Adam J. Pessin

Adam Pessin, a member, focuses on antitrust and other complex litigation.

Mr. Pessin received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School magna cum laude in 2003, where he was a research assistant for Professor Stephen Burbank, a teaching assistant for Judge Alison Whitmer Tumas, and an editor of the Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree in English from Yale University with distinction in 1996, and a diploma in Hebrew and Jewish studies from Oxford University in 1997.

Prior to joining FKB, Mr. Pessin clerked for the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and was an associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler in New York City.

    • University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003)

      Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

      Honors: Order of the Coif; P. Pemberton Morris Award for highest grades in fields of Evidence, Pleading & Practice

    • Oxford University (Diploma, 1997)

    • Yale University (B.A., English, 1996)

      Honors: Distinction in the English Major; Herbert M. Atherton Award

    • Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2003-2004)

    • Pennsylvania

    • New York

    • In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2724 (E.D. Pa.)

    • In re Standard Iron Works v. ArcelorMittal, No. 08-cv-5214 (N.D. Ill.)

    • In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 157 (N.D. Ill.)