Stephanie Freudenberg is a litigator who has represented a broad range of public and private clients, including global financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies, in complex commercial litigation matters at all stages of litigation, from discovery at the trial court level through merits briefing on appeal. She has handled a wide range of cases involving securities litigation and enforcement, products liability, contractual disputes, antitrust, white collar defense, and other issues.

After law school, Stephanie clerked for the Honorable Robert B. Kugler on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Honorable Edith Brown Clement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Following those clerkships, she spent over five years in litigation practice with the New York and Washington, D.C. offices of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell.

Stephanie graduated from Harvard Law School, where she was deputy editor-in-chief for the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and the recipient of five Dean’s Scholar Prizes. She received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University.

She joined Schaerr Jaffe as counsel in November 2024.

Education

  • Harvard Law School (J.D.)
  • Princeton University (A.B.)

Clerkship

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts, EDNY and SDNY

Amicus Brief Filed in Drake v. Bayer Healthcare LLC

In October, Schaerr | Jaffe attorneys filed an amicus brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America in support of a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(f) petition for permission to appeal the class certification decision in Drake v. Bayer Healthcare, LLC, Ninth Circuit No. 24-5956.  […]

Supreme Court Amicus Brief Filed in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

In July, attorneys from Schaerr | Jaffe filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America,  the Product Liability Advisory Council, and the American Tort Reform Association.  The brief argues that the private cause of action […]

Ryan Salame’s Petition for a Writ of Coram Nobis and Declaration

Schaerr | Jaffe Partner Presents Oral Argument in the Court of Appeals of Virginia

On August 20, 2024, Schaerr | Jaffe partner H. Christopher Bartolomucci presented oral argument on behalf of the Appellants in an appeal in the Court of Appeals of Virginia.  The case, Kozikowski, et al. v. Monroe Re, et al., concerns the interplay between Loudoun County’s Zoning Ordinance and Virginia’s Fair […]