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I am a Trial Lawyer with over 25 years of experience in Business lawsuits, Arbitration and White-Collar Criminal investigations. I provide high quality advocacy and advice to companies, partnerships, their owners, managers, directors and employees in business disputes. My practice encompasses matters involving Securities, Stockbroker Fraud, Class Action lawsuits, Real Estate, Technology and Intellectual Property, privately held Businesses, Employment law,Professional Liability and Legal eEthics.
I have an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating the organization gives, and am a longstanding leader in legal ethics, demonstrating that my peers rank me at the highest level of professional excellence.
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- Securities Law
- Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Franchising, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation
- Legal Malpractice
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Eminent Domain, Neighbor Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Entertainment & Sports Law
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- New York
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- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
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- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
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- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
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- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Managing Member
- Harwood Law PLLC
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- Counsel
- Labaton Sucharow LLP
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- Counsel
- Holland & Knight LLP
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- Associate/Counsel
- Gilbert Segall & Young
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- Associate
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
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- Judicial Law Clerk
- William C. Conner, United States District Court Judge, Southern District of New York
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- Fordham University School of Law
- J.D. (1987) | Law
- Fordham Law Review, Dean’s List
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- Cornell University
- B.A. (1983) | History
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- AV Preeminent Peer Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2016-2023
- New York State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Securities Law Committee, 2003-Present; Executive Committee, 2004-Present; Commercial, and Federal Litigation Section, Co-Chair, Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 2004-2021
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-1997; Chair, International Law Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1995-97; Vice-Chair, Membership Committee, Section of International Law and Practice, 1998-2000
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- Federal Bar Council
- Member
- Current
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- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Member
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- Activities: Ethics Committee, 2014-2017
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- New York State Bar # 2187821
- Member
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- Report of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section on Threatening Disciplinary Action Against Attorneys in New York
- New York State Bar Association
- Report on the Proposed Amendment to Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 Regulating Lawyers' Supervision of Undercover Investigations
- New York State Bar Association
- “Controlling Costs and Achieving Fairness Through Alternative Dispute Resolutio
- American Bar Association
- Provisional Remedies in the United States: the New York Model
- Annual Congress of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats
- International Service of Process
- American Bar Association
- Protecting Clients' Confidences in Electronic Documents Under New York's Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyer, CLE Program on Legal Ethics in the Digital Age, New York State Bar Association
- The New York Lawyer's Ethical Duties When Using the Cloud, CLE on Data Security for Small and Mid-Sized Law Firms, New York City Bar Association
- Ethics of Outsourcing Legal Work, New York State Bar Association
- Ethical Issues in the Investigation of a Civil Lawsuit, Part I, Annual Meeting of the New York State Bar Association
- Ethical Issues in the Investigation of a Lawsuit, Part II, Spring Meeting of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association
