Stephen Grygiel |

Bio

Education

J.D., Harvard Law School, 1986

A.B., Hamilton College, 1979
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Law Clerk to Chief Justice Vincent L. McKusick, Maine Supreme Judicial Court (8/86- 8/87)

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

USDC, DE
USDC, ME
USDC, MD
USDC, SDNY
USDC, WDNY
Delaware
Massachusetts
Maine
New York
Maryland
US Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
US Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
US Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit

Steve Grygiel is an experienced jury trial lawyer, class action litigator and oral advocate. He has argued over one hundred motions, including class certification motions and dispositive motions, in employment (Title 9, Title 7), sports law, securities and corporate governance (PSLRA, SLUSA, CAFA), privacy rights (Wiretap Act, Stored Communications Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act), pharmaceutical overpromotion (RICO), consumer fraud, products liability and other contract, commercial and tort law cases.

Steve has taken hundreds of depositions, including of CEOs, CFOs, COOs and board members of major companies, economic and damages experts and investment bankers, in class actions, securities, corporate and commercial, products liability, consumer fraud, and other litigation.

Steve has researched, analyzed and briefed hundreds of complex issues in many different factual contexts, including nature and content of allegations sufficient for standing or supporting dismissal under Rules 8(a)(2), 12(b)(1), 12(b)(6); the requirements of Twombly and Iqbal, including their relevance to affirmative defenses, the extent, number and timing of permissible amendments under Rule 15; joinder (including in MDL context) under Rules 20 and 21; summary judgment; CAFA removal requirements, determining amount in controversy, bases for and appealability of CAFA remand orders, presumption against and limits of federal jurisdiction, plaintiff’s rights as “master of complaint” measured against “artful pleading” doctrine; scope of permissible Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction, bankruptcy trustee asset sales as impermissible reorganization plans, due process rights of unrepresented future claimants against bankruptcy estate, requirements for establishment of Equity Committee in reorganization; RICO causation requirements; class action choice of law issues, extraterritorial application of single state law in Rule 23 predominance and manageability inquiries; expert witness qualifications under Daubert and state law analogues; numerous trial and in limine motions.

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