Howard Comet

Partner

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Current

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Enron CorporationLead counsel representing Enron Corporation and its affiliates in a series of proceedings seeking to recover hundreds of millions of dollars for the bankruptcy estate, including a proceeding involving a claim of over $300 million under an energy contract and a proceeding in which the Bankruptcy Court dismissed a competing claim by two surety companies to over $30 million in “excess collateral” that had been posted by an Enron affiliate in connection with an energy supply contract.

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Sotheby’s Antitrust LitigationCo-lead counsel in a series of class action antitrust cases growing out of allegations of price-fixing in auctions. The cases were all settled with minimal disruption of the clients’ business.

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Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation v. United Technologies CorporationLead counsel for Chromalloy in a complex patent, trade secret and licensing litigation. All claims against Chromalloy (other than certain undisputed royalty calculation claims) were dismissed by the Court or withdrawn.

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Genentech v. Eli Lilly and University of CaliforniaCo-lead counsel for Genentech in complex patent, trade secret and licensing litigation. Principal author of briefs for Genentech in Genentech, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co., which upheld Genentech’s right to choose the venue for patent litigation against the University of California.

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Drexel Burnham LambertCo-lead counsel on a series of multi-million dollar claims against the bankruptcy estate, all of which were settled for fractions of the amount claimed or dismissed after trial.

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Selgas v. American Airlines, Inc.Lead counsel on brief and argument for American Airlines in appeal challenging order to reinstate employee. On appeal, the order was vacated and the case remanded. On remand, the employee was denied reinstatement.

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In re Dow Corning Corp.Co-lead counsel in briefing of successful appeal for non-debtor manufacturer that upheld Bankruptcy Court jurisdiction over thousands of nationwide claims against non-debtor manufacturers of medical products.

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In re Ames Dept. Stores, Inc.Lead counsel for debtors in trial defense of claim seeking to obtain over $9 million from the debtors based on allegations that the funds were not property of the debtors’ estates. The Bankruptcy Court rejected numerous theories asserted by the plaintiff.

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In re Chargit, Inc.Lead counsel in successful briefing and argument of motion to dismiss multi-million dollar claims against bank by creditors of debtor company that had allegedly acted as the bank’s agent.

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Hollis v. SmithLead counsel in briefing and argument of successful habeas corpus appeal decided in an opinion by Judge Henry Friendly, who began the opinion by commending Mr. Comet on the “well-briefed and well argued habeas appeal.”

New York University

J.D.

1975

University of Rochester

B.A.

1972