ALIX v. McKINSEY & CO., INC.

No. 20-2548-cv August Term 2020.

23 F.4th 196 (2022)

Jay ALIX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MCKINSEY & CO., INC., McKinsey Holdings, Inc., McKinsey & Company Inc. United States, McKinsey Recovery & Transformation Services U.S., LLC, Dominic Barton, Kevin Carmody, Jon Garcia, Seth Goldstrom, Alison Proshan, Jared D. Yerian, Robert Sternfels, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean F. O'Shea ( Michael E. Petrella , Amanda L. Devereux , on the brief), Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Faith E. Gay ( Jennifer M. Selendy , Maria Ginzburg , Caitlin J. Halligan , David S. Flugman , on the brief), Selendy & Gay, PLLC, New York, NY and

John Gleeson ( Andrew J. Ceresney , Erica S. Weisgerber , Nathan S. Richards , on the brief), Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees McKinsey & Co., Inc., McKinsey Holdings, Inc., McKinsey & Company Inc. United States, and McKinsey Recovery & Transformation Services U.S., LLC.

Roy T. Englert, Jr. ( Ariel N. Lavinbuk , Richard A. Sauber , on the brief), Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Kevin Carmody, Jon Garcia, Alison Proshan, and Robert Sternfels.

Reid M. Figel ( Bradley E. Oppenheimer , on the brief), Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee Seth Goldstrom.

Catherine L. Redlich , Driscoll & Redlich, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Dominic Barton.

Micah E. Marcus ( Christopher Dean , on the brief), McDonald Hopkins LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Jared D. Yerian.

Before: Newman, Cabranes, Parker, Circuit Judges.


AlixPartners LLP and McKinsey & Co., Inc. are major competitors in a niche bankruptcy advising market involving estates with assets in excess of one billion dollars. Jay Alix, as assignee of AlixPartners, sued McKinsey & Co., Inc., three of its subsidiaries (together, "McKinsey"), and several current...

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