Partner
Practice Areas:
Corporate Law; Complex Litigation; Commercial Law; Securities Litigation; Arbitration;
Securities Transactions; Exempt Placements; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment.
Admitted:
1983, Massachusetts; 1984, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York;
1986, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of
Massachusetts; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit;
1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School:
Syracuse University, J.D., 1983.
College:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A., cum laude, 1979; Syracuse University, M.B.A.,
1983.
Member:
Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Biography:
Author: "Civil Remedies Under RICO," Rico: Civil and Criminal, Law Journal Seminars Press,
1984; "Winning Arbitration Strategies: The Perspective of a Chairman in Massachusetts," in
Robbins, D., Vol. 1, Securities Arbitration - 1996, pp. 529-61, Practicing Law Institute,
1996. Staff Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1984-1986. Special Assistant
U.S. Attorney, Frauds Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for District of New Jersey,
1986-1991. Arbitrator: National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 1989—; American
Arbitration Association (AAA), 1995-1996.
Reported Cases:
Paine Webber, Inc. v. Elahi, et al., 87 F.3d 589 (1st Cir. 1996); McNichols v.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 13 F.3d 432 (1st Cir. 1993), cert. denied, — U.S.—
(1994); United States v. Cannistraro, 694 F. Supp. 62 (D.N.J. 1988) aff'd in part and
vacated in part, 871 F.2d 1210 (3d Cir. 1989); United States v. Zolp, 659 F. Supp. 692
(D.N.J. 1987); SEC v. Tome et al., 638 F. Supp. 596, 629 & 638 (S.N.Y. 1986), aff'd, 833
F.2d 1086 (2d Cir. 1987), cert. denied, — U.S.— (1988).
Special Agencies:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.; New York Stock Exchange; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination.
Transactions:
Representation of hedge funds and securities broker-dealers; representation of Internet
clients in merger with subsidiary of major Japanese conglomerate; representation of certain
company founders in a division spin-off by a major hardware company, with financing
provided by venture capital; representation of a hedge fund limited partnership, focusing
its investments in the financial and banking industry and handling the partnership's
securities and blue sky requirements in various jurisdictions; private placements and
mezzanine financing of various clients, including bio-tech and high-tech companies;
representation of clients in asset purchases and corporate acquisitions.
Born:
Boston, Massachusetts, October 15, 1958.
