Andrew G. Celli, Jr.

Counsel to The Tribune Company and Newsday, Inc. in litigation matters, including defamation and commercial cases.

Counsel to Connecticut-based manufacturing firm in Fifth Amendment Takings Clause challenge to federal assessment scheme (Swisher International Inc. v. Johanns).

Appellate counsel to EchoStar Corporation in multiple appellate matters (Bank One, N.A. v. Echo Acceptance Corp.; EchoStar Satellite Corp. v. ESPN).

Counsel to Ford Models, Inc. in unfair competition litigation against competitor (Ford Models, Inc. v. Next Management LLC; Ford Models, Inc. v. Spears).

“Outside general counsel” to Global Strategy Group, LLC, for regulatory, finance, and other business matters.

Counsel to two well-known New York City nightclubs in ongoing matters.

Successful defense of defamation cases (See, e.g., Galasso v. Saltzman; Sullivan v. Newsday, Inc.; Silver v. Bernstein et al.).

Counsel to book publisher in dispute with on-line sales management vendor (Fosina Marketing v. Scholastic Inc.).

Counsel to Penguin USA for pre-publication manuscript review and defamation/ copyright vetting of non-fiction titles in all genres from investigative journalism and memoir, to biography, satire, true–crime and criticism.

Counsel to highly compensated executives and professionals in employment related matters, including severance agreements and contract and partnership disputes. Recent matters include: representation of the General Counsel of a public company in severance negotiations; successful arbitration of employment dispute on behalf of CEO and chief marketing officer of security company; representation of physicians in partnership, professional discipline, and related disputes; representation of professional wrestler in dispute with wrestling league; representation of auction house executive in separation matter.

Counsel to The Doe Fund in ongoing commercial matters.

Counsel to newsstand operators in constitutional challenge to new rules governing ownership of newsstands in New York City (Gasparo v. City of New York and Uhlfelder v. Weinshall).

Appellate counsel for a Canadian manufacturing firm in product labeling litigation brought by a competitor (The Pillsbury Company v. Upper Crust, Ltd.).

Counsel to decorated NYPD detective John Barry in wage and hour litigation.

Counsel to a class of inmates at Rikers Island in a challenge to the New York City Department of Corrections’s disciplinary practices (Ingles v. City of New York).

Counsel to four Mexican-American teenagers in false arrest and excessive force action arising out of an illegal police “sweep” (Peralta v. City of New York).

Counsel to two African-American brothers falsely arrested and held without cause in profiling incident (Williams and Williams v. City of New York).

Represented Larry Rockefeller and Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes in a successful constitutional challenge to New York’s ballot access laws (Rockefeller v. Powers).

Represented the office of New York City Public Advocate Mark Green in litigation against the Police Commissioner concerning the powers of the Public Advocate under the City Charter to obtain records from the New York City Police Department (Office of the Public Advocate v. Safir).

Represented a not-for-profit organization seeking injunctive relief against the New York State Department of Correctional Services in a First Amendment retaliation matter (Correctional Association v. Goord).

Represented the City of Mount Vernon, N.Y., in successful defense of a constitutional challenge to local adult zoning legislation (MJ Entertainment v. City of Mount Vernon).

Represents the family and Estate of Jodie S. Lane, a young woman who was killed by stray electrical voltage in the East Village in January 2004.

Represented the family of Emil Mann, Sr., a member of the Ramapough Lenape Indian tribe, in a jury trial resulting in a $2.4 million verdict against the New Jersey Park Police officer who shot and killed Mr. Mann.

Served as co-counsel representing retailer class in In re Visa Check/MasterMoney Antitrust Litigation.

Represents authors and photographers in intellectual property disputes.

Successful representation of individuals, including at trial, in civil rights actions alleging police misconduct (e.g., Bender v. City of New York; Beal v. City of New York; Tiffany v. Village of Briarcliff Manor; Roche v. City of New York).