Jed M. Weiss

Jed M. Weiss is a partner in the Litigation Practice Group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC. With a focus on corporate disputes, Jed specializes in resolving complex matters involving owners, joint venture partners, investors, and developers in the New York City market.

Jed is recognized for his ability to be both an assertive advocate and a skilled negotiator, seeking practical and expeditious solutions to disputes that align with his clients’ goals and objectives. Jed has extensive experience handling cases in various areas, including state, federal, and appellate courts, as well as in arbitration. He also specializes in real estate litigation and provides legal counsel to businesses and individuals entangled in a wide array of legal issues, such as business and partnership disputes, lender liability, employment matters, contract disputes, business torts, and commercial foreclosure.

Jed is an active member of the New York City Bar Association Litigation Committee, further demonstrating his commitment to the legal profession.

Throughout his career, Jed has achieved positive outcomes in a variety of matters, including:

• Representing a real estate private equity firm and asset management company in acquisitions, financing of an office building in New York, and related litigation.
• Advocating for a hedge fund in a lawsuit against its former investment manager and auditor.
• Resolving a dispute for a real estate opportunity fund involving member entities.
• Representing a major New York investment bank in seeking remuneration from a client for services rendered.
• Defending a New York-based transportation company in a dispute with its employees’ union over delinquent contributions.
• Handling a multimillion-dollar shareholder dispute that involved derivative and multidistrict litigation.
• Representing a real estate developer embroiled in a dispute with lenders and subsequent foreclosure.
• Advocating for a construction company involved in a dispute with prime and subcontractors.
• Representing a national producer and distributor of raw materials in multistate litigation.
• Resolving a dispute for a foreign clothing manufacturer in conflict with its distributor.
• Representing a prominent hedge fund founder in a contractual dispute with his partners, also involving allegations of violations of New York’s labor laws.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation

Admission

• Connecticut
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Education

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) from Wheaton College
• Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, from the American University – Washington College of Law