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Experience:
Caryn Jacobs is a respected trial attorney and a widely-experienced litigator. Caryn’s practice concentrates on federal securities actions, class actions and class settlements; professional negligence (focusing on accountant liability), contracts, acquisitions-related disputes, business torts and other commercial litigation; financial institution fraud (both criminal and civil); and federal, bankruptcy, and arbitration jurisdiction issues.
Most recently, Caryn was Mayer Brown’s lead attorney on the In re Cendant Corp. Securities Litigation, a multidistrict action in the District of New Jersey, that involved multiple class and derivative actions, separate state actions, SEC and DOJ proceedings, three criminal trials, and professional liability claims. Caryn co-tried a three-month federal securities fraud case in the Southern District of New York, the AUSA Life Insurance, et al. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, et al. matter, which resulted in a victory for Mayer Brown’s client. She also co-tried the Lexecon v. Milberg case in the Northern District of Illinois, which resulted in a $45 million jury verdict against Milberg Weiss, immediately after which Milberg Weiss settled for $50 million. Caryn has extensive expertise in opposing class certification and in working with accounting, fraud, and damages expert witnesses and issues.
In addition to her work with Mayer Brown (1985-1988 and 1993 to date), Caryn served as an Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, in the United States Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois (1988-1993). In that capacity she prosecuted dozens of criminal matters, focusing in her final years on criminal financial institution fraud. From 1983 to 1985, she held the position of Law Clerk to The Honorable Susan Getzendanner (retired), United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
Notable Engagements:
Trials and Hearings. Tried over 20 jury, bench, and arbitration trials (both civil and criminal); conducted dozens of evidentiary court hearings (TROs; class action approval hearings; preliminary examinations; suppression and detention hearings; sentencings; grand jury presentations); conducted and defended hundreds of days of civil depositions nationally; and appeared in scores of court hearings nationwide.
Complaints; Briefs; Experts. Drafted dozens of civil complaints and pleadings and criminal indictments and complaints in subjects ranging from securities fraud, breach of contract, mail and wire fraud, RICO, bank fraud, professional negligence, and business torts. Drafted hundreds of motions to dismiss and for summary judgment, discovery requests and motions, criminal and civil trial motions (motions in limine, jury instructions, proposed voir dire, case summaries, trial briefs, post-trial motions, and proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law). Worked extensively in preparing, defending, and deposing expert witnesses in areas ranging from securities damages, professional liability, fraud, business valuation, and real estate issues.
Appeals. Drafted and filed appellate briefs in multiple federal and state appellate courts and conducted several oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Education:
Harvard Law School, JD, cum laude, 1983; Notes and Comments Editor, Harvard Women's Law Journal, Stanford University, AB, with distinction, with honors in humanities, 1980; Phi Beta Kappa, 1979. |
