• Kaye Scholer LLP
• Law Clerk, John F. Scileppi, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York
• Office of the Corporation Counsel of the City of New York (Appeals Bureau)
• Arbitrator in the Civil Court of the City of New York and in the Prudential Securities litigation (SEC v. Prudential Securities Incorporated)

• New York
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Tax Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuits
• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuits
• United States District Court for the Eastern Districts of New York
• United States District Courts for the Northern Districts of New York
• United States District Court for the Southern Districts of New York

• Best Lawyers^®, Commercial Litigation (2018-2025)
• Super Lawyers^® New York Metro Area, Business Litigation; Appellate; General Litigation; Professional Liability (2006-2024)
• Top 100 Lawyers in New York Metro Super Lawyers^® (2013-2015)
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Pre-eminent Rating
• New York State Bar Association Sanford D. Levy Professional Ethics Award (2022)
  

Professional:

• Member, Independent Judicial Screening Panel of the Judiciary Committee of the New York County Democratic Party
• Commissioner, the Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System
• Member, New York County Advisory Committee for the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
• Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Attorney Professionalism
• Member, New York State Bar Association Committee on Continuing Legal Education
• Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, New York State Bar Association
• Member, Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section
• Chair, Commercial Division Committee
• Chair, Committee on Complex Civil Litigation
• Member, Committee on Business Torts
• Member, Committee on Commodities and Futures Law
• Member, Committee on the State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
• Member, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Sections, American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Council
• Nassau County Bar Association

Civic:

• Trustee and Deputy Mayor, Incorporated Village of Munsey Park, Manhasset, NY
• Member of the Board of Trustees of Mitchell College, New London CT

Others:

• Member, Manhasset Bay Yacht Club

• Board of Managers of the York River House Condominium vs. Kinney York Avenue, Inc, Central Parking Corporation and Central Parking System Realty of New York, Inc., Appellate Division, First Department, December 5, 2006. Representation of Central Parking Corporation in the successful defense of a challenge to its $210 million merger with the Kinney Parking System. The court affirmed the dismissal of claims made by the Board of Managers of a Manhattan condominium that the merger triggered its right of first refusal because the merger changed the ownership of a Kinney garage located in its building.
• The Hartz Consumer Group, Inc. et al v. JWC Hartz Holdings, Inc. et al., Appellate Division, First Department, October 31, 2006. Successful representation of Leonard Stern's Hartz Consumer Group in litigation arising from Stern's $300 million December 2000 sale of The Hartz Mountain Corporation to Boston-based J. W. Childs, L.P. The Appellate Division unanimously affirmed the New York County Commercial Division's dismissal on summary judgment of the buyer's $50 million indemnification claim that Stern guaranteed the success of certain product lines. The case reinforced the principle that indemnification agreements are strictly construed and that business risks identified during due diligence must be specifically addressed in the parties' contract.
• Representation of a major international law firm in litigation that was instituted in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York where it was alleged by a non-client lender that the law firm issued a false and fraudulent opinion letter in connection with a secured loan transaction and then assisted its client in the formulation and implementation of certain fraudulent transfers in violation of the lender's rights
• Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc. v. 29 East 64 th Street Corp., 297 A.D.2d 258, 746 N.Y.S.2d 482 (1st Dept., 2002). Representation of a cooperative corporation in a complex dispute with a commercial proprietary tenant regarding corporate governance issues and the imposition of sub-let fees
• Irvine v. Murad Skin Research Laboratories, Inc., 194 F.3d 313 (1 st Cir. 1999). Representation of a manufacturer of skin care products in a dispute with a distributor in Puerto Rico that arose from the airing of an infomercial in Puerto Rico that allegedly violated the rights of the distributor and its principal
• ADT Operations, Inc. v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A., 173 Misc. 2d 959, 662 N.Y. S. 2d 190 (N.Y. Sup. 1997). Represented ADT Operations, Inc. in a complex litigation that was commenced in the Commercial Division in connection with the attempted hostile takeover of ADT where it was alleged that Chase had a banking relationship with ADT and violated its obligations to ADT when it provided funding for the tender offer and other assistance to another customer
• Bor Corp. v. ADT Automotive, Inc. (SDNY 1996). Represented ADT Automotive, Inc. in connection with purchase price adjustment claims arising from the acquisition of motor vehicle auction business
• Matter of FBN Food Services, Inc., 82 F.3d 1387, 35 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 1193, 29 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 29, 7 th Cir. (III.), May 02, 1996 and In re FBN Food Service, Inc., 175 B.R. 671, 32 Collier Bankr.Cas.2d 1316, Bankr.N.D.III., Dec 06, 1994. Representation of East River Savings Bank and its affiliates in the defense of RICO claims, a fraudulent conveyance action and related litigation in the Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the courts of the State of Illinois that arose from $7 million in loans made by East River Savings Bank to the operators of group of Taco Bell and Sizzler restaurants and the lender's subsequent participation in a mediation that was conducted in Chicago, Ill under the auspices of JAMS/Endispute
• Hartz Mountain Corp. v. Allou Distributors, Inc., 173 A. D.2d 440, 570 N.Y.S.2d 66 (2 Dept. 1991). Representation of a manufacturer of pet supplies in dispute with a distributor concerning the sale of gray market goods.
• Won one of the first cases in New York City that sustained the co-op flip tax.
• U.S. v. Clinton Capital Corp., 748 F.Supp. 231 (S.D.N.Y. 1990). Representation of SBIC lender in receivership issues
• Represented lenders and debtors in foreclosures/workouts in the New York State and Federal Courts involving hundreds of millions of dollars
• Management Assistance Inc v. Edelman, 584 F. Supp. 1016 (SDNY 1984). Represented a client alleged to have violated Section 13(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The favorable decision was the first ruling by any court that a limited partner could be immune under the securities laws because of the limited liability that a limited partner has under New York Law.