Stephen Wieder, Special Counsel

Stephen A. Wieder is a special counsel in the Commercial Litigation and the Intellectual Property Litigation groups and a member of the Cooley Litigation department. Mr. Wieder joined Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman in 1993, which was merged into Cooley Godward Kronish in 2006. He is resident in the New York office.

His recent representations include the defense of XM Radio in a copyright infringement action brought by a number of music recording companies, the defense of two insurance companies in a billion dollar case brought by JPMorgan Chase and arising out of the Enron bankruptcy; the defense of Sumitomo Corporation in antitrust litigations arising out of the actions of a rogue copper trader and the development of claims on behalf of Sumitomo against Merrill Lynch arising out of the same trading scandal.

Mr. Wieder received a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1989, and a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Yeshiva University in 1986, where he majored in Political Science.

Mr. Wieder is a member of New York City Bar Association.

Mr. Wieder is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Seventh and Federal Circuits, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Central District of Illinois, as well as the courts of New York State.

Education

  • Harvard Law School
    JD, 1989, cum laude
  • Yeshiva University
    BA Political Science, 1986, magna cum laude

Court Admissions

  • Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Federal Claims
  • U.S. District Court, Central Districts of Illinois
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • United States Supreme Court

Admissions

  • New York

Memberships

  • Association of the Bar of the City of New York
New York
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036-7798

Phone: +1 212 479 6263
Fax: +1 212 479 6275
eFax: +1 212 202 3894
swieder@cooley.com
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