Elie Salamon is a counsel in the firm’s Consumer Products practice. Recognized by The Legal 500 US, Elie focuses on consumer class action litigation and product liability litigation for major corporations across various industries, including consumer electronics, home appliances, and home furnishings. His work spans class action litigation asserting claims of consumer fraud, false advertising, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and product defects. Elie regularly provides strategic litigation counseling to achieve favorable resolutions for clients, which includes designing and litigating the enforcement of consumer arbitration agreements.
Elie maintains an active pro bono practice, which includes matters before the U.S. Supreme Court. In a recent case featured by Bloomberg Law News, Law360, Law.com, and the Chicago Sun Times, Elie represented a petitioner challenging his criminal sentence calculated based on conduct of which he was acquitted by a jury in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment and Sixth Amendment’s jury-trial guarantee in McClinton v. United States, 143 S. Ct. 2400 (2023). Elie also represented more than sixty federal and state prosecutors as amici supporting a petition for a writ of certiorari filed on behalf of Brendan Dassey, the subject of the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer. The brief was featured in stories by The New York Times, Bloomberg, and The National Law Journal.
Prior to joining the firm, Elie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard K. Eaton of the United States Court of International Trade and as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard C. Wesley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
He is fluent in French.
Experience
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in multidistrict litigation involving 28 nationwide putative class actions alleging consumer fraud and defects in top-load washing machines.
- Leading multinational furniture and appliance company in putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud, defects, and negligent recall in connection with chests and dressers.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in objector appeal before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit regarding fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of global class action settlement agreement in multidistrict litigation.
- Leading drinkware company in multi-jurisdiction nationwide consumer fraud class action litigation.
- Fortune Global 500 management and technology consulting firm in nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud and violations of federal law in connection with government contract with U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud and defects in connection with company’s gas cooking appliances.
- Fortune Global 500 technology, communications, and security company in putative class action alleging fraud and civil rights and wiretap violations in connection with the sale of security software to law enforcement.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in multidistrict litigation involving 16 nationwide putative class actions in connection with data breach.
- Fortune Global 500 multinational pharmaceutical company in multidistrict litigation regarding proton pump inhibitor medications.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in consolidated putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud and defects in connection with the finish used on kitchen appliances.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in appeals before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Ninth Circuits regarding enforceability of arbitration agreements for consumer products.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud in connection with the sale and marketing of televisions.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in putative class action on behalf of California purchasers alleging consumer fraud and defects in smartphones.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud in the screen resolution of smartphones and tablets.
- Fortune Global 100 multinational technology company in putative nationwide class action alleging consumer fraud and defects in LED televisions.
Perspectives
Recognition
Credentials
Education
- J.D., Albany Law School, 2013, magna cum laude
- B.P.A.P.M., International Studies, Carleton University, 2010, with distinction
Admissions
- New York
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. Court of International Trade
Government & Military Service
- Parliamentary Page, House of Commons of Canada
- Parliamentary Aide to The Honourable Greg Thompson, P.C., M.P., Minister of Veteran Affairs Canada
Clerkships
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, The Honorable Richard C. Wesley
- United States Court of International Trade, The Honorable Richard K. Eaton
Languages
- French