Ekaterina Schoenefeld
Schoenefeld Law Firm LLCPrior to opening my practice, I worked as an associate at Messina Law Firm, P.C., Holmdel, New Jersey; subsequently, I remained there as "of counsel." I have worked on a number of cases, including complex civil litigation, that involved a broad range of various questions of state and federal substantive law; sophisticated procedural, discovery and evidentiary issues; and post-judgment motions and appeals. The cases I worked on involved complex issues of federal and state law, relating to the Sherman Act; Lanham Act; Federal Communications Act; Truth in Lending Act; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act; New Jersey Farmland Assessment Act; New Jersey Right to Farm Act; New Jersey Open Public Records Act, business torts of unfair competition, product disparagement, and tortious interference with existing/prospective contractual relationships; construction defects; zoning laws and regulations; select topics in Delaware and Nevada corporate law; evidentiary and discovery disputes, including electronic discovery; and other matters. Admitted in New Jersey, New York and California. Fluent in Russian and German languages.
- International Law
- Human Rights, Imports & Exports
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Antitrust Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Collections
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Commercial/Business Litigation
- Business Torts
- General Civil Litigation
- California
- New Jersey
- New York
- 2nd Circuit
- 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Tax Court
- German: Spoken, Written
- Russian: Spoken, Written
- Attorney / Owner
- Schoenefeld Law Firm LLC
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- Of Counsel
- Messina Law Firm, P.C.
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- Associate
- Messina Law Firm, P.C.
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- Law Clerk
- Messina Law Firm, P.C.
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- Rutgers School of Law-Newark
- J.D. (2005) | Law
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- Honors: Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, Managing Research Editor
- Activities: Federal Tax Clinic (Spring 2005); Urban Legal (Special Education) Clinic (Fall 2003); Judicial Internship with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Summer 2003)
- Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
- B.S. (2002) | Accounting & German
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- Honors: graduated with High Honors; double-majored in Accounting & German, both with Departmental Honors; Phi Beta Kappa (2001); Beta Gamma Sigma, the Honor Society for Accredited Business Programs (2001); Beta Alpha Psi, the National Honor Society of Accounting (2001); Delta Phi Alpha, the National German Honor Society (2001); Phi Sigma Iota, the International Foreign Language Honor Society (2000)
- Activities: Phi Sigma Iota, International Foreign Language Honor Society (vice-president, 2001-2002)
- Selected as a Distinguished Leader by the New Jersey Law Journal
- New Jersey Law Journal
- New Jersey Rising Stars 2015
- Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business
- New Jersey Rising Stars 2014
- Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business
- New Jersey Rising Stars 2013
- Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business
- Selected as one of five Lawyers USA's Lawyers of the Year 201
- Lawyers USA
- Named as one of five Lawyers USA's 2011 Lawyers of the Year in recognition of having New York State's in-state office requirement imposed on New York non-resident attorneys overturned by the U.S. District Court (http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/tag/lawyers-of-the-year-2011/; full article: http://www.schoenefeldlaw.com/images/pdf/lawyers-usa-schoenefeld.pdf)
- New Jersey Association for Justice
- Member
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- ABA Section of Antitrust
- Member
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- California State Bar  # 249810
- Member
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- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member
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- ABA Section of International Law
- Member
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- Activities: Vice chair of International Litigation Committee (2009-2013); Vice chair of Europe Committee (2007-2009); Executive editor, The International Dispute Resolution News, ABA Section of International Law (a joint publication of International Litigation, International Arbitration, and International Mediation Committees), 2009-2012; Co-editor of the International Litigation Committee’s contribution to “International Legal Developments in Review: 2010,” The International Lawyer, American Bar Association, Section of International Law, Spring 2011, Vol. 45, No. 1
- Price Discrimination Handbook (contributing author to Chapter II on federal price discrimination law)
- American Bar Association, Section of Antitrust Law
- Internet Commerce in Foreign Countries (article)
- GP|SOLO, Vol. 28, No. 3, April/May
- Speaker, CLE program "Playing an Away Game: How Can Non-Resident New York Lawyers Comply with SCHOENEFELD v. SCHNEIDERMAN?", Miami, FL
- New York State Bar Association, International Section and Florida Bar, International Section
- Participated as a speaker at the CLE program "Playing an Away Game: How Can Non-Resident New York Lawyers Comply with SCHOENEFELD v. SCHNEIDERMAN?" co-sponsored by New York State Bar Association, International Section and Florida Bar, International Section (Miami, FL).
- Speaker, NYSBA's 2016 Annual Meeting -- Non-Resident Breakfast Roundtable CLE Program "A 'Virtual' World View - The Ethics of a 21st Century Office", New York, NY
- New York State Bar Association
- Speaker at the Non-Resident Breakfast Roundtable CLE Program "A 'Virtual' World View - The Ethics of a 21st Century Office" that was held during the NYSBA's 2016 Annual Meeting.
- Speaker, NYSBA's CLE Program "Virtual Practice | After Schoenefeld v. New York: Where Is Your Office?", New York, NY
- New York State Bar Association
- Speaker at the NYSBA's CLE Program "Virtual Practice | After Schoenefeld v. New York: Where Is Your Office?"
- Guest speaker, NYSBA 2012 Annual Meeting Breakfast Roundtable for Non-Resident Attorneys, New York, NY
- New York State Bar Association
- Participated as a special guest at the NYSBA's 2012 Annual Meeting Breakfast Roundtable for Non-Resident Members