Jeffrey D. Coren

Jeff is an experienced litigator who concentrates his practice on employment litigation, complex commercial cases, cross-border disputes, and cybersecurity matters.

Jeff represents businesses to protect trade secrets and to enforce employment, non-compete, and non-solicitation agreements. He also defends companies against claims involving discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, both by individual plaintiffs and in class actions. Jeff regularly represents employers in federal and state court, arbitration proceedings, and before administrative agencies including the New York State Division of Human Rights and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Jeff’s practice also includes a wide range of business litigation, including shareholder disputes, breach of contract, business fraud, mortgage foreclosures, and bankruptcy adversary proceedings. Jeff is also experienced in cross-border disputes, customs litigation, and foreign judgment enforcement. He is admitted as a Foreign Legal Consultant in Ontario, Canada, and at the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Jeff also counsels businesses concerning a wide range of cybersecurity and data privacy matters, including compliance with state and federal laws and regulations, preparation of incident response plans and other IT policies, and conducting tabletop exercises. He regularly assists clients in response to data breaches, ransomware, cyberattacks, business email compromise, and other data security incidents. This includes working with forensics firms to promptly contain and remediate the threat, compliance with any notification requirements, and coordinating with law enforcement. He also represents clients in litigation related to data breaches, cybersecurity, technology, cryptocurrency, and other digital assets.

Before joining Ogletree Deakins, Jeff practiced for 15 years at law firms in Buffalo and New York, including Phillips Lytle LLP and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School and Duke University.