Meredith Nelson

Associate

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Meredith Nelson handles a broad range of complex litigation matters.

Meredith earned her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was an Executive Editor of the New York University Law Review.

Prior to joining Selendy Gay, Meredith served as a law clerk to the Honorable Gregory H. Woods for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. In 2021, Meredith was a recipient of Profiles in Diversity Journal's Women Worth Watching award.

Meredith’s representations include:

  • Fortis Advisors, the former shareholders of revolutionary robotic surgery startup Auris Health, in an earnout dispute with its acquiror, Johnson & Johnson. Our clients alleged that Johnson & Johnson breached the merger agreement and defrauded the shareholders, resulting in its failure to achieve certain earnout milestones. After four years of litigation—including approximately 70 depositions, nine experts, and a 10-day trial—the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled on September 4, 2024, that Johnson & Johnson owed the former shareholders more than $1 billion in damages. The Court’s 145-page decision set a major precedent and is the largest earnout-related damages award in Delaware history.
  • SaveOnSP, which offers cost-saving strategies for self-funded employers, defending against a suit brought by Johnson & Johnson for tortious interference and violations of New York’s General Business law, concerning copay assistance strategies.
  • Foreign representatives of a fund in proceedings in bankruptcy court and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to recover billions of dollars in redemption payments from hundreds of entities.

  • New York University School of Law (J.D.)
    Magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Edmond Cahn Law Review Award, Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Prize, Executive Editor, New York University Law Review
  • University of Tulsa (B.S.)
    Cum laude

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP
Associate, 2017-2019; 2020-2021

Law Clerk to the Hon. Gregory H. Woods
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2019-2020

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Summer Associate

 

 

  • United States District Courts: Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York
  • State Bar of New York