Samuel Scott Cornish Email & Phone Number

Newark, New Jersey

Sam Cornish represents healthcare and financial sector clients confronted with regulatory and civil investigations of the government, including State Attorneys General, state securities and insurance regulators, the Department of Justice, the SEC, FINRA, HHS, licensing boards, and other agencies. Mr. Cornish’s practice also includes representing his clients in partnership disputes, oppressed minority shareholder actions, securities fraud actions, RICO actions, and cases involving other business torts. Mr. Cornish also provides general counsel to his clients regarding regulatory, compliance, and corporate governance matters, and cyber-security and privacy laws.

Newark, Nj

Mr. Cornish was a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation and White Collar Groups.

Newark, New Jersey

SECTION CHIEF OF SECURITIES FRAUD SECTION (2011-2013)Served as head of the nine-attorney Section that:▪ investigates and litigates the New Jersey Bureau of Securities’ enforcement actions, including those based on entities’ falsified financial disclosures, and regulatory matters, including those based on broker-dealers’ failure to supervise registered agents; and▪ counsels the Division of Investment, the investment manager of New Jersey’s $71 billion pension fund, by evaluating its potential securities actions, selecting and closely managing outside litigation counsel, and making litigation and settlement decisions. SECTION CHIEF (Acting) OF AFFIRMATIVE LITIGATION SECTION (2010)Led eight-attorney Section that litigated matters under Consumer Fraud Act, False Claims Act, and nonprofit corporate law, including matters involving banks’ misleading loan origination practices and nonprofit board members’ breach of fiduciary duties. Investigated and litigated the office’s priority matters involving, among other things, healthcare institutions’ violations of anti-kickback laws, financial institutions’ undisclosed conflicts of interest, and government contractors’ false claims.DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, SECURITIES FRAUD & AFFIRMATIVE LITIGATION SECTIONS (2006-2009)Significant trial and litigation experience, including: deposing witnesses, including corporate officers, securities professionals, and accountants; briefing and arguing motions, including motions for preliminary relief and summary judgment; preparing for trial; examining witnesses and presenting cases at bench trials and administrative trials; and managing a large docket of complex matters.

Roseland, New Jersey

Litigated complex commercial matters in federal and state court. Significant experience litigating business judgment rule defense of nonprofit corporations. Litigated administrative expense claims and defended against preference actions in bankruptcy court on behalf of creditors. Other responsibilities included preparing experts’ reports and researching and drafting comprehensive pleadings, memoranda, and briefs.

J.D., Law

B.A., Communications, Political Science