Ed Sholinsky is a partner in the Litigation Services Department, a member of the firm’s Executive Committee, chair of the firm’s Hiring Committee, and a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. He has significant experience across multiple industries and often represents retail and web-based companies in business and consumer disputes at the trial and appellate levels. He has litigated numerous cases on behalf of regional and national banks, retailers, and nonprofit organizations.
Mr. Sholinsky has also represented a number of businesses in employment matters, alleging violations of federal and state discrimination laws. He also represents railroads at the trial and appellate levels in real estate and injury cases, including disputes over personal jurisdiction.
Before entering legal practice, Mr. Sholinsky worked as a newspaper reporter and in public relations.
News & Publications
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Aviation Happenings: Summer 2022
- Edward Sholinsky Elected to Schnader’s Executive Committee; Melissa Blanton Re-Elected
- Aviation Happenings: Spring 2022
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- Edward Sholinsky Honored with 2020 Earl G. Harrison Pro Bono Award
- Benchmark Litigation Recommends Schnader
- EDPA Breathes New Life into the Third Circuit’s Pre-Daimler Decision, Bane v. Netlink, Inc.
- Aviation Happenings – Fall 2019
- Schnader Wins Notable Victory in Cy Pres Litigation
- Free Expression Versus Reputation: The Supreme Court’s Weighing of Interests
- Trying a Pro Bono Case: Lessons Learned and Satisfaction Earned
- Edward Sholinsky and Jonathan Skowron Published “Viewpoint” Case Analysis in Pittsburgh Business Times
- All companies registered to do business in Pennsylvania are subject to the courts’ general jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Reach of Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law to Transactions Occurring Outside Pennsylvania and to Non-Pennsylvanians
- Edward Sholinsky Named Vice President of HIAS Pennsylvania Board of Directors
- Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2017
- Edward Sholinsky Named to Schnader Partnership
- Aviation Happenings- Winter 2016-2017
- Many Schnader Attorneys Named to Super Lawyers 2016
- Media Law Resource Center 50-State Survey, Media Privacy and Related Law
- Schnader Recognized with Golden Door Award
- NJ Banks May Not Face Common Law Tort Claims for Improper Electronic Funds Transfers
- NJ Supreme Court: Consumer Contract Arbitration Clauses are Unenforceable Unless Consumers Are Clearly Notified that Court Redress is Waived
- Exceptions in Pennsylvania Orphans’ Court Not Necessary to Preserve Weight-of-the-Evidence Claim on State-Court Appeal
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Puts Creditors on Notice of Rulemaking Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- Presentment Warranties Under the UCC Do Not Apply to Counterfeit Checks
- The CFPB Offers Guidance to Companies that Furnish Information to Consumer Reporting Agencies
- Third Circuit Predicts Punitive Damages Available Under the Pennsylvania Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
- Hyperlinks Not a Republication for Purposes of the Single Publication Rule, MediaLawLetter
- Schnader Assists in Successful Challenge to 24/7 Policy in New Jersey
- Schnader Appellate Team Secures Dismissal of Misguided False Claims Lawsuit Against Covanta
- Schnader Obtains a Dismissal in a Matter for Covanta Holding Corp.
