New York, NY Lawyers

Medical Malpractice Law

40 Wall Street, 45th Floor, New York, NY 10005

Mr. Guzman is an accomplished trial lawyer who has obtained some of the highest verdicts in the nation on behalf of children who have suffered intellectual disability ($15 million) and Erb’s Palsy ($6.65 million) at or near the time of birth. For the last 5 years, Mr. Guzman has been selected as a New York Super Lawyer representing the top 5 percent of all lawyers in the metropolitan area. He has recently been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as one of the top 100 trial lawyers.

Civil Litigation

26 Broadway #1900, New York, NY 10004, USA

Area of Practice: Commercial Litigation Jeffrey M. Eilender is the co-managing partner of the firm and co-chair of the civil litigation group. His commercial litigation practice focuses on intra-corporate disputes and business separations, often when the future of the company or an owner’s net assets are at risk. These cases are usually hotly contested and, unfortunately, often involve adult siblings or heirs warring with each other over family businesses when the founder is no longer on the scene. Jeff has represented all of the players in a business divorce; the companies, majority owners, and dissenting or oppressed minority owners. He has also prosecuted and defended derivative actions. Many of his business divorce matters have resulted in groundbreaking court rulings that are often cited by other courts and are the subject of articles and blogs by other lawyers. Jeff also frequently writes and speaks on these issues. Moreover, the scope of Jeff’s practice extends beyond intra-corporate disputes. With nearly 30 years of litigation experience, Jeff helps clients resolve virtually any kind of business conflict. He litigates all manner of real estate, contract, intellectual property, trade secrets, employment, fraud, and other business tort cases. Jeff represents large public entities, family businesses, and high net-worth individuals and celebrities such as AXA, Verizon, Oath (formerly AOL), ALP, Inc. (the company founded by artist Peter Max that owns and commercializes all of his art), Judith Regan, Perez Hilton, the Chetrit real estate family, the Lighthouse Group, Albert Einstein Medical School, Canon, and Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. A master of procedure, Jeff is noted for devising innovative solutions that other lawyers often don’t think of, which is why clients turn to Jeff for their most significant business matters. Jeff regularly serves as lead counsel in trials and hearings in federal court, the commercial divisions of New York’s state courts, arbitral forums, and other venues around the nation, including in the Delaware Chancery Court. Jeff has chaired the New York State Judiciary Committee for the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He also served on the Commercial Division (New York County) Advisory Committee, which advises the Bar Association’s Commercial Division on its practices. A frequent lecturer at the New York State Bar’s Commercial Litigation Academy and a panelist on commercial litigation issues, Jeff regularly edits and writes the firm’s New York Commercial Division Blog and has contributed to Bloomberg BNA’s 2017 Supplement to Litigating the Business Divorce.

Corporate and Transactional Law

26 Broadway #1900, New York, NY 10004, USA

Area of Practice: Commercial Litigation Jeffrey M. Eilender is the co-managing partner of the firm and co-chair of the civil litigation group. His commercial litigation practice focuses on intra-corporate disputes and business separations, often when the future of the company or an owner’s net assets are at risk. These cases are usually hotly contested and, unfortunately, often involve adult siblings or heirs warring with each other over family businesses when the founder is no longer on the scene. Jeff has represented all of the players in a business divorce; the companies, majority owners, and dissenting or oppressed minority owners. He has also prosecuted and defended derivative actions. Many of his business divorce matters have resulted in groundbreaking court rulings that are often cited by other courts and are the subject of articles and blogs by other lawyers. Jeff also frequently writes and speaks on these issues. Moreover, the scope of Jeff’s practice extends beyond intra-corporate disputes. With nearly 30 years of litigation experience, Jeff helps clients resolve virtually any kind of business conflict. He litigates all manner of real estate, contract, intellectual property, trade secrets, employment, fraud, and other business tort cases. Jeff represents large public entities, family businesses, and high net-worth individuals and celebrities such as AXA, Verizon, Oath (formerly AOL), ALP, Inc. (the company founded by artist Peter Max that owns and commercializes all of his art), Judith Regan, Perez Hilton, the Chetrit real estate family, the Lighthouse Group, Albert Einstein Medical School, Canon, and Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. A master of procedure, Jeff is noted for devising innovative solutions that other lawyers often don’t think of, which is why clients turn to Jeff for their most significant business matters. Jeff regularly serves as lead counsel in trials and hearings in federal court, the commercial divisions of New York’s state courts, arbitral forums, and other venues around the nation, including in the Delaware Chancery Court. As Jonathan Etra, a Partner at Nelson Mullins describes him, “Jeff Eilender, is a litigation powerhouse unto himself.” Jeff has chaired the New York State Judiciary Committee for the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He also served on the Commercial Division (New York County) Advisory Committee, which advises the Bar Association’s Commercial Division on its practices. A frequent lecturer at the New York State Bar’s Commercial Litigation Academy and a panelist on commercial litigation issues, Jeff regularly edits and writes the firm’s New York Commercial Division Blog and has contributed to Bloomberg BNA’s 2017 Supplement to Litigating the Business Divorce.

