Jacob W. Buchdahl is nationally recognized as a leading trial lawyer. Lawdragon has named Buchdahl among the 500 Leading Lawyers in America for several years in a row. Buchdahl represents both plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation across the United States. Buchdahl tries cases in every setting, from federal and state courts to AAA and FINRA arbitrations. Representative clients include Third Point, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and NBCUniversal.
Lawdragon Honors
Before joining Susman Godfrey, Buchdahl was a federal prosecutor in the Public Corruption Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Buchdahl obtained the convictions of sixteen defendants after jury trials, including the former highest-ranking Russian at the United Nations on money-laundering charges.
Buchdahl is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. He is married to Angela Warnick Buchdahl, the Senior Rabbi of Central Synagogue; they have three children and live in New York City. Buchdahl is a member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers for Children and served for fifteen years as a Trustee of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School.