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Contact Information
Practice area: Litigation, including family,
consumer financial services, intellectual property, securities and corporate.
Types of matters handled: Family matters,
consumer financial services, corporation law; general litigation, with emphasis
on securities, commercial and publishing. Commercial matters include
principally financial services, intellectual property, computer/technology
licensing, ERISA, real estate and employment disputes. Also active in pro
bono litigation of AIDS-related claims, including family, employment and
insurance matters.
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Education: Dartmouth College: A.B.
(1973); The
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration: M.B.A. (1974); Fordham
University School of Law: J.D. (1982). Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Rufus Choate
Scholar; Edward Tuck Scholar.
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Admitted to bar: Connecticut
(1982); New York
(1983); Federal District Courts for the District of Connecticut, District of
Colorado and for the Southern,
Eastern, and Northern Districts of
New York; U.S Courts of Appeals for the First and Second Circuits;
U.S.
Supreme Court.
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Association memberships: American Bar Association
(member, Family
Law and Business
Law Sections); Connecticut
Bar Association (member, Family Law and Federal Practice Sections); New York State Bar Association;
New York County Lawyers
Association; Lawyer-Pilots
Bar Association; National
Transportation Safety Board Bar Association.
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Other background: Arbitrator, N.A.S.D. Regulation
and American Arbitration
Association; Mediator and Special Master, U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of New York; arbitrator, New York City
Civil Court; Hearing Officer, Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection; Chartered Financial
Analyst; Airline
Transport Pilot with single and multiengine ratings; Member, Connecticut Secretary of
State Business Advisory Committee; certified firefighter and fire service instructor;
Chairman of the Board, Amogerone
Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Rated "AV"®
by Martindale-Hubbell.
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Example reported cases: State v. Filipov, Francis v. Goodman, Gregory v. American Guild of Musical Artists,
Gill v. Monetary Management Corp., Lewites v. Lobis
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Examples of briefs: Estate of Goldfeder, Francis v. Goodman, Payday Loan Corp. v. Dollar Financial Group., Wirdzek v. Monetary Management of
California, Inc., Financial Service Centers of America
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Recent articles:
"Arbitration and Class Actions After JAMS' Flip-Flop," NYLJ (May 4, 2005); "Appellate
Review of FAA Emergency Certificate Actions," 67 J. AIR LAW
& COMM. 841 (Summer 2002); "Educational Support Orders in
Connecticut," 13 CONNECTICUT LAWYER 1 (Aug.-Sep. 2002); "Application of the Consumer
Telephone Protection Act to Interstate Calls and Faxes," 52 Fed. Commun Law J.
668-686 (May 2000); "Open
Floodgates at The ‘Hoover’ Dam — AIR-21 Fails to Provide Meaningful Review of Emergency Certificate Actions," 22 Lawyer-Pilots
Bar Assn J. 22-32 (Winter 2000-2001).
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