Trial focus from day one.
We shape each client’s facts and law into a compelling, consistent story, then use litigation as a practical tool to pursue the client’s goals while remaining attentive to needs, budgets, and timing.
Trial counsel for consequential disputes
Clarity when the stakes are highest.
Stone & Magnanini represents companies and individuals in complex litigation, investigations, and high-value business disputes.
Trial-testedfrom day one
High-stakescivil & criminal matters
Boutique focussenior attention throughout
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The Firm
Business judgment.
Litigation precision.
We are experienced trial lawyers who handle sophisticated matters involving financial loss, fraud, infringement, and breach of contract. Our lawyers have faced leading companies and firms through trial and appeal—including matters reaching the United States Supreme Court.
Our limited caseload keeps senior lawyers close to the facts and the strategy. We build focused teams, move decisively, and measure every litigation choice against the client’s broader business objective.
Flexible by design.
Traditional hourly arrangements remain available. When appropriate, the firm also considers mixed hourly and success fees, flat fees or fee caps, blended rates, and other structures that create predictability and align incentives.
Scale when the matter requires it.
Affiliations and co-counsel relationships allow the firm to add specialized expertise and resources while keeping teams proportionate and cost-effective.
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Capabilities
Built for complex matters.
Disciplined advocacy across disputes, investigations, compliance, and appeals.
01Complex Litigation
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Lean, senior-led teams evaluate complex business and legal issues quickly and pursue practical results in commercial, fraud, insurance, banking, real-estate, RICO, and contract matters.
- Major AIG and Starr-related litigation in the United States and abroad
- Successful defense of a multi-billion-dollar stock claim after jury trial
- Tyco litigation, class-certification victories, trials, and appeal
- YES Network media-rights and Cablevision arbitration matters
- Dismissal of a $9 billion civil RICO claim involving Qwest
02White Collar Criminal Defense
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Confidential representation from grand-jury response and government investigation through trial and appeal.
- United Nations Oil-for-Food investigations resolved without charges
- Criminal antitrust investigations for luxury-car dealers and a medical-equipment manufacturer
- Federal-supervision investigation of a major labor union
- Criminal appeals producing important precedent
- Corporate investigations involving U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the IRS
03Internal Investigations
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Discreet investigations informed by experience in litigation, regulation, compliance, and government service—including risk assessment, self-disclosure, and resolution strategy.
- Tyco International internal investigation
- Nationwide Medicare-fraud review for a medical-testing provider
- Government-contractor bid-protest investigation
- RICO, executive-fraud, bank-fraud, and compensation matters
04Antitrust
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Prosecution and defense of civil, class, individual, and criminal antitrust matters, grounded in business economics and experience with federal and state enforcement agencies.
- Price-fixing matters for luxury-car dealers and medical-equipment manufacturers
- Pharmaceutical price-discrimination litigation
- Media monopolization and Fortune 500 market-allocation claims
- Healthcare competition work for state medical and nursing organizations
05Securities Litigation
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Defense of complex class actions, shareholder litigation, and securities-fraud investigations for companies, officers, directors, and investors.
- Dismissal of Qwest-related $9 billion civil RICO claims
- Tyco securities litigation and related dealer actions
- AIG, Starr International, and C.V. Starr matters
- Dismissal of claims against officers and directors involving private placements
06Appeals
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Efficient evaluation, concise briefing, and forceful oral advocacy in federal and state appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and New Jersey Supreme Court.
- U.S. Supreme Court victory in a war-fraud matter
- Reversal of seven summary-judgment counts in the Eighth Circuit
- New Jersey Supreme Court reversal in an age-discrimination case
- Appellate work for Hertz, Broadcom, CBS Outdoor, and the Medical Society of New Jersey
07Intellectual Property
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Complex patent, trademark, media-rights, and proprietary-technology disputes translated into clear stories for judges, juries, and business leaders.
- Multimillion-dollar licensed-product disputes for a direct-response marketer
- Patent litigation involving content-filtering software and major search providers
- C.V. Starr trademark litigation
- YES Network media-rights matters and emergency technology injunctions
08Corporate Compliance
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Compliance reviews and enforcement advice across financial services, healthcare, defense, insurance, energy, utilities, and retail.
- Healthcare-fraud compliance review for a major pharmaceutical company
- Regulatory review for a regional utility
- Nationwide Medicare-fraud review and investigation
- Insurance-brokerage and nationwide-retailer compliance matters
09Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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Anti-corruption counseling, international investigations, negotiations, enforcement defense, trial, and appeals in criminal and parallel civil proceedings.
- Work in more than 73 countries across five regions
- International-bank investigations in Europe and South America
- Defense-contractor, energy, media, technology, and manufacturing matters
- Related securities class actions and derivative suits
10Sports & Entertainment
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Litigation and business counsel informed by first-hand experience with major sports media rights, film, theater, and entertainment enterprises.
- YES Network carriage agreement for New York Yankees games
- Recovery of Yankees television and media rights from Madison Square Garden Network
- Representation involving Village Roadshow Entertainment
A first rate law firm.
A sharper model
Purpose-built teams. No unnecessary layers.
Our boutique structure reduces conflicts, keeps decision-makers accessible, and lets us assemble the right team for each matter without the overhead of a large firm.
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Attorneys
Trial lawyers, first.
Every matter is prepared with the discipline and clarity a courtroom demands.
