Jessica Y. Singh
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 471 1822
Fax: +1 212 214 0703
Email: jysingh@duanemorris.com

Jessica Y. Singh concentrates her practice in the areas of construction, real estate and commercial litigation. Ms. Singh is an experienced litigator and commercial trial attorney, and focuses her practice on guiding clients through arbitrations, trials and other forms of dispute resolution. Ms. Singh has litigated and tried numerous complex construction cases involving private and public disputes before juries and before courts sitting without a jury. Ms. Singh is experienced in use of court technology in trial presentation and jury selection, and is familiar with jury consultant/mock trial services in large-scale jury trials.

Ms. Singh is a 2001 graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she was senior managing editor of the Cardozo Women's Law Journal, and a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton. Ms. Singh is fluent in Korean.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate Law

Representative Matters

• Representations of a general contractor in litigations against the City and the State of New York, and subcontractor concerning the construction of highways and bridges in New York.
• Representation of a general contractor in arbitration against a subcontractor on an airport construction project in Queens, New York.
• Representation of a university-owner in litigation against a mechanical contractor concerning the construction and modification of a boiler plant in New York, NY.
• Representation of a university-owner in litigation against contractors and design professionals concerning defective design and construction of sports field in New York, NY.
• Representation of a co-op in litigation against contractors and engineers concerning a collapse of a 70 ft. retaining wall in New York, NY.
• Representation of a commercial tenant in litigation, trials and appeals against the property owner concerning long term lease and purchase option.
• Representation of a general contractor in litigation and jury trial against the City of New York concerning a school construction project.

Professional Activities

• American Bar Association
• New York State Bar Association
• New York County Lawyers Association
• Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York

Admissions

• New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, J.D., 2001
• State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., 1998

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Partner, 2013-present
  - Associate, 2008-2012
• Thelen LLP
  - Associate, 2002-2008
• Goldberg & Connolly
  - Litigation Attorney, 2001-2002

Honors and Awards

• Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2013

Selected Publications

• Co-Author, "Striving For Diversity - A Guide To Implementing Law Firm Diversity Programs," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry 2011 Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, April 14-16, 2011
• Co-author, "Service of Process and the Hague Convention," New York Law Journal, August 27, 2010
• Author, "In-Prison Day Care: A Correctional Alternative for Women Offenders," 7 Cardozo Women's Law Journal, 221, 2001