Civil Litigation

450 7th Ave 38th floor, New York, NY 10123, USA

Following his graduation from Columbia University School of law in 1987, Mr. Abraham worked for one year as a corporate securities lawyer for a mid-size New York City law firm. Thereafter, Mr. Abraham joined what, at the time, was the largest firm with a concentration in plaintiffs’ securities litigation, a firm then known as Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach. After working at Milberg Weiss for several years, Mr. Abraham left to start the Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Abraham, which subsequently merged with and into Fruchter & Twersky, LLP, which thereafter changed its name to Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky, LLP. Mr. Abraham’s practice at Milberg Weiss focused on the prosecution of shareholder class actions on behalf of defrauded investors with the occasional representation of corporate clients in various litigation matters. Among the class actions which he was active in prosecuting during his tenure at Milberg Weiss were In Re Crazy Eddie Securities Litigation, 97 Civ. 87-0033 (E.D.N.Y.) in which a recovery in excess of $76 million was achieved for defrauded investors, and Axton Candy & Tobacco Co., Inc. v. Alert Holdings Inc., (Alert Holdings Income Limited Partnership Litigation), 92-Z 1191 (D. Colo.), in which a recovery of $60 million was achieved for defrauded investors. Mr. Abraham also successfully defended the appeal challenging the terms of that settlement before the Tenth Circuit. See Hillman v. Webley, 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 25702 (10th Cir. 1996). At AF&T, Mr. Abraham continues to focus on securities and shareholder litigation. During his tenure at the Firm, Mr. Abraham has served as lead counsel in many cases, including: In re Peregrine Securities Litigation, Civil No. 02cv870-J (S.D. Cal.) in which a settlement of approximately $117.5 million was achieved notwithstanding the company’s bankruptcy, the lack of insurance proceeds to contribute to the settlement, and the dissolution of the company’s auditors who shared liability. In another case, Mr. Abraham acted on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Asia Global Crossing in connection with In Re Global Crossing Securities Litigation, 02 CV 910 (S.D.N.Y.) in which a pro rata recovery was achieved for the Asia Global investors that far exceeded the pro rata recovery obtained by the other defrauded investors in Global Crossing securities. On another occasion, in a case arising under the short-swing insider trading provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Mr. Abraham assisted in achieving a cash recovery of $20 million (without the benefit of insurance coverage) which at the time was the largest known cash recovery under that statute. Judge John S. Martin, Jr., the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the presiding Judge in the action, complimented the Firm’s performance in the case in stating “the shareholders of Illinois Semiconductor Company received a $20,000,000.00 benefit as the sole result of the diligence and sagacity of Plaintiff’s counsel.” Steriner v. Williams; Levy v. Southbrook Int’l Investments, Ltd., 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7097, at * 20 (S.D.N.Y. May 31, 2001). Other cases in which Mr. Abraham has had a primary litigation role include: City Partnership Co. v. Jones Intercable, Inc., Civil Action No. 99-WM-1051 (D. Colo.), in which a recovery of $10 million was achieved on behalf of investors with respect to the sale of cable television systems and City Partnership Co. v. IR-TCI Partners V, L.P., Civil Action No. 99-RB-2122 (D. Colo.) in which $5 million was recovered on behalf of limited partners with respect to the sale of a cable television system to a business affiliate of the general partner. Mr. Abraham has successfully argued appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits.

Criminal Defense Law

225 5th Ave, Apt 3C, New York, NY 10010