LAW PRACTICE PROFILE
My practice focuses on international commercial disputes, in particular cases related to Russia and other countries of the former USSR.
My experience as a U.S. litigator (1987-90, 2000-present), and as a transactional lawyer in Russia (1990-2000) and Kazakhstan (1994-98), enables me to handle the special aspects of cross-border litigation and arbitration, including international procedure, foreign law, foreign documents, and choosing and working with foreign counsel, expert witnesses, and interpreters.
I launched my independent New York-based practice in 2009 and endeavor to provide the same quality service that brought success to my previous independent law firm venture, which started in Moscow in 1993.
RECENT CASES
- Defending a legal malpractice action arising out of Russian securities transactions
- Opposing a life insurance claim by beneficiaries of an alleged decedent in Russia
- Asserting a customer's claims against a leading U.S. brokerage over transactions in South America
- Defending foreign banks against U.S. jurisdiction over international funds transfers
- Representing the heirs of a Soviet World War II photographer in U.S. litigation and transactions
- Bringing an Israeli medical organization's fraud claims against its U.S. fundraiser
- Pursuing a generic drug manufacturer's antitrust claims against a competitor
- Defending a developer in a construction arbitration
- Representing an individual before the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations
LANGUAGES
Russian and Hebrew (fluent), German (working knowledge), English (native)EDUCATION
Cornell Law School, J.D. (Editor-in-Chief, Cornell International Law Journal, 1984-85)Cornell University, A.B.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.A., Political Science (Soviet studies)
JUDICIAL CLERKSHIPS
Israel Supreme Court (Judges Aharon Barak and Eliezer Goldberg)U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (Judge Albert Engel)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York (Chief Judge Howard G. Munson)