Selendy Gay

Firm overview. Selendy Gay PLLC (founded 2018; known as Selendy Gay Elsberg until founding partner David Elsberg's departure in early 2024) is a high-end New York litigation boutique headquartered at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, with a single U.S. office and roughly 100 lawyers. It was launched by ex-Quinn Emanuel trial stars Philippe Selendy, Jennifer Selendy, and Faith Gay, and describes itself as dedicated to complex, high-stakes trials, appeals, and investigations, with more than $40 billion recovered for clients since founding. Chambers ranks the firm in New York Litigation: General Commercial (Band 3, 2023 guide), and it is best understood as a commercial/securities trial shop, not an IP or patent boutique. Indeed, patent litigation is not among the firm's listed Chambers capabilities, and directory data suggests only a small handful of lawyers touch IP matters.

IP litigation specialty. The firm's patent practice is a modest, case-by-case adjunct to its core commercial work rather than a technology-focused patent group. The tracked docket shows Selendy Gay as plaintiff-side lead counsel for Network-1 Technologies, Inc. against Samsung Electronics in the Eastern District of Texas (2:25-cv-00667), asserting six patents covering eSIM, IoT/M2M, and 5G network-authentication technologies that read on GSMA and ETSI standards implemented in Galaxy smartphones, watches, and tablets. The firm's own materials also note defense work on life-sciences patent matters, and press coverage cites a Selendy Gay plaintiff design-patent case against Apple (Shunock v. Apple, S.D.N.Y.). Public reporting does not establish a dominant technology area or substantial patent-trial volume.

Side preference. In the tracked data, Selendy Gay appears entirely on the plaintiff side (1 of 1 appearances, lead counsel), representing Network-1, a publicly traded patent holding/monetization company that its own SEC filings describe as an "intellectual property holding firm" whose revenue depends on licensing and enforcement — functionally an NPE/PAE-side engagement against an operating company (Samsung). Firm-wide, Selendy Gay represents both sides of the "v." and is plaintiff-leaning in securities and commercial matters, but its verifiable patent-side work skews toward monetization plaintiffs.

Notable cases and outcomes. The signature tracked matter is Network-1 Technologies, Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (E.D. Tex., filed June 27, 2025), which remains open and is early-stage (invalidity contentions were exchanged in December 2025). No verdict, damages award, or settlement in this case is publicly verifiable to date. The firm's larger public wins are non-patent (e.g., an $811 million Delaware earnout judgment against Johnson & Johnson), and should not be conflated with its IP record.

PTAB/IPR practice. Selendy Gay is not known as an IPR/PGR firm, and no public report identifies a notable filing or defense volume. The one PTAB data point is defensive: Samsung filed Samsung Electronics Co. v. Network-1 Technologies, IPR2026-00116 (P.T.A.B., filed Nov. 7, 2025), where Selendy Gay represents Network-1 as patent owner; a preliminary response was filed in February 2026 and the proceeding is pending. This appears consistent with an episodic, litigation-driven PTAB presence rather than an institutional IPR practice.

Key partners. David S. Flugman is the identified patent litigator, serving as lead counsel in the Network-1/Samsung matter; he was also named to Lawdragon's 500 Leading Litigators in America (2022), which expressly covers IP and patent work. The firm's broader leadership — founding partners Philippe Selendy, Jennifer Selendy, and Faith Gay, with Kelley Cornish now managing partner — drives its reputation, but they are not publicly associated with a substantial patent practice. Anyone evaluating Selendy Gay for patent work should treat its IP capability as shallow relative to its commercial-litigation bench, and verify current IP staffing before engagement.