Honors/Associations

•	The Board of Advisors of the Yale Law School Center for the Study of Corporate Law, 2008 - Present
•	Fellow, American Bar Foundation (1998- )
•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Federal Courts Committee (1992-1995)
•	American Bar Association
•	Director and Vice President, Association of the Bar of the City of New York Fund, Inc. (2009-present)
•	New York State Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee (1986-1988)
•	Legal Aid Society, Executive Committee (1992-1998)
•	Legal Aid Society, Vice President (1993-1996)
•	Legal Aid Society, Director (1986-1998)
•	Legal Aid Society, President (1996-1998)
•	Volunteers of Legal Services (VOLS) Director, (2000-2011)
•	Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2003-2011)
•	International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Corporate Governance (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
•	Lawdragon 500: Selected as one of 500 leading lawyers in America (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
•	International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Commercial Litigation (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
•	Lawdragon 500: Selected as one of 500 Leading Litigators (2006)
•	Woodward White, Inc, Best Lawyers in America, selected for: Bet-the-Company Litigation (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
•	Woodward White, Inc, Best Lawyers in America, selected for: Commercial Litigation (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
•	IFLR, Guide to the World’s Leading Corporate Governance Lawyers (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)

Publications

•	As DOJ Confronts Setbacks in Litigated FCPA Cases, The Government’s Overall FCPA Enforcement Program Faces Increasing Scrutiny
•	As Judicial Scrutiny of the SEC’s Settlement Practices Mounts, the SEC Adopts a Limited Change to Its ‘Neither Admit Nor Deny’ Policy
•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	Second Circuit Affirms Madoff Trustee’s Use of “Net Investment Method” to Calculate Net Equity Under SIPA
•	The Supreme Court Limits Rule 10b-5 Liability to Person or Entity Making Alleged Misstatement
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Loss Causation Requirement at Class Certification Stage
•	SEC Announces Final Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
•	The Supreme Court Holds that Reformation of ERISA Plan Terms Due to False or Misleading Plan Summaries Does Not Strictly Require a Showing of Detrimental Reliance
•	Shedding More Light on Its Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Deferred Prosecution Agreement
•	Last Week’s FCPA Decision In The Government’s Favor Is A Limited Setback For Subjects Of Federal Corruption Inquiries
•	The Supreme Court Considers Loss Causation at Time of Class Certification
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Renault’s Mea Culpa This Week: A Reminder Of What Can Happen When A Company Investigating A Whistleblower Claim Is Misled
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Shedding Light on Its New Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Non-Prosecution Agreement with a Public Company
•	In Vacating the Conviction of Network Associates' Former CFO, the Ninth Circuit Reminds Prosecutors That Accounting Fraud Prosecutions Carry A High Evidentiary Burden
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Liability of Investment Advisers in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Examines Requirements for ERISA Plan Beneficiaries to Recover Additional Benefits Based on Inconsistency Between the Plan’s Summary Plan Description and the Plan Itself
•	The Sweeping Whistleblower Provisions Tucked Inside Dodd-Frank: Why And How Companies Should Prepare For a New Era of Corporate Whistleblowing
•	The Supreme Court Affirms the Constitutional Validity of the PCAOB; Strikes Down “Double For-Cause” Removal Provisions as Unconstitutional
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	The Supreme Court Holds That The “Honest-Services” Fraud Statute Covers Only Bribery and Kickback Schemes
•	The Supreme Court Rejects “Inquiry Notice” as Trigger to Start Running the Statute of Limitations in Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Supreme Court Requires Deference to Plan Administrator’s Interpretation of ERISA Plan Notwithstanding Administrator’s Prior Invalid Interpretation
•	The Supreme Court Adopts the Gartenberg Standard to Determine Whether an Investment Adviser Breached its Fiduciary Duty in Approving Fees
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the United States Securities Laws in “Foreign-Cubed” Cases
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Standards Governing the Interpretation of ERISA Plans
•	SEC Announces Significant New Initiatives to Encourage Cooperation in Investigations and Enforcement Actions
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
•	The Supreme Court Considers the ‘Inquiry Notice’ Standard in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Heightened Pleading Standard of Twombly Applies to All Federal Civil Claims
•	Supreme Court Finds that ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual 401(k) Plan Participant’s Account
•	The Supreme Court Rejects "Scheme" Liability For Secondary Actors In The Absence Of Actual Reliance On The Deceptive Conduct Or A Separate Duty To Speak
•	Supreme Court Considers Whether ERISA Fiduciaries May Be Liable for Damages to an Individual Participant’s Account
•	Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Expanding Securities Fraud Liability to Secondary Actors Based on Allegedly Fraudulent, Arm's Length Business Transactions
•	Supreme Court Adopts Heightened Standard for Pleading Scienter in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Second Edition) (West 2005). Chapter 72, "Merger & Acquisition Litigation."
•	"Getting and Spending," play produced, Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, August 1998 and Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway, October 1998.
•	"Matter of Honor," play produced at Pasadena Playhouse, September 2007
•	Standing Still on the Level Playing Field: The Use of Standstill Agreements During an Auction, 1 M&A Law Reporter 738, 1988
•	The Wholesome Madness of an Hour: An Ironic Reading of Tennyson's Idyllis of the King, 1 Victorian Institute Journal, 1975
•	Politics and the Uses of Language in Shakespeare's English History Plays, Doctoral Dissertation, 1976
•	Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter (Editorial Board), American Bar Association, 1988-present
•	Frequent lecturer on securities litigation and federal civil practice
•	Testing the Sufficiency of Claims Bought Under Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act in the Post-Reform Act Era
•	Delaware Chancery Court Orders Specific Performance of Merger Agreement: An Analysis of the IBP-Tyson Litigation (August 2001)
•	SEC Rule 10b5-1 and Insider Trading Liability
•	New SEC Rules on Selective Disclosure and Insider Trading

Admissions

•	New York 1980
•	U.S. Supreme Court 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit 1986
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit 2001
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit 2002
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit 1988
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1981
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1983
•	U.S. Court of Federal Claims 1988
•	U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Clerkships

•	Hon. Amalya Kearse, Second Circuit, 1980-1981; Hon. Milton Pollack, Southern District of New York, 1979-1980

Education

•	Yale Law School, 1979 J.D.
•	New York University, 1976 PhD.
•	Fordham University, 1970 B.A. cum laude