Jared Stanisci is a partner in Cadwalader’s Global Litigation Group. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial and securities litigation. Stanisci’s wide-ranging practice includes the representation of financial institutions, institutional investors, public and private corporations and directors and officers in a variety of industries, including financial services, consulting, pharmaceuticals, medical services, real estate and information technology.
Stanisci’s practice includes securities, derivative and other shareholder actions; M&A litigation; shareholder activism; actions alleging breach of fiduciary duties or other misconduct by corporate directors in the Delaware Court of Chancery and elsewhere; internal investigations; sophisticated contractual disputes; litigation involving complex financial instruments and structured products; and bankruptcy litigation. He has extensive experience in all facets of large-scale litigation. Stanisci has overseen every aspect of the discovery process and taken testimony at trials, arbitrations and depositions, and prepared witnesses for, and defended them at, their depositions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | Complex Commercial & Securities Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | Complex Commercial & Securities Litigation |
Stanisci is deeply involved in Cadwalader’s commitments to diversity and inclusion and corporate social responsibility. As the former longtime chair of the firm’s LGBTQ Network, Stanisci has built and fostered a sense of community among LGBT attorneys and allies at the firm. He has also led this affinity group’s role in a cornerstone pro bono program at Cadwalader – a series of transgender name change clinics that bring together firm volunteers with in-house client legal teams and nonprofit advocacy groups to guide low-income members of the transgender community through the process of changing their legal identities to match their lived experiences.
The legal and business press has repeatedly recognized Stanisci for his commitment to both clients and community. In 2025 and 2026, Lawdragon named him to its “500 Leading Litigators in America,” reflecting “the best litigators the U.S. has to offer.” He has also been recognized for his pro bono work by the New York State Bar Association.
Stanisci graduated from Yale University in 2001 and received his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law in 2008. He is admitted to practice in New York, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and Fifth Circuits.