Robert N. Chan has been a partner of the Firm and the head of its Litigation Department since its founding in 1981. He specializes in complex commercial litigation, arbitration and appeals covering the entire spectrum of business and employment disputes and has successfully conducted numerous jury and non-jury trials and appeals on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He has served as an arbitrator, and achieved favorable results in a vast variety of commercial, employment and securities arbitrations and mediations. He regularly consults with major international financial institutions on strategy and assists with the supervision and management of multi-party complex lawsuits. He has been featured as a legal expert on NBC-TV’s Celebrity Justice and News Night with Aaron Brown on CNN and has been interviewed on national and local radio and in the print media on dozens of occasions. He was cited in the October 2012 issue of Avenue magazine as one of "Avenue's Legal Elite" and one of New York City’s "top litigation attorneys. He was named to 2013 Marindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and quoted in CDR Magazine (the leading publication for litigation and arbitration proffesionals operating in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia) as an expert in FINRA arbitrations. Subject of a 1 hour interview on PRN.FM in 2014.Areas of Practice:• Jury and non-jury trials and appeals• Arbitrations and mediations including those conducted before the NYSE, FINRA, and the AAA• Complex commercial disputes• Employment litigation including wrongful discharge, unfair competition, employment discrimination and sexual harassment• Contract disputes• Securities litigation• Consulting, strategizing and supervising in connection with major multi-party complex litigations• Real estate litigation