Biography
Adrienne Koch has been with the firm’s litigation department since 1993, and has been a partner since 1998. Adrienne has a broad range of experience in all types and phases of commercial litigation and dispute resolution, both at the trial level and at the appellate level. She has handled cases involving issues of contract, real estate, defamation, and business fraud and other business torts – covering industries ranging from manufacturing, oil refining, and coal mining to finance, retail, and real estate management and development.
Adrienne has been extensively involved with the New York County Lawyers Association, and currently serves as its President and as a member of its delegations to the ABA House of Delegates and the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates. She also serves on the New York Supreme Court (Civil) Advisory Committee on Electronic Filing and co-chairs the New York Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.
Since 2014, Adrienne has been a member of the Pro Bono Panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is also a member of the Trial Law Institute and the Diversity Law Institute.
Recent Publications & Presentations
Remedies in Real Estate Transactions, Part 3: Notice of Pendency, The New York Law Journal, July 11, 2023
Remedies in Real Estate Transactions, Part 2: Specific Performance, The New York Law Journal, May 2, 2023 (with Neil Miller)
Remedies in Real Estate Transactions, Part 1: Liquidated Damages, The New York Law Journal, March 1, 2023 (with Neil Miller)
Back to Basics: A Primer on the Appealability of Interlocutory Orders, The New York Law Journal, February 10, 2023
Litigation Considerations, Part 3: Buyout Provisions, The New York Law Journal, December 20, 2022
Litigation Considerations, Part 2: Use of Delaware Limited Liability Companies, The New York Law Journal, October 18, 2022
Litigation Considerations, Part 1: Guaranties, The New York Law Journal, June 7, 2022
New York’s Expanded Anti-SLAPP Statute: Factors To Consider When Selecting A Forum, The New York Law Journal, January 7, 2022
Leasing After Covid, Part III: Early Termination Provisions, The New York Law Journal, December 14, 2021 (with Ann Ryan)
Leasing After Covid, Part II: Tenant Security, The New York Law Journal, September 7, 2021 (with Ann Ryan)
Leasing After COVID, Part 1: Casualty Provisions Then and Now, The New York Law Journal, June 9, 2021 (with Ann Ryan)
Citibank $500M Payments Ruling is a Chance to Clarify Mistaken Payments Law, Bloomberg Law, March 15, 2021 (with Timothy Holland)
Recent Trends: Exploring the Limits of Discovery Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, The New York Law Journal, December 11, 2020
3rd Circ. Could Select a Middle Path on Foreign Discovery Law, Law360, November 20, 2020
A Narrow Lane: Navigating Claims for Breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing, The New York Law Journal, November 16, 2020
Walking the Line: When New Arguments Can Be Raised on Appeal, The New York Law Journal, August 21, 2020
The Perils of an Erroneously-Granted Summary Judgment, The New York Law Journal, June 26, 2020
The Complexities of “Yellowstone” Injunctions in Disputes Over Rent, The New York Law Journal, June 22, 2020
When Venue Dictates Tools for Early Class Cert. Challenges, Law360, May 4, 2020
INSIGHT: Litigators Can Help Transactional Attorneys Prepare Contract Language, Bloomberg Law, November 19, 2019
A Primer on Account Stated, The New York Law Journal, November 12, 2019
Where a Litigator’s Advice Can Improve Agreement Drafting, Law360, November 6, 2019
Motion Practice After an Appellate Division Loss, The New York Law Journal, August 19, 2019
Real Estate Disputes Involving Delaware LLCs: Does Forum Affect the Outcome? The New York Law Journal, June 24, 2019
Proposed Amendments to Rent Stabilization Law: Creating More Problems Than They Solve? New York Law Journal, May 15, 2019
Copying in Brief Writing: Where is the Line? New York Law Journal, April 5, 2019
Avoiding the Trap: Navigating the Commercial Division’s Expert Disclosure Rules, New York Law Journal, February 21, 2019
Scope of an Expert’s “Expertise” Can Make or Break a Case, Law360, February 14, 2019
The Case for Bar Associations: Why They Matter, ABA Journal, February 4, 2019
Why We Still Need Bar Associations — Perhaps More than Ever, New York Law Journal, November 9, 2018
What’s Behind the Rise in Class Action Lawsuits Under the Rent Stabilization Law?, Mann Report, Residential, September, 2018
LLC Derivative Claims in the Wake of Wenske, Law360, August 28, 2018
Panelist, “Winning Cases in Federal Court,” New York County Lawyers Association, January 11, 2022
Panelist, “Winning Cases in Federal Court,” New York County Lawyers Association, July 15, 2019
Panelist, “Winning Cases in Federal Court,” New York County Lawyers Association, July 17, 2018
Panelist, “Winning Cases in Federal Court,” New York County Lawyers Association, July 18, 2017
Panelist, “Don’t Break the Rules”: Uniform Rules of State Trial Courts, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, June 5, 2012