit brought by a former stock car driver who failed the sanctioning body's substance abuse policy;
Pfizer Inc., in achieving a complete dismissal of a declaratory judgment action brought by a another drug manufacturer, as well as in other advisory and litigation matters;
YES Network, in a commercial arbitration concerning its television programming;
Kerzner International, owner of the Atlantis and One&Only resorts, in a trademark action;
Multiple former clients of "business advisor to the stars" Kenneth Starr, in various matters relating to recovery of assets and losses caused by Mr. Starr's illegal activities;
Fox Paine & Co., in litigation and arbitration relating to various commercial matters; and
Waterford Group, in a suit concerning the application of the City of Hartford's labor relations ordinances to the group's operation of a hotel developed as part of the revitalization of downtown Hartford, as well as in other advisory matters.

Mr. Reich is very active in the firm's pro bono practice. Most recently, he assisted a young girl from Guatemala attain legal permanent residence after she fled her country and her abusive father so she could purse an education in the United States. He is also part of the legal team representing gay and lesbian couples in their constitutional challenge to California's ban on same-sex marriage. Previously, Mr. Reich assisted a young mother obtain a divorce from her abusive husband in conjunction with Hope's Door.

Throughout law school, Mr. Reich volunteered as a law clerk for the Metropolitan Davidson County (Tennessee) Public Defender. During law school, Mr. Reich provided pro bono assistance through the Vanderbilt University Legal Clinic and served as a contributing writer for the First Amendment Center, writing a series of online articles on various issues concerning the internet and free speech.

Mr. Reich is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he teaches Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing to first-year law students, as well as a Judicial Externship Seminar to complement second- and third-year students' work with state and federal trial and appellate judges. He has received an "Excellent" rating as a professor from his students.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association

Selected Publications and Presentations

Note, "No Provincial or Transient Notion": The Need for a Mistake of Age Defense in Child Rape Prosecutions, 57 Vand. L. Rev. 693 (2004)