Jason Pinney focuses his practice on general commercial and securities litigation. He represents and advises businesses and individuals in a wide variety of matters including class actions, shareholder suits and securities arbitrations. Jason also has experience representing clients in regulatory proceedings before the SEC, FINRA and state securities agencies.
Jason is part of the Bingham team that in 2008 won landmark victories in its pro bono representation of Guantanamo prisoners. The team won the first-ever review of a Guantanamo prisoner’s case under the Detainee Treatment Act in the unanimous decision of Parhat v. Gates, 532 F.3d 834 (D.C. Cir. 2008). In October, in the first-ever merits review of a Guantanamo habeas case, the team obtained a habeas judgment ordering the immediate release of clients into the United States. Kiyemba v. Bush, 581 F. Supp. 2d 33 (D.D.C. 2008) (on appeal to the Supreme Court).
Jason received his J.D. magna cum laude from Boston College Law School where he was an executive editor for the Environmental Affairs Law Review, and taught environmental law to undergraduates. He currently serves as general counsel to MetroLacrosse Inc., a nonprofit organization that provides sports-based character education programs to approximately 500 children in and around Boston.
- Part of a team that serves as national coordinating counsel to a broker-dealer defending against more than 80 securities arbitrations filed across the U.S.
- Represents an investment adviser in a $25 million dispute concerning the purchase of a subsidiary
- Successfully defended the CEO of public company in SEC investigation
- Secured an $8 million summary judgment verdict for minority shareholder
- Represented an investment company in litigation concerning a $600 million real estate development
- Successfully defended a subsidary of DaimlerChrysler in class action litigation brought by a group of dealers
- "The Uighurs at Guantanamo: ‘Sometimes We Just Didn’t Get the Right Folks’," Northeastern University Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2009)
- Considerations in Conducting an Internal Investigation, ALI-ABA Annual Advanced Course of Study (2007, 2008)
- "How Much is that Security Worth? Valuation Issues and Recommendations for Hedge Fund Advisers Post-Registration," HedgeWorld News (2005)
- Administrative Proceedings and the New Rules of Practice, ALI-ABA Advanced Securities Litigation Workshop (May 2004)
- "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Environmental Justice," Boston College Environmental Law Review, Vol. 30 (2003)
- Chinese Interrogation vs. Congressional Oversight: The Uighurs at Guantanamo, Testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organization, Human Rights and Oversight (2009)
- Representing Guantanamo Detainees, Boston University School of Law (2009)
- Guantanamo Symposium, Northeastern University (2008)
- Who’s at Guantánamo?, Bowdoin College (2007)
- Super Lawyers, Massachusetts Rising Stars (2009)
- Center for Constitutional Rights ProBono Service Award (2009)
- John J. Curtin Jr. Public Service Award (2008)
- Boston Bar Association President’s Award (2007)
- MetroLacrosse Jersey Award (2006)
- American Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Boston Bar Association
- Admitted to practice in Connecticut and Massachusetts
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- Boston College Law School, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2003
- Union College, Bachelor of Arts, 1997