Biography
Corey assists major companies in addressing some of their most complex and important issues. He has drafted many appellate briefs and dispositive motions, taken and defended key depositions, worked with experts in a wide range of subject matters (including economics, engineering, and utilities), cross-examined adverse experts, and counseled clients in disputes at every level of the federal courts.
Corey’s notable appellate work includes briefing a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act case before the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in a unanimous opinion in the client’s favor. He also assisted drafting a Supreme Court amicus brief in a high-profile case, and he recently won a new trial for a pro bono client in a groundbreaking post-conviction case following remand from a successful appeal in the Colorado courts.
Other notable experience includes leading Weil teams:
- Representing Dometic, a major manufacturer of equipment for recreational vehicles, in securing repeated victories in nationwide products liability class actions. Among other things, Corey drafted Daubert briefs and cross-examined the plaintiffs’ damages expert, resulting in total exclusion of that expert’s opinions. Plaintiffs subsequently withdrew their class certification motion.
- Representing National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, a bond insurer, in connection with Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy proceedings, particularly that of the public utility company, PREPA.
- Defending Johnson & Johnson in a multi-plaintiff products liability trial involving allegations of contaminated talcum powder products.
- Representing Pilgrim’s Pride in a series of federal antitrust class actions, which alleged that the country’s major chicken producers restricted output to raise prices.
- Representing Steward Health Care System, owner and operator of the largest private physician-owned for-profit healthcare network in the U.S., in its complex restructuring.
- Defending Morgan Stanley in a high-stakes litigation alleging breaches of contract and fraud in connection with the financing of Brightline’s high-speed passenger rail network.
Corey maintains an active pro bono practice as well. He is currently working alongside the Innocence Project on two groundbreaking cases involving the scientific invalidity of handheld toolmark examination. In Colorado, Corey helped overturn on appeal the denial of his client’s motion for a new trial, leading to an evidentiary hearing where the team succeeded in obtaining a new trial for their client. In Louisiana, Corey is working to secure a new trial for another client whose conviction rests on faulty handheld toolmark evidence.
Corey has authored many articles, providing thought leadership on a variety of topics. These range from exploring issues related to standing, to proposing solutions for serial class action litigation, to analyzing important new Supreme Court decisions, to assessing the developing law around AI.
Corey earned his law degree with honors from The University of Chicago Law School, where he was managing editor of The University of Chicago Law Review and a Rubenstein Scholar. After graduating, Corey clerked for Judge Beverly B. Martin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.