About Jacques Semmelman
A former Assistant US Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, Jacques Semmelman delivers for his clients by tapping into his significant courtroom experience. He is known for deftly handling complex cases — including those involving quantitative, econometric, scientific and engineering issues — by leveraging his mathematical and scientific background that includes a PhD from Harvard.
Speaking the clients' language
Jacques works with clients through all phases of civil and criminal litigation and arbitration, as well as in the defense of government investigations and enforcement proceedings. He is an accomplished trial lawyer, having served as lead counsel in more than 25 jury and bench trials and arbitral hearings, and is a skilled appellate advocate, having argued 16 appeals.
Practice Focus
- Commercial litigation and arbitration
- Hatch-Waxman and other pharmaceutical patent litigation
- Lanham Act litigation
- Antitrust litigation
- Fraud and breach of contract litigation
- Product liability defense
- FCPA compliance and investigations
- OFAC sanctions compliance and investigations
- White collar criminal defense
- International extradition
Representative Experience
News
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Publications
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October 9, 2015Extradited Defendant Denied Standing To Enforce Sentencing Agreement | New York Law Journal
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March 11, 2015Protecting Client Communications With Foreign Counsel From Discovery in U.S. Litigation | ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct
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May 2014Interpol Red Notices and Diffusions: Powerful – And Dangerous – Tools of Global Law Enforcement | The Champion
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January/February 2011Obtaining Bail in International Extradition Cases | The Champion
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October 2010Case Comment, International Decisions: Sacirbey v. Guccione | American Journal of International Law
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January 3, 2008The Doctrine of Specialty in Criminal Cases | New York Law Journal
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June 2006Defending the International Extradition Case | The Champion
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2001Case Comment, International Decisions: Cornejo-Barreto v. Seifert | American Journal of International Law
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2000The Rule of Non-Contradiction in International Extradition Proceedings: A Proposed Approach to the Admission of Exculpatory Evidence | Fordham International Law Journall
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Quick Reads
Presentations and Events
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April 12, 2022US, EU, and UK Sanctions Imposed Against Russia: What Every Business Should Know Right Now Webinar
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February 3, 2016The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series | Anti-Corruption Compliance and Enforcement: Key Developments in 2016 & Beyond
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November 6, 2015Mexican Mediation Institute Program | The Long Arm of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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June 21, 2014New York State Bar Association's International Section Program | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA): Enforcement Trends and Case Studies