Rebekah Conroy is an experienced trial attorney who represents businesses and individuals in diverse matters. Appearing regularly in state and federal courts, Rebekah’s practice is focused on complex business litigation including contract and franchise disputes, trade secret disputes, shareholder and intra-family financial disputes, and the representation of attorneys in ethics proceedings. Rebekah also defends clients in white-collar criminal matters involving, among other things, charges of bank and wire fraud, commercial bribery, health care fraud, and other financial crimes.

Rebekah is an Officer of the Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (AFBNJ) and regularly participates in volunteer legal activities. She served as a volunteer attorney for Trial Lawyers Care, providing pro bono legal representation to 9/11 victims and their families. She also is a volunteer attorney with the District of New Jersey’s federal prisoner re-entry program, ReNew.

Rebekah has received the recognition of her peers throughout her legal career, including being designated one of New Jersey Monthly magazine’s “Super Lawyers – Rising Stars” of the legal profession in 2008 thru 2019 and was designated each year as a Super Lawyer from 2020-2023.*

*The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. See the Super Lawyers website for a description of the selection methodology and other information about Super Lawyers. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 2003
• The George Washington University, B.A., 2000

Bar and Court Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Professional Activities

• Officer, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (First Vice President)
• ReNew Reentry Program, Volunteer Lawyer
• American Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association

Representative Cases

• State v. Wade, 252 N.J. 209 (2022)
• J.G.S. v. L.M.S., 2019 N.J. Super. Unpubl. LEXIS 2476 (App. Div. Dec. 6, 2019)
• Otsuka Pharm. Co. v. Zydus Pharms. USA, Inc., 314 F.R.D. 372, 375 (D.N.J. 2016)
• Otsuka Pharm. Co. v. Torrent Pharm. Ltd., 133 F. Supp. 3d 721, 725 (D.N.J. 2015)
• Adriana Castro, M.D., P.A. v. Sanofi Pasteur Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 86123 (D.N.J. July 2, 2015)
• Purdue Pharm. Prods., L.P. v. Actavis Elizabeth, LLC, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49857 (D.N.J. Apr. 9, 2014)
• Burns v. City of Bayonne, et al., 2014 WL 4662189 (D.N.J. Sept. 18, 2014); 2014 WL 1310286 (D.N.J. Mar 31, 2014)
• Zhai v. Stevens Institute of Technology, 2014 WL 972143 (D.N.J. Mar. 11, 2014)
• Anthony’s LLC v. Babcock, 2012 WL 5465376 (D.N.J. Nov. 8, 2012)
• Brant Screen Craft, Inc. v. Watermarc Graphics, Inc., 2012 WL 2522972 (June 28, 2012)
• In re Cohen, 2011 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 1758, at *1 (App. Div. July 5, 2011)
• State v. Soto, 2010 WL 4483368 (N.J. App. Div. Nov. 10, 2010)
• In re Remeron Direct Purchaser Antitrust Litigation, 367 F. Supp. 2d 675 (D.N.J. 2005)
• In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, 338 F.Supp.2d 517 (D.N.J. 2004)
• Walgreen Co. v. Organon, Inc. (In re Remeron Antitrust Litig.), 335 F. Supp. 2d 522, 525 (D.N.J. 2004)

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Hatch-Waxman Litigation in the District of New Jersey: A Primer for the Jurist and the Practitioner (Moderator), Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey Webinar, May 12, 2022
• 2022 Legal Malpractice Update, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Webinar, March 26, 2022
• COVID-19 and Its Impact on Business Litigation, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 10, 2020
• Drafting Best Efforts, Good Faith and Fair Dealing Clauses in Commercial Contracts, Strafford Publications Webinar, June 29, 2021, March 5, 2019, April 12, 2017
• Strategic Contract Provisions to Minimize Future Litigation Costs and Liability Exposure, Strafford Publications Webinar, December 8, 2016
• Drafting and Enforcing Termination Clauses in Commercial Contracts Strafford Publications Webinar, April 26, 2016
• Negotiating Enforceable Liquidated Damages Clauses in Business Contracts, Panelist, Strafford Publications Webinar, June 2, 2015
• Ethics—The Disciplinary Process, Panelist, Barry Croland Family Law Inn of Court, April 21, 2015
• Knowing Your Limits, New Jersey Lawyer, Family Law Supplement, by R. Penza, V. Ziegler, and R. Conroy, August 14, 2006
• Representing the Custodial Parent in Extreme-Income Cases, New Jersey Lawyer, Robert Ricci, Jr., Esq. and Rebekah R. Conroy, September 9, 2002