Jeffrey I. "Jeff" Carton - Lawyer in White Plains, NY

Formore than a decade, Jeff has been recognized annually by his peers as aNew York Super Lawyer (one of the Top 25 in Westchester County), and selectedas one of US News World Reports Best Lawyers in America in the area ofcommercial litigation. He has also been named a lifetime member of EliteLawyers in America, The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and Top TrialLawyers in America. He is a Fellow in the prestigious Litigation Counsel of America,and a member of the venerable American Bar Association Foundation.

Jeffsversatility with a wide array of subject matters has led to his handling ofmany high profile, difficult cases. Among other matters, Jeff successfully ledthe defense in federal court of a boat-builder wrongfully implicated in theEthan Allen tragedy on Lake George in which twenty persons perished, winningsummary judgment on the clients behalf, prosecuted a $4.5 million jury verdictin Columbia County against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), arguedbefore the New Jersey Supreme Court the landmark consumer fraud class action,Lee v. Basic Research, which resulted in a unanimous, 9-0 opinion overturningthe lower courts decisions denying class certification, and argued before theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the precedent setting case of Tyler v.Michaels which declared unlawful the collection of personal identifyinginformation in connection with retail credit card transactions. Jeffsreputation for excellent results and dogged preparation, make him a formidableadversary, regardless of which side of the aisle any particular dispute mayplace him.

Jeffis no stranger to the Courtroom, and has successfully tried to verdict adiverse number of matters, including securing a defense verdict for MadisonSquare Garden and Amtrak in a federal jury trial in the Eastern District of NewYork, winning a multi-million dollar jury award in a state court breach ofcontract action in White Plains, prevailing in a nine month real estate fraudarbitration in New York City in which he recovered a multi-million dollarjudgment, and securing on the eve of jury selection tens of millions of dollarsfor clients with catastrophic losses. Last year (2018), he won a $2.5 million award in a breach of contract action which he prosecuted before the American Arbitration Association.

Jeffsexperience in the sports, media and entertainment industries has also allowedfor his successful handling of a variety of matters including claims ofcopyright infringement, trademark infringement, breach of television ExecutiveProduction Agreements, royalty disputes, and artist-management conflicts. Jeffhas advised television broadcast journalists, senior media executives andexecutive producers on a wide range of issues concerning non-competes, firstamendment rights, and compensation and severance disputes.

Jeffled the successful prosecution of the wrongful death action of BaltimoreOrioles pitcher Steve Bechler, helped extricate former light heavyweight WorldChampion boxer Reggie Johnson from an onerous promoters contract, andcounseled the Estate of Tito Puente, the Latin Salsa King, in amisappropriation of name and likeness litigation. Jeff also spearheaded thesuccessful prosecution of the United States Tennis Associations (USTA)multimillion dollar breach of contract action against a sponsor of the US Open,as well as defended the USTA against a claim of disability discrimination whichhe successfully had dismissed, and successfully represented Heineken in abreach of contract action arising from a marketing services agreement. Jeffregularly counsels media and entertainment clients in contract negotiations,severance disputes, and intellectual property matters.

Jeffsskill with complex litigation has also helped the Firm to develop significantexperience handling a diverse array of maritime and admiralty matters. Jeff hassuccessfully defended boat builders, marinas, charter vessels, stevedores andother marine interests in both federal and state litigations throughout theCountry. Among other successful outcomes, Jeff defended a marine terminaloperator in a federal wrongful death action in Portland, Maine, represented aluxury yacht manufacturer in a premises liability action in federal court inNew Jersey, defended a Manhattan sight-seeing tour operator against a personalinjury claim, and handled a Society of Maritime Arbitrators (SMA) arbitrationconcerning the scope of a contractual indemnity between a terminal operator anda multinational transport company.

Jeffis a cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College, a graduate of Columbia Law Schooland began his career as a litigator at Cravath Swaine Moore.