Areas Of Practice
- Complex Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Appeals, including:
- Contract, UCC, Fraud, Fiduciary Duty
- Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright,
- False Advertising, Defamation, Unfair Competition
- Antitrust, Securities, RICO
- Aviation
- Real Estate
Education
- Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, Virginia, JD 1981
- Honors and Societies:
- magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
- Honors: Moot Court Board
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards for Contracts,
Corporations, Evidence
- Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, AB 1978
- Honors and Societies:
- University Cottage Club
- Varsity Fencing – Captain, First-Team All-American (Epee) 1977
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Past Positions
- Breed, Abbott & Morgan, NYC, Associate 1981-84
- Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter, NYC, Associate 1984-87
- Owen & Davis, NYC, Associate and Partner 1987-2002
- Norton Rose Fulbright USA (fka Fulbright & Jaworski), NYC, Partner 2002-2015
- Winslett, Studnicky, McCormick & Bomser, NYC, Partner 2015-2021
- United States Fencing Association, General Counsel (pro bono) 2012-2021
- Pretium Partners, NYC, Managing Director and Head of Commercial
Litigation Funding, 2021-2025
Bar Admissions
- New York State 1982
- US District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1983
- US Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1996
- United States Supreme Court 1997
Professional Honors and Associations
- Super Lawyers, NYC, Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation
2007-2010, 2013-2023 - International Trademark Association, Emerging Issues Committee 2006-2015,s
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York 1983-present
- New York State Bar Association 1983-present