Areas of Practice

• Complex business litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts on behalf of U.S. and foreign clients
• Complex white collar criminal cases, grand jury investigations, SEC investigations and internal corporate investigations
• Complex arbitration before United States and International Chamber of Commerce panels
• Internal corporate investigations
• Securities fraud and RICO lawsuits
• Bankruptcy litigation on behalf of Court-appointed Trustees

Represent

• U.S. and foreign individuals and institutions in all facets of internal business disputes concerning contracts, ownership, management, employee relations and breach of fiduciary duties
• Executives and professionals in intercorporate and partnership disputes involving securities fraud, antitrust, professional malpractice, intellectual property and various high technology issues
• Bankruptcy trustees in bankruptcy litigation
• Internet service companies in disputes over web site development and marketing

Trial Experience

• Tried to verdict numerous civil and criminal jury and non-jury trials in federal and state courts
• Argued numerous appeals before state and federal appellate courts, including two successful mandamus petitions in Second Circuit Court of Appeals
• Tried arbitrations and mediations; voluntary mediator, Commercial Div., N.Y. Sup

Bar Admissions

• New York; District of Columbia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Tenth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; District of Columbia

Legal Career

• Joined Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP after twenty years as a partner at Doar Devorkin & Rieck
• Formerly Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Criminal and Civil Divisions
• Received Deptartment of Justice's Special Achievement Award for Sustained Superior Performance of Duty, presented by Attorney General for successful prosecution of organized crime on the waterfront
• Attorney-Advisor, Office of Criminal Justice, Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
• Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell, Washington, D.C., 1972-1973

Author/Speaker

• Author, "Co-ops and Certificates of Occupancy," Real Estate & Title Insurance Trends, New York Law Journal (September 22, 2003) (with Charles Rich)

Professional Activities & Associations

• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Delegate, Democratic National Convention and Member, Credentials Committee, 1972

Education

• J. D., Yale University (1972), Director, Yale Moot Court of Appeals
• S. B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1969), Academic Honors; Member of Osiris (honorary society dedicated to MIT); Intercollegiate Gymnastic Competition, Honors