The firm’s attorneys bring experience from federal and state clerkships, prosecutors’ offices, leading national firms, in-house roles, and law-school teaching. Every matter is prepared as though it will be tried—even when the best business result is achieved earlier.
Senior Managing Partner
David S. Stone
High-stakes commercial trial lawyer; former General Counsel and head of litigation for YankeeNets; former head of Boies Schiller’s New Jersey office.View profile
David Stone’s work spans insurance, technology, finance, ecommerce, entertainment, healthcare, intellectual property, financial fraud, and restructuring-related litigation for plaintiffs and defendants.
Selected experience
- YES Network formation and Yankees broadcast-rights litigation
- $10 million patent-infringement jury award against AOL
- U.S. Supreme Court war-fraud advocacy
- U.S. Virgin Islands bond, tax, and related litigation
- AIG, Starr, healthcare-fraud, and international FCPA matters
Education & admissions
Harvard Law School, J.D.; Harvard College, B.A., magna cum laude. Admitted in New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second, Third, and Fourth Circuits, multiple federal district courts, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Managing Partner
Robert A. Magnanini
Trial, arbitration, mediation, investigations, compliance, environmental, RICO, securities, and commercial counsel.View profile
Robert Magnanini prosecutes and defends complex civil and criminal matters and has led major internal investigations with parallel civil and criminal proceedings. His work includes banking, asset recovery, shareholder, construction, real-estate, IP, environmental, and product-liability matters.
Service & education
Colonel, New York Army National Guard and former J-2 Director of Intelligence; recipient of New York’s Conspicuous Service Medal for World Trade Center recovery service. Columbia Law School, J.D.; Fordham University, B.A.
Admissions
New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, six federal circuits, multiple district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Counsel
Julio C. Gomez
Complex commercial and civil litigation, civil rights, False Claims Act, antitrust, and fraud.View profile
Julio Gomez has tried matters in state and federal courts and has handled environmental-litigation fraud, education, First Amendment, commercial, discrimination, and civil-rights disputes.
Education & admissions
Rutgers School of Law, J.D.; Rutgers College, B.A. Admitted in New Jersey, the U.S. Supreme Court, the First, Second, and Third Circuits, and federal district courts in New Jersey and New York.
Counsel
Kenneth S. Levine
Whistleblower claims, False Claims Act matters, healthcare fraud, and complex commercial disputes.View profile
Kenneth Levine previously served in the New Jersey Attorney General’s Government and Healthcare Fraud section, worked in private equity and at an international firm, and began his career as a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. He co-chairs The Anti-Fraud Coalition’s State False Claims Act Committee.
Education & admissions
NYU School of Law, J.D.; Columbia University, B.A. Admitted in New Jersey and New York, the Second Circuit, and federal district courts in New Jersey and New York.
Senior Associate
Eric C. Cohen
Commercial litigation and regulatory, administrative, criminal, public-integrity, and False Claims Act investigations.View profile
Eric Cohen joined the firm after six years as a Deputy Attorney General in New Jersey’s Office of Public Integrity & Accountability. Earlier, he practiced at an international firm and clerked for U.S. District Judge William G. Bassler.
Education & admissions
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D.; Indiana University, B.A. Admitted in New Jersey and New York.
Strategic affiliations
Specialized reach, right-sized teams.
The firm’s of-counsel network includes Hal Hirsch for complex financial and business matters, Irwin Burzynski for litigation and corporate matters, Stephen M. Greenberg for corporate matters, and David Boies III for plaintiffs’ class actions and antitrust.
Firm relationships include co-counsel work with Boies Schiller Flexner and an affiliation with Strauss & Boies for class-action and plaintiffs’ antitrust matters.
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Client Perspective
Trusted when results matter.
“Creative and skilled lawyers.”
Finn WentworthFounding Managing Principal, Normandy Partners
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Representative Clients
Experience across industries.
A partial list of organizations represented by the firm’s attorneys.
Alere, Inc.Altria Group, Inc.Anite GroupBeazley Insurance CompanyBroadcom CorporationCBS Corp.C.V. Starr & Co.DowDelta Air LinesDuPontFibreglass HoldingsHandy & HarmanHillenbrand IndustriesNew York YankeesPeninsula Hedge FundPhilip Morris USAQwest CommunicationsTelebrands CorporationTycoU.S. Virgin IslandsWebMDWestbrook PartnersYankees Entertainment & Sports Network
Representative matters and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
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Opportunities
Join the team
Work on matters that matter.
Stone & Magnanini seeks outstanding attorneys and legal support professionals for important, fast-moving complex litigation. The firm represents plaintiffs and defendants nationwide, primarily in federal court, and gives associates meaningful responsibility on major cases.
Litigation associates
Candidates should bring strong academic credentials—preferably including law review or a judicial clerkship—and proven ability as practicing litigators.
Legal support staff
The firm welcomes experienced professionals with backgrounds supporting complex civil litigation.
Competitive salaries and generous benefits.
Send résumé and transcriptApplications are directed to Tara Saybe, Executive Assistant to Senior Managing Partner David S. Stone.
Start a conversation
Tell us what is at stake.
For time-sensitive or confidential matters, call our New Jersey office directly at 973.218.1111.
New Jersey400 Connell Drive, Suite 6200
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922P 973.218.1111F 973.218.1106Map & directions ↗ New York55 Hudson Yards, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10001P 646.814.3399Map & directions ↗
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922P 973.218.1111F 973.218.1106Map & directions ↗ New York55 Hudson Yards, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10001P 646.814.3399Map & directions ↗