Law practice experience includes 25 years in New York complex commercial litigation, 9 years residence in Moscow in international business transactions (1990-2000), and judicial clerkships in the United States and Israel. Current and recent engagements include advice on OFAC Russia sanctions and litigation over investment arbitration with former USSR states. Full professional fluency in Russian and Hebrew, working knowledge of German.SIGNIFICANT CASES:- Reversed trial judgment enforcing debt from criminal check-cashing – 213 A.D.3d 452 (2023) - Defended law firm in malpractice action arising from Russian criminal investigation (summary judgment, 2010 NY Slip Op 50072(U)- Enforced Russian arbitral award for Russian state-owned company – D. Mass., 17-cv-11378- IRS investigation of unreported Swiss bank accounts - SDNY, 14-cv-2460 - Recovered archive of WW-II photographer E. Khaldei – 135 F. Supp.3d 70 - Precedential antitrust appeal – 386 F.3d 485- Dismissal of Russian corporate dispute - 949 F. Supp.2d 546- Opposed involuntary bankruptcy of Luxembourg subsidiary of Russian oil company Yukos - Bankruptcy SDNY, 16-22321, ECF 174- Represented cooperating witnesses (Russian immigrants) in investigation of corruption in Brooklyn public housing.- Represented war crimes suspect before U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations.- Counsel to St. George’s Episcopal Church, Brooklyn (2011-2020)PUBLICATIONS:* Taking Evidence for International Arbitration, Am. Rev. Int'l Arb. (cited by prevailing party in U.S. 142 S. Ct. 2078 (2022))* Bribery in the “Ordinary Course of Business,” The Moscow Times, Sept. 15, 2011PRESENTATIONS:- ABA Dispute Resolution Conference, Moscow, 2014, 2015- International Arbitration, Ukraine Bar Conference, Kiev, 2013- Representing Russian Clients in US Courts, International Center for Dispute Resolution, 2012- Anti-Corruption Compliance in Russia, Dow Jones Global Compliance Symposium, 2012- Russia’s Expanding Engagement with International Law, Columbia University, 2010COMMUNITY:- East Midwood Jewish Center - Amore Opera