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* Nationally recognized commercial litigator, author and lecturer. * Not only the author of the leading treatise on Lender Liability, but coined the term “lender liability.” * Has been involved in some of the seminal decisions defining the obligations of financial institutions, particularly in the area of good faith and fair dealing. * Written the monthly issues of The Lender Liability Law Report since 1987 and has spoken at professional conferences on lender liability since the 1980s.* Was named one of the nation’s top ten litigators in 1995 by The National Law Journal based upon a jury verdict in New York Supreme Court against an accounting firm on behalf of a client who suffered an embezzlement. * Defended a RICO claim asserted against a client, a large, well-known Swiss banking institution, and won a motion to dismiss the RICO claims before the case was submitted to the jury, in the Southern District of New York.* Member of the Character & Fitness Committee of the New York State Appellate Division - First Department.* Served as the chair of the Commercial Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association from 1994 to 1997. * Member of the American Law Institute and serves as an adviser on the Restatement (Third) of Restitution.* Founder and Chairman of the Lender Liability Subcommittee of the Commercial Financial Services Committee, ABA Section of Business Law, 1986-90. * Chairman of the Commercial Financial Services Committee, ABA Section of Business Law, 1994-97.* Admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey* Attended the Aspen Institute Seminar on Justice & SocietySpecialties: Bank Litigation, Lender Liability, Bankruptcy Litigation, Bank Fraud Litigation, RICO Litigation, Professional Malpractice Litigation, NYC Statutory Residency Litigation, White Collar Defense.

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