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Jonathan M. Moses

Partner, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

212-403-1388JMMoses@wlrk.com

51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019

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Jonathan M. Moses is co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, which he joined in 1998. He has represented clients in diverse industries, including banks and financial institutions, media companies and industrial firms. His practice includes complex commercial, securities and antitrust litigation, international and domestic arbitration, and government investigative proceedings.  He also maintains an active pro bono docket and oversees the firm’s pro bono efforts.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor Year Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2026 Global Litigation, esp. Financial
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers 2026 Complex Litigation, Antitrust
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2026 Securities, Antitrust, Government Enforcement Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2025 Global Litigation, esp. Financial
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Antitrust & Competition Lawyers 2025 Complex Litigation, Antitrust
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2025 Securities, Antitrust, Government Enforcement Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2024 Global Litigation, esp. Financial
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2024 Securities, Antitrust, Government Enforcement Litigation
Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators 2023 Global Litigation, esp. Financial
Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America 2022 Securities, Antitrust, Government Enforcement Litigation

Prior to joining the firm, Moses served as an attorney for the New York Daily News, where he worked on First Amendment issues.  Moses is also a former journalist, having served, among other positions, as a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal.  Moses received an A.B. from Harvard University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.  Following graduation from Harvard, Moses was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Hong Kong.  Moses also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen F. Williams of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit following graduation from law school.

Moses is President-emeritus of the Federal Bar Council in the Second Circuit, Chairman of the Board of The Leadership Academy, an educational organization that focuses on building the capacity of educational leaders to create the conditions necessary for all students to thrive, and member of the boards of The Marshall Project, a non-profit news organization focused on criminal justice and the New-York Historical Society. Moses is also a member of the American Law Institute. Moses grew up in New Jersey.