Courtney represents large corporations, private equity firms, celebrities, and others in high-stakes, complex civil litigation matters. She focuses her practice on complex commercial transactions, partnership disputes, securities matters, entertainment disputes, and intellectual property litigation.
Prior to joining Mintz, Courtney was a partner at a national law firm based in New York, where she established an exceptionally strong, 20-year track record — obtaining highly favorable settlements for a diverse and substantial portfolio of clients.
Dynamic and assertive, Courtney regularly delivers creative litigation strategies in high-stakes and sensitive litigation matters. She is recognized for her ability to take over as lead litigator, reframing cases that have proceeded far down a less than optimal path. Her clients have included Tory Burch LLC, Eden Rock Group, Fox Paine & Company, Freestream Aircraft (Bermuda) Limited, Zurich Financial Services Group, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Ron Howard, and John Lurie, among many others.
Courtney is regularly named one of the top lawyers by New York Metro Super Lawyers. She serves as District Leader for New York’s Ninth Judicial District and is a member of the Executive Committee of the New York Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section.
Before she joined her previous firm as an associate in 2001, Courtney clerked for the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, and for the Honorable William C. Conner, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Experience
- Successfully obtained record-breaking federal court sanctions award against international media company for engaging in discovery abuse and misconduct in trademark infringement action
- Representing homebuyers and sellers in a successfully certified class action against a top New York residential real estate brokerage firm over unlawful dual-agency transactions
- Successfully obtained judgment after trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, granting Jet Experts, LLC specific performance and directing owner of Bombardier Challenger 300 to close on sale
- Obtained unanimous jury verdict in favor of private equity company, Fox Paine & Company, and its founder against insurance broker for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and fraud and successfully resolved its insurance coverage action against its primary insurer before trial
- Represented the company that created the first ever rule-out test for fibromyalgia, and its founder, who is responsible for numerous, critical, medical- and scientific-breakthroughs in connection with their current and future business endeavors
- Represented investment funds and their managing member in connection with losses resulting from the novel, aircraft-escrow-deposit Wright Brothers/Machado Ponzi scheme, providing crisis management, asset recovery, IP exploitation, and litigation services
- Successfully litigated claims on behalf of Eden Rock against auditors of feeder fund invested in Petters Ponzi scheme based, in part, on law established from her prior litigation of a Bahamian Ponzi scheme
- Represented high-tech medical management firm in connection with trade secret dispute with former joint venture partner
- Part of a team advising numerous Theia Group investors and creditors in connection with the placing of the Theia Group companies into receivership
Sports & Entertainment
- Counseled an American subsidiary of an international corporation with regard to a joint venture with a video hosting service
- Successfully defended major motion picture studio against claims of copyright and trademark infringement asserted by the owners of intellectual property licensed to the studio
- Advised technology corporation with regard to a joint venture with a multinational company
- Successfully resolved international contract dispute in the large-screen cinema industry on behalf of a major entertainment company
- Represented various affiliates of a multinational company in the successful resolution of a video game license agreement dispute concerning the inability of its licensor to extend royalty rebate rights to third parties by de facto assignment in violation of anti-assignment provision
- Successfully resolved complex commercial dispute with regard to major entertainment company’s obligations to offer discounted products in specific international markets
- Represented international consumer electronics company in the successful termination of License Agreement with a major motion picture corporation
- Successful resolution of a complex commercial dispute with regard to the obligation of a former banking partner of an entertainment company to sell client’s credit card rewards program assets to the new banking partner of client’s choice
- Successful resolution of complex commercial dispute among private equity investors with regard to valuation of major motion picture company
- Represented a playwright in the successful recovery of an unauthorized transfer of assets to a motion picture production company
- Represented numerous entertainment clients in successful resolution of claims against their former business managers for malpractice, negligence, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud
- Successfully defended actors and directors in claims asserted by former agents seeking additional payments for prior projects
News & Press
Mintz Welcomes 21 Lateral Members in 2020
December 29, 2020
Notable Women in Law: Courtney Rockett
December 21, 2020
Recognition & Awards
Included on Crain's New York Business: Notable Women in Law list (2021)
New York-Metro Super Lawyers (2013, 2015 – 2019)
Involvement
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Executive Committee, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association
- Member, Federal Bar Association
- Member, Westchester Women’s Bar Association
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