Ms. Rochon’s practice focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as in the arbitration context. She has also represented numerous individuals in a variety of criminal and regulatory investigations.

Ms. Rochon has extensive experience working with pharmaceutical companies in disputes concerning licensing, development and distribution agreements. She has represented several divisions and subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson in numerous arbitrations centering around licencing and development rights. In addition, she successfully defended a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson against a Robinson- Patman antitrust action brought by one of its distributors before a jury in the Southern District of New York and secured an award of millions on its counterclaims. She also currently represents a pharmaceutical company that designs and develops products for use in the defense against biological warfare agents in a dispute against another major pharmaceutical company regarding licensing issues.

In addition, Ms. Rochon has litigated numerous false advertising matters. For example, she successfully represented McNeil-PPC, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, in obtaining an injunction against Pfizer, Inc.’s widespread advertising that Listerine is “as effective as floss.” See McNeil-PPC, Inc. v. Pfizer, Inc., 351 F. Supp. 2d 226 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). She also successfully represented Procter & Gamble Company and other companies in a false advertising and consumer fraud class action brought on behalf of women and men throughout the country who purchased skin care products advertised as “anti-aging.”

Ms. Rochon has also represented numerous individuals in connection with sensitive and high-profile criminal, CFTC, and SEC investigations, including investigations regarding compliance with rules and regulations promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Notably, she represents a former collateral manager for various collateralized debt obligations from a major financial institution in connection with an inquiry by the SEC and Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, a prominent portfolio manager for a significant hedge fund accused of commodities manipulation, and numerous former and current employees of an international financial institution with respect to a joint state and federal criminal investigation surrounding compliance with U.S. sanctions laws and regulations.

Ms. Rochon also regularly represents and advises clients in employment litigations, including disputes concerning discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, whisteblowing, and complex ERISA claims.

Ms. Rochon is a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee and Chair of the Women’s Initiatives Committee.

J.D., New York University School of Law, 1997

• Note and Comment Development Editor, New York University Law Review

A.B., with distinction, University of Michigan, 1992

Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2000
Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1997 - 1999

New York, 1998

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1999
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1999
U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 2001
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2001

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