Bryce W. Newell is a Partner in Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP’s New York City and Newark offices. He is a member of the Commercial Litigation/Directors & Officers, Construction & Design Law, Financial Services & Banking, and Tort & Catastrophic Loss Practice Sections. He concentrates his practice on complex, high-stakes litigation and serves as trusted counsel to corporate, institutional, and professional clients across a broad range of industries. He has extensive experience litigating matters in New York and New Jersey state and federal courts and is frequently engaged in cases involving significant financial exposure, novel legal issues, and demanding procedural postures.

Mr. Newell’s practice encompasses a wide spectrum of complex commercial and civil litigation, including construction disputes; design defect and construction defect claims; New York Labor Law matters; business tort and fraud disputes; breach of contract actions; mortgage, mortgage-backed securities, and real estate-related litigation; intellectual property infringement; insurance coverage disputes; product liability; professional liability; legal malpractice; directors and officers (D&O) liability; cybersecurity and data-privacy matters; and appellate advocacy. He regularly manages cases from inception through trial and appeal and is experienced in coordinating multi-party litigation involving overlapping contractual, statutory, and insurance issues.

Mr. Newell has a particularly extensive background in construction litigation, representing owners, developers, construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in complex, high-exposure disputes. His construction practice includes claims arising from large-scale commercial and mixed-use projects, allegations of design and construction defects, delay and disruption claims, risk-transfer disputes, and indemnification and additional-insured issues. He routinely advises clients on litigation strategy, risk mitigation, and early resolution options in technically and procedurally complex matters.

In addition, Mr. Newell has a robust background in professional liability, including defending legal malpractice and D&O claims. He represents professionals, executives, and corporate boards in matters involving alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, governance disputes, professional negligence, and regulatory-driven exposure, and he regularly works alongside insurers and brokers in navigating coverage and claims-handling considerations.

Mr. Newell's practice further includes the defense of high-stakes individual and class action claims alleging violations of federal and state consumer-protection statutes, including the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the New York General Business Law (NYGBL), and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (NJCFA). In this capacity, he regularly represents financial institutions, mortgage servicers, lenders, property owners, management companies, and other commercial entities facing putative class actions and regulatory exposure. He advises clients at all stages of litigation, from pre-suit risk assessment and compliance counseling through dispositive motion practice, class-certification challenges, discovery management, trial, and appeal. He has substantial experience developing and executing defense strategies designed to limit exposure, defeat class certification, and achieve early and favorable resolutions, while coordinating closely with in-house counsel and business stakeholders to align litigation strategy with broader operational and reputational considerations.

Mr. Newell also has substantial experience representing both commercial landlords and commercial tenants in sophisticated landlord-tenant disputes, including lease enforcement, default litigation, and disputes arising from complex commercial real estate transactions. He has handled disputes between partners and principals in joint ventures and closely held entities, including matters commonly referred to as “business divorces,” often involving intertwined contractual, fiduciary, and valuation issues.

Mr. Newell represents the New York Yankees in a wide variety of litigation matters involving affiliated and third-party entities in both New York and Tampa and provides strategic counsel across a range of claims and venues.