Wellsville, New York, United States
I am a former law professor & clerked in the SDNY for the Hon. Kevin Nathaniel Fox. My degrees include: LL.M. in Corporate, Banking & Finance Law (cum laude - 90th+ percentile) from Fordham; JD (magna cum laude - 85th percentile) from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law; & BA from the College of Wooster (dept honors). As a law student, I co-authored & edited Respondent's merits brief in the US Supreme Court matter of City of Cuyahoga Falls v. Buckeye Community Hope Found. & an amicus brief in the copyright matter Eldred v. Ashcroft. As a practitioner, I was involved in two SCOTUS cases recently -- Stone v. Bear Stearns (arbitration) & Campbell-Postingle v. Kovacic (4th Am). I have authored published articles analyzing various business law issues & served as a member of the Public Investor Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) Bar Journal Board of Editors & co-editor of the New York State Bar Assoc. Securities Litigation and Arbitration website. I am a former editor-in-chief of a specialty law journal & a nationally-ranked law school newspaper. My scholarly work includes textbook chapters, law review articles, columns & legal blogs, some of which have been cited by such notables as former SEC Enforcement Director Linda Chatman-Thomsen, Chilean Ministry of Finance, Greek Nat'l Bank, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College & RAND Institute in its seminal Broker-Dealer and Investment Adviser regulation report commissioned by the SEC. My writing was also cited recently by the SEC & a US District Court. I have commented frequently about a host of business law topics for various media outlets, including ABC News, CNN, Dow Jones Newswire, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, Law 360 & Wall Street Journal. I am a former supervising attorney for John Jay Legal Services, a faculty advisor & coach of Pace Law's Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon Team (2011 Natl Champs), a frequent blogger w/a co-authored article “The Make Believe of Janus,” named among the “Best of NYSBA” for 2011.
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Taught securities law at the nation’s first pro bono law school securities arbitration clinic; Oversee all clinical functions; Supervised students in all aspects of representation of investors in FINRA securities arbitration, mediation and negotiation, factual and legal research, persuasive and scholarly writing, internal memos, interviewing clients, investigation and discovery techniques, strategic case planning; Facilitated development of clinic social media (Facebook, blog, etc.); Developed and implemented investor education programming; Createed and selected teaching materials; Managed clinical docket; Participated in colloquia and conferences; Interacted frequently with FINRA staff; Advanced public policy positions via regulatory comment
Assisted Director with the administration and teaching of the nation’s first pro bono law school securities arbitration clinic; Supervised students in all aspects of representation of investors in FINRA securities arbitration, mediation and negotiation, factual and legal research, persuasive and scholarly writing, office memos, interviewing clients, strategic planning; Facilitated development of clinical programs; Managed national distribution of FINRA investor education publication
• Provided legal research, analysis and writing for a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of New York • Prepared monthly reports for court and federal Administrative Office records; Liaison between court and bar as deputy • Selected, supervised, and evaluated student interns; Managed court’s calendar, caseload, courtroom, and chambers library