Jeremy D. Mishkin

Partner

Jeremy D. Mishkin is a partner in Montgomery McCracken’s Litigation Department. From 1996 until 2003, he served as managing partner of the firm. His practice emphasizes complex commercial matters, catastrophic injury, technology, the Internet and First Amendment/Media Law issues. He has handled litigation and served as national and regional counsel for corporate clients who have been sued in numerous product liability lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions. He has tried cases involving RICO, libel, computer hardware and software, complex mechanical products and industrial chemicals.

Jeremy received a B.A. degree in Political Science in 1976 from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. As an undergraduate, he served two terms as president of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He also worked at student-run WIUS Radio. He joined Montgomery McCracken after earning his J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School in 1979. While in law school, he was vice chairman of the Moot Court Board, a student member of the admissions committee, and a commercial law research assistant.

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Credentials

Selected Representations
  • Represented Internet information search company Intelius in successfully moving to dismiss Internet defamation, New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and various other common law and statutory claims in New Jersey federal court
  • Designated National Coordinating Counsel for companies facing product liability, industrial equipment design and toxic substance exposure litigation
  • Represented higher education clients in catastrophic personal injury litigation
  • Represented Fire and Safety industry defendants in large-scale commercial, residential and industrial accidents
  • Defended defamation, intellectual property and cyber-liability claims against organizations and individuals
  • Courtroom experience includes a three-and-a-half-month jury trial involving claims for more than $26 million arising from an alleged multi-national corporate fraud relating to the estate of Reggae-music star Bob Marley
Selected Speaking Engagements
Selected Publications
Honors & Awards
  • Honoree, City and State PA,Law Power 100,” 2022
  • Honoree, Philadelphia Business Journal, “Best of the Bar”, 2021
  • Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© -First Amendment Law, Litigation – First Amendment list in 2022-2024. This list is issued by Best Lawyers and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
  • Selected to The Best Lawyers in America© -“Lawyer of the Year” – First Amendment Law, Litigation – First Amendment list in 2022. This list is issued by Best Lawyers and a description of the selection methodology can be found here.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
  • Selected to the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list in 2019-2023. This list is issued by Thomson Reuters and a description of the selection methodology can be found here. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey or the highest court of any other state.
Professional Activities
  • Trustee, The Awesome Foundation (Philadelphia Chapter)
  • Chair, Editorial Board, The Legal Intelligencer
  • Co-Chair, Internet Law Committee, Media Law Resource Center
  • Member, Litigation Section, American Bar Association
  • Former Member, Task Force on E-Commerce and Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Member, Large Firm Management Committee, Philadelphia Bar Association
Community Involvement
  • Former Co-Chair, Leadership Council for Community Legal Services
  • Former Democratic Candidate for Commissioner, 6th Ward of Lower Merion Township
  • Former President, Wynnewood Civic Association
  • Former Board of Directors Member, Support Center for Child Advocates
  • Former Board of Directors Member, Lower Merion Community Watch
  • Former Lecturer, “First Amendment, Privacy and Intellectual Property Issues in E-Commerce”, University of Pittsburgh Executive MBA program At the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
  • Former Adjunct Professor, Penn Law
  • Faculty Member, “Internet Law Update,” CLE seminar for Pennsylvania Attorneys
Education

Law School

  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Undergraduate School

  • Indiana University