Hon. Shirley Werner Kornreich (Ret.) joins JAMS after serving as a judge in New York State for nearly 24 years, including nine years in the Commercial Division of Supreme Court, New York County. Judge Kornreich presided over both bench and jury trials, and oversaw complex litigation, including the Bextra/Celebrex New York State cases (coordinated with the federal MDL/Judge Charles Breyer) and the New York State Bausch & Lomb ReNu cases (coordinated with the federal MDL /Judge David Norton). She also handled asbestos cases, numerous class actions, securities, real estate and employment litigation and corporate and contract actions.
Prior to her service on the bench, Judge Kornreich worked as an appellate attorney for The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, in both Nassau County and New York County, arguing cases in the Appellate Divisions, First and Second Departments, and the New York Court of Appeals. From October 1986 to November 1987, she was a trial lawyer with The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, New York County, and subsequently worked as principal law assistant to Justice Ira R. Globerman in Bronx Supreme Court, Criminal Division.
ADR Experience
Over the nearly 24 years of Judge Kornreich’s time on the bench, she has settled thousands of cases involving the following areas:
Business/Commercial
Class Action/Mass Torts
Construction
Employment/Unfair Competition
Non-Competes
Financial Markets
Insurance
Professional Liability
Real Property
Representative Matters
During her tenure on the bench, Judge Kornreich presided over the most complex of commercial cases. Select examples include:
Schindler v. Niche Media Holdings, LLC, 1 Misc 3d 713 [Sup Ct, NY County 2003] First court in New York to analyze the meaning of the LLC dissolution statute, Section 702 of the LLC Law. Judge Kornreich’s “failing financially” standard was adopted by the Appellate Division – Second Department in the Matter of 1545 Ocean Avenue, LLC, 72 A.D.3d 121 (2d Dept. 2010).
JG Club Holdings, LLC v. Jacaranda Holdings, LLC,[35 Misc 3d 1217 (A)] [Sup Ct, NY County 2012] Presided over business dissolution of whether a member of an LLC had standing to sue to dissolve the entity
Zelouf v. Zelouf, 2013 NY Slip Op 32073 (U) [Sup Ct, NY County 2013] Presided over matter involving a freeze-out merger of a corporation cashing out a minority’s shareholder’s interest in the business
Slayton v. Highline Stages, LLC[46 Misc 3d 450] [Sup Ct, NY County 2014] Presided over matter involving Section 407 of the LLC law
Shawe v. Elting, 2017 NY Slip Op 31406 (U) [Sup Ct, NY County 2017] Presided over TransPerfect global litigation emanating from Delaware Court of Chancery
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
Completed Virtual ADR training conducted by the JAMS Institute, the training arm of JAMS
Academy of Court Appointed Masters, Civil Justice Award
New York County Lawyers Association, Hon. Louis J. Capozzoli Award
Member and Lecturer, New York City Bar Association
Member, Women’s Bar Association
Member, American Law Institute
Member, Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions of the Association of Supreme Court Justices of the State of New York
Co-Contributor, West Publications’ Third Edition of Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts and the report on “Faster-Cheaper-Smarter Litigation” of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the State Bar
Member and Board of Directors, Past Co-President, Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert (JALBCA)
Member and Lecturer, New York State Bar Association
Lecturer, American Bar Association
Lecturer, New York Country Lawyers Association
Lecturer, New York State Judicial Institute
Lecturer, Practising Law Institute
Lifetime Achievement Award, JALBCA
Participant, moot court programs, New York University School of Law, Columbia Law School, Brooklyn Law School and Cardozo School of Law
Speaker, State Bar’s Commercial Litigation Academy Labor and Employment Annual Meeting
Speaker, State Bar’s Business Court Panel (focusing on the Delaware Chancery Court)
Background and Education
Justice, New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, 1st Judicial District of New York, 2009–2018
Acting Justice, New York Supreme Court, Civil Term, 1st Judicial District of New York, 2002–2009
Judge, New York City Civil Court, 1995–2007
Principal Law Assistant, Hon. Ira R. Globerman, Bronx Supreme Court, Criminal Division Trial Lawyer, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, 1988–1995
Appellate Attorney, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, Nassau County and New York County, 1985–1988
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1975
B.A., New York University, Phi Beta Kapa, cum laude, 1972
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