Joshua Kipnees is a Partner in the firm's Litigation department. His practice focuses on advertising litigation and government and internal investigations. Mr. Kipnees has represented clients in the food and beverage, insurance, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and financial industries in both state and federal courts. Mr. Kipnees has also led dozens of internal investigations for pharmaceutical and medical device companies involving regulatory and compliance reviews.
Mr. Kipnees also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing clients in need in a wide variety of matters. His pro bono work includes representing students with disabilities who were deprived of educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic and assisting a VAWA petitioner in obtaining a green card, among many other representations.
From 2009 to 2010, Mr. Kipnees served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Rabner, New Jersey Supreme Court, and from 2010 to 2011, he served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Leonard I. Garth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Blackletter Law Journal.
Updated Sep 2025
- Commercial
- White collar crime
- Advertising
- J.D. - Harvard Law School - 2009
- B.A., magna cum laude - Harvard University - 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- New York
- New Jersey