Civil Litigation & Arbitrations
Ms. Cahill has an unusual breadth of experience in federal and state civil litigation and in arbitrations, including the following:
Negotiated with government a reasonable settlement of False Claims Act case for one physician client and succeeded in obtaining a rare permanent redaction order as to two other physician clients, protecting them from reputational damage that would otherwise follow on unsealing of the Relators’ complaint.
Together with colleague Larry Krantz, successfully represented three former FBI Counterterrorism Agents in their defense to a federal RICO complaint filed in the Eastern District of New York by convicted insider trader Raj Rajaratnam — case dismissed with prejudice on the defendants’ motion.
As a solo practitioner, represented a Kings County exonoree in securing compensation for her wrongful conviction and imprisonment and (a) successfully negotiated with the City of New York a seven figure pre-litigation settlement of the client’s federal civil rights and state tort law claims and (b) litigated a parallel unjust imprisonment and conviction claim against the State of New York pursuant to section 8-b of the New York State Court of Claims Act and achieved a seven-figure settlement on the eve of trial.
Managed broker-dealer and clearing firm’s successful defense to a federal fraud case filed in the Southern District of New York, winning summary judgment for the broker-dealer and partial summary judgment for the clearing firm.
Represented a former senior corporate executive in a AAA arbitration concerning his alleged wrongful termination and also seeking payment on sizable past due indemnification claims; matter successfully resolved.
Member of a SDNY litigation team which represented the Wendy’s Company in successfully opposing emergency efforts by note holders to block a spin off of its Tim Hortons business.
For international bank client, managed the defense to a federal complaint alleging RICO, fraud and money laundering relating to the client’s alleged failure to detect embezzlement and money laundering by a Russian metals company; plaintiff dismissed the action without prejudice following receipt of our motion to dismiss.
In a case of first impression, succeeded in the SDNY in setting aside an asset transfer under New York State Debtor and Creditor Law where the transfer was made while the client’s arbitration claim was pending; first case to recognize that an “action for money damages” under the Law included an arbitration (One Hundred Pearl v. Vantage Sec., 887 F. Supp. 636 (S.D.N.Y. 1995)).
Managed to successful conclusion a Southern District of New York litigation brought by a metals trading business in post-Enron-collapse litigation with Phelps Dodge concerning competing claims to copper shipments in transit.
Represented two hedge funds which had redeemed investments in the Manhattan Investment Fund prior to the Fund’s collapse, in subsequent litigation by the Bankruptcy Trustee and negotiated settlements of the same.
Architect and drafter of successful motion for summary judgment in New York State court action resulting in a judgment of liability against defendants City of New York and one of its contractors on res ipsa grounds.
Represented one of the country’s largest cheese importers in the prosecution of a Sherman antitrust case against the dairy board of one of the largest dairy exporting countries in the world.