- Schnader Participates in Successful Defense of a Lower Court Decision Striking Down Hazelton, PA Immigration Ordinances
- Criminal Law and Enforcement Litigation
- Third Circuit: A Class Action Waiver Presents an Issue of Arbitrability to be Decided by the Court, Not by an Arbitrator
- Delaware Chancery Court Rejects Notion That a Director’s Duty to Oversee a Corporation Encompasses Duty to Monitor Business Decisions
- GARA’s Statute of Repose: Avoiding the ‘Long Tail’ of Discovery
- Media Law Resource Center 50-State Survey, Media Libel Law
- Today, Everyone is a Publisher
- Blocking Access to the Information Super Highway – Regulating the Internet Out of the Reach of Low-Income Americans, Rutgers Law Journal
Community & Pro Bono
- Mr. Sholinsky has an active pro bono practice, which focuses on First Amendment issues, prisoner rights, and immigration issues. Mr. Sholinsky has represented pro bono clients both in jury trials and before appeals courts. Additionally, Mr. Sholinsky is vice president of the board of HIAS Pennsylvania, a non-profit that focuses on providing legal and social services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
Education
- Rutgers University School of Law – Camden, J.D., high honors, 2007
- University of Michigan, A.B., with distinction, 1999
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 2007
- New Jersey, 2007
Court Admissions
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2008
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2008
Professional Affiliations
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Member
Other Distinctions
- Recipient of Schnader’s Harrison Award for Pro Bono, 2020
- Noted among “Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars” for business litigation, 2016-2017*
- Albert P. Blaustein Memorial Award for legal scholarship
- Rutgers Law Journal, senior editor
- Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, editor
- Recognized among “Future Stars” for Pennsylvania in Benchmark Litigation, 2020-2021*
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Representative Matters
Financial Services Litigation
- Obtained a complete victory at trial on behalf of a national bank in a suit alleging breach of fiduciary duty.
- Represented at trial a national bank in a suit alleging fraud in a real estate transaction.
- Represented group of internet-based businesses in a series of class actions alleging violations of New Jersey’s consumer protection laws, all of which were voluntarily dismissed after briefing on motions to dismiss.
- Represented national banks and financial institutions in an action alleging illegal liquidation of shares of stock securing a line of credit and the commercially unreasonable sale of those shares.
- Obtained dismissal of check warranty claims brought under Articles 3 and 4 of the UCC against a banking client in a matter of first impression under Pennsylvania law.
- Represented a national bank in numerous actions alleging fraud and implicating Articles 3 and 4 of the UCC in connection with personal, business and non-profit accounts and real estate transactions.
- Represented a national bank in numerous actions alleging breaches of its fiduciary duties in its role as trustee of testamentary and revocable trusts.
- Represented a national bank in a dispute with a large commercial customer concerning custody accounts and funds that had escheated to the state.
- Represented an energy company in a matter brought under the federal and New Jersey False Claim Acts, obtaining dismissals in the federal district court and state trial court.
- Represented a financial services company alleging theft of trade secrets by a competitor.
Litigation
- Obtained a federal jury verdict in favor of client alleging violations of his First Amendment rights.
- Obtained verdict in favor of clients who had been victims of fraud and sought early termination of a trust for their benefit.
- Obtained summary judgment in federal court on behalf of a hospital system accused of racial discrimination and retaliation by a former employee.
Communications and Media
- Obtained summary judgment for a local affiliate of a national television network in a lawsuit alleging that an investigative news report broadcast by the affiliate defamed plaintiff (Philadelphia County, Pa., Court of Common Pleas).
- Obtained dismissal in a California state court of a defamation case brought against a media client and its employees.
- Obtained voluntary dismissal of defamation action against web-based company in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
- Performed pre- and post-publication review of books, blogs and other publications on behalf of clients to assist in avoiding liability.
- Represented a group of amici in the United States Supreme Court challenging the regulation of indecent language on live television.
Appellate Practice
- Argued before the Pennsylvania Superior Court on behalf of national bank, successfully upholding the trial court’s verdict that the bank had not breached a fiduciary duty.
- Argued before the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, on behalf of the ACLU of New Jersey, successfully challenging a school district’s 24/7 discipline policy.
- Represented before the en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court beneficiaries and trustees asserting that the perpetuities period had not run on a testamentary trust created in the 1930s and succeeded in reversing adverse panel and trial court decisions.
- Represented an energy company in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which affirmed the district court’s decision to dismiss a claim brought under the federal False Claims Act.
Railroad Litigation
- Represented a railroad in Pennsylvania’s intermediate appellate court in an important issue concerning general jurisdiction over foreign companies.
- Represented a railroad in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in a large real estate dispute, which resulted in a large financial settlement and the remediation of the property by the tenant.
- Represented railroads as appellate counsel at trial on issues concerning the production of proprietary software.
- Worked on damages issues concerning a severe injury case involving injuries caused by electrified rail cars.
