Jeff has nearly three decades of first-chair trial and appellate experience in federal courts around the country and in New York State, as well as experience handling complex regulatory and criminal investigations, domestic and international arbitrations, and mediations. His practice includes counseling, investigating, and litigating a wide array of business and commercial matters in the areas of securities, RICO, compliance, banking, white collar crime, contracts, partnerships, employment, class actions, antitrust, and e-discovery. He also works closely with companies to develop long-term C-suite strategies to mitigate litigation and risk events. Jeff has worked extensively with financial institutions, including banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms, as well as both public and private companies, many of which are international in scope. He also advises mid-sized corporate clients and executives on business practices, compliance issues, pre-litigation corporate structuring, employment matters, and data security and privacy issues.
Jeff serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Securities practice and is a member of the firm’s Professional Development Committee. Additionally, he is a senior member of the firm’s E-Discovery Task Force and works in an inter-disciplinary capacity with the firm’s Cross-Border Transactions Team.
Jeff has been included on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list in the category of Business Litigation.
Representative Cases/Decisions
United States v. Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, et al., 22-cr-240 (S.D.N.Y., Apr. 27, 2022)
SEC v. Sung Kook (Bill) Hwang, et al., 22-cv-3402 (S.D.N.Y., Apr. 27, 2022)
Daniel Shatz v. Douglas Chertok et al., Appeal 2019-05123 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dept., Nov. 5, 2020)
YA II PN, Ltd v. Taronis Technologies, Inc. et al., 19-cv-11746 (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 24, 2020)
The Technology Opportunity Group, Ltd. v. Burns et al., 7:16-cv-09576 (S.D.N.Y., Sept. 25, 2019)
In re Tribune Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation, 11-md-02296 (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 6, 2017)
R&D Hotel, LLC v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., 15-CV.07285 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 15, 2016)
In re The Budd Company, Inc., Case No. 14-11872 (N.D. Ill. (Ch.11) (2014)
In re South African Litigation, Docket Nos. 09-2778-cv(L) et al. (2d Cir. Aug. 21, 2013)
T.M. Real Estate Holding, LLC v. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., C.A. No. 12-1808-CM (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2013), aff’d, 13-950-cv (2d. Cir. Oct, 29, 2013)
Commerzbank Ag, London Branch, v. Deutsche Trust Co. Ltd., Index No. 650722/12 (Sup. Ct. N.Y., Apr. 26, 2012)
Olson v. Halvorsen, C.A. No. 1884-VCL, 2008 WL 4661831 (Del. Ch. Oct. 22, 2008)
Nash v. Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J., 856 N.Y.S.2d 583 (App. Div. 1st Dep’t 2008)
Varoujan Deirmenjian et. al. v. Deutsche Bank A.G., et. al., 2007 WL 4395065 (C.D. Cal. 2007)
Safway Steel Scaffolds Co. v. Safway Steel Prods. Inc., et. al., 2:06-cv-312 (W.D. Pa., May 11, 2006)
In re Adelphia Communications Corp., 330 B.R. 364 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2005)
Ungaro-Benages v. Dresdner Bank AG et al., 379 F.3d 1227 (11th Cir. 2004)
In re South Africa Apartheid Litigation, 346 F. Supp.2d 538 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
Herero People’s Reparations Corp. v. Deutsche Bank AG et al., 370 F.3d 1192 (D.C. Cir. 2004)
In re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defendants Litigation, 320 F. Supp. 2d 235, (D.N.J. 2004)
Brown v. National Football League, 219 F. Supp. 2d 372 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
In re Joint Eastern and Southern District Asbestos Litigation, 237 F. Supp.2d 297 (E.D.N.Y. 2002)
Loce v. Time Warner Entertainment Advance/Newhouse Partnership, 191 F.3d 256 (2d Cir. 1999)
Goldstein v. Time Warner New York City Cable Group, 3 F. Supp.2d 423 (S.D.N.Y. 1998)
Rabushka ex rel. United States v. Crane Co., 122 F.3d 559 (8th Cir. 1997)
New York University School of Law|New York University|Cornell University
J.D., magna cum laude|M.A.|A.B., magna cum laude
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Law clerk to the Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1994-1995
State of New York|United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York|United States District Court for the Southern District of New York|United States District Court for the Western District of New York|United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit|United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|Supreme Court of the United States
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Included on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list, Business Litigation
Included on the Martindale-Hubbell AV® Peer Review Rated list
Recipient, Pro Bono Achievement Award, 2004-2005
Recipient, Judge Lieberman Award for Outstanding Criminal Law Scholarship, 1994
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure, 1992
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Past Committee Service: Judiciary Committee, Arbitration, Federal Courts
Federal Bar Council
American Bar Association
International Law Committee