Jeremy Bates is Counsel to the Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility and Litigation Groups. His practice focuses on lawyers, law firms, and general commercial litigation.
Mr. Bates has 20 years of experience in state and federal courts and other dispute resolution forums. His work includes defending clients against claims for legal malpractice, litigation misconduct, and breach of fiduciary duty. He has handled matters involving allegations of defamation and fraud. He also focuses on related legal ethics work, including representing attorneys in grievance matters and clients damaged by deposition misconduct.
In addition to professional responsibility matters, Mr. Bates has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of litigation. He has secured the dismissal of RICO, trademark, and computer access claims. He was hailed as a Law360 “Legal Lion” for helping convince the Commercial Division, New York County, to dismiss business tort claims. In a case arising out of a cross-border acquisition, he wrote a motion for sanctions that was granted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. And he has brought various disputes to successful conclusions through alternative resolutions and pre-litigation dispositions.
On the pro bono side, Mr. Bates was lead counsel in successfully challenging a federal regulation and obtaining substantial recovery for two Medicare Part D beneficiaries. He has also represented prisoners in post-conviction proceedings before the New York Court of Appeals and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Before joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Mr. Bates was associated with the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. There he represented major financial institutions in litigations and in investigations by the SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the New York Attorney General’s Office. He was also counsel at Elman Freiberg PLLC, a litigation boutique specializing in representing lawyers, law firms, trustees, and beneficiaries. Before law school, Mr. Bates served as a legislative assistant to U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan. After law school, he clerked for The Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit.
Mr. Bates has served as a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics. He is admitted to practice in New York.
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