Eli Segal is a seasoned litigator who thrives when tackling complex legal issues, thinking creatively, and crafting and implementing litigation strategies to best serve his clients’ goals. In more than 15 years of practice, Eli has applied these skills to a broad range of sophisticated disputes, including breach of contract, fiduciary duty, business divorce, intellectual property, trade secret, and higher education matters. He also has developed extensive experience in First Amendment law, regularly handling defamation, invasion of privacy, and other speech-related cases.Eli is listed in Chambers USA, where reviewers have described him as an attorney who “has achieved great results” and who is “very persuasive in court,” “tremendously responsive, savvy, pragmatic and a great problem-solver,” “an incredible brief writer,” and “great fun to work with.” He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America and in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and was previously named a “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer.Eli is a cum laude graduate of Yale University, a cum laude graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School, a former law clerk for the Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and a former partner in the national law firm of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP. He joined SSC at the beginning of 2022, drawn by the prospect of working with SSC’s exceptional litigators (and people) and by the unique combination of efficiency, flexibility, attentiveness, and effectiveness that a litigation boutique like SSC offers to clients.Community involvement has always been important to Eli. He is a board member of the Juvenile Law Center and maintains an active pro bono practice focused on constitutional law.