Areas of Practice

• All phases of commercial litigation, from initiation of litigation through trial and appeal
• Complex litigation, including suits with multiple parties and foreign individuals and entities
• Antitrust and securities fraud lawsuits
• Disputes involving bankruptcy and receivership estates
• Partnership and contract disputes
• Arbitrations and mediations

Trial Experience

• Tried through to verdict numerous jury and non-jury trials in federal and state courts
• Participated in preliminary injunction hearings in federal and state courts
• Argued numerous appeals before the state appeals courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second and District of Columbia Circuits
• Participated in many arbitrations and mediations

Represent

• Publicly and privately-held companies and officers and directors
• Foreign corporations and individuals
• Bankruptcy trustees and court-appointed receivers
• Investment firms and individual investors
• Majority and minority partners in partnership litigations

Bar Admissions

• New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Career

• Participated in formation of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP in 1982
• United States Department of Justice (Honors Program), Antitrust Division, civil and criminal matters

Author/Speaker

• Lecturer in Securities Litigation Program of the American Bar Association Center for Continuing Legal Education

Professional Activities & Associations

• Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
• Member, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Education

• J. D. Columbia Law School (1977), Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Writing and Research Editor, Columbia Law Review
• B. A., with highest honors, Rutgers College (1973), member, Phi Beta Kappa