New York Securities Lawyers

Securities Law

810 7th Ave suite 620, New York, NY 10019, USA

Brandon has a broad background in securities fraud, corporate governance and other complex class action and commercial litigation on behalf of shareholders. He has represented public retirement systems, union pension funds, European investment managers, and other institutional and individual investors before federal, state, and appellate courts throughout the country.

Securities Law

800 Third Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Area of Practice: Financial Services Litigation Brian McGrath counsels companies on a wide range of complex commercial legal issues. The co-chair of the firm's Consumer Financial Services Practice Group, he has helped clients navigate litigation involving financial services, intellectual property, antitrust, and white collar criminal investigations throughout his career. An outside-of-the-box thinker, Brian partners with his clients to provide them with simple, tailored solutions for their legal problems. In recent years, Brian has leveraged his broad experience to focus on serving clients in the financial services industry. He works with a number of financial institutions—including mortgage loan servicers—regarding lender liability and consumer protection statues. He also handles complaints concerning the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), as well as regulatory issues involving Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement actions. Brian began his career with a prominent international law firm, representing clients in high-stakes commercial litigation matters in a variety of business sectors. In addition to handling landmark biotechnology patent litigation, Brian defended the interests of professional athletes in sports labor law matters involving the NFL and NBA Player's Associations. He also previously served as a Special Assistant District Attorney in the Kings County District Attorney's Office. Before joining Hinshaw, Brian bolstered his financial services industry knowledge and litigation experience in the New York office of a New Orleans-based firm. In addition to championing the diversity and inclusion efforts at his former firm, Brian was the Managing Partner for the New York office.

Securities Law

233 Broadway, 2020, New York, NY 10279

David is a Partner and leads the firm’s New York Office. His practice for the past 25 years has concentrated on litigation and arbitration matters for the securities industry. He has represented broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, and investment banking firms, and their principals and representatives in a broad variety of matters nationwide, including disputes alleging unsuitability, unauthorized trading, fraud, market manipulation, blue-sky violations, as well as a wide variety of employment matters, including litigation and arbitration over allegations of gender, race, and age discrimination and compensation and “raiding” cases. David represents clients in regulatory matters before the SEC, FINRA and state regulators. David also frequently represents clients in the state and federal trial and appellate courts in commercial disputes, including employment, real estate and trusts and estates matters. David has served as a FINRA Industry Arbitrator and a New York City Civil Court Arbitrator. David is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New York, as well as the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. David was previously a Partner in the Litigation Department of Blank Rome, where he had also been Associate. Prior to that, David had been an Associate at Skadden Arps. David received his law degree from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in 1985.

Securities Law

551 5th Ave 21st floor, New York, NY 10176, USA

Douglas Hirsch is a founding member and co-head of Sadis & Goldberg’s litigation department and has over 30 years of trial and appellate experience. Doug has successfully represented clients in complex securities and business litigation, including class action and derivative cases. Doug advises, litigates and arbitrates primarily for clients in the financial services and real estate industries, and therefore, has extensive experience in the areas of hedge fund, venture capital fund and private equity fund litigation, investment and securities fraud, business and partnership disputes, business divorce and dissolution, corporate governance, cross border insolvency litigation, fraudulent transfer and claw back claims, and real estate litigation. Doug started his career at Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith and then worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel before becoming one of the founding members of Sadis & Goldberg in 1996. Doug received his J.D. in 1990 from Hofstra University School of law, where he was a member of the law review. He received his B.A. degree in 1987 from Union College. He is a member of the New York bar and has been admitted to the First, Second and D.C. Circuits and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Securities Law

390 N. Broadway, 140, Jericho, NY 11753

Eric J. Benzenberg was listed as an attorney with The Basile Law Firm P.C. in Jericho, New York, in a federal court opinion dated November 5, 2024. The opinion named him among counsel for Gaucho Group Holdings, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. That litigation concerned a convertible debt financing transaction between Gaucho and 3i. The court described a $5.62 million deal executed in February 2023 through a securities purchase agreement, a securities and pledge agreement, and a senior secured convertible note. Gaucho sought to rescind the transaction, while the defendants asserted counterclaims that included breach of contract and unjust enrichment. An earlier appellate decision also records Benzenberg’s work with the firm. In September 2022, New York’s Appellate Division, Fourth Department, identified him as counsel with Basile for the plaintiffs-appellants in AH Wines, Inc. v C6 Capital Funding LLC. A firm publication updated in October 2023 described him as a partner whose practice encompassed corporate restructuring, complex commercial litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. At the firm level, Basile’s services page describes business advice to companies, boards, management, owners, and professionals concerning growth, business development, investors, creditors, and acquisitions. Its transactional offering includes contracts involving distributors and manufacturers, employment agreements, financing documents, and mergers or acquisitions. The firm offers transactional services both independently and through arrangements establishing a set fee for recurring work.

Securities Law

1251 Avenue of the Americas, C/O DLA Piper, New York, NY 10036

Area of Practice: Securities and Commercial Litigation Commercial Litigation Corporate and Securities Litigation Financial Services Securities Enforcement and Regulation Fintech, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Lender Liability Independent Investigations Financial Services Litigation Israel Dahan focuses on high-stakes litigation matters. For over 20 years, Israel has represented public and private companies, financial institutions, corporate executives and other individuals involved in state and federal shareholder securities class actions and derivative actions, as well as in complex commercial litigation matters. He has extensive experience litigating cases involving the federal securities laws, the fiduciary obligations of corporate directors, fraud, RICO, tortious conduct and breach of contract.

Securities Law

233 Broadway suite 2020, New York, NY 10279, USA

JOHN D. STEWART [email protected] Download John's vCard John is a Senior Associate in the firm's New York office. John joined the firm in 2015. He specializes in litigation and arbitration, concentrating in the areas of business and commercial litigation; employment and securities law, including CRD expungement arbitrations; and criminal defense. John has successfully represented clients in Federal Court, State Court and in AAA and FINRA arbitrations. Before joining Baritz & Colman LLP, John was an active duty Officer in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he served as a military prosecutor and defense attorney in Colorado, Korea and Afghanistan, earning a Bronze Star and two Army Commendation Medals. He is currently a Major in the United States Army Reserve where he serves as a Brigade Judge Advocate for a medical unit in Massachusetts. As a Judge Advocate, John has appeared before more than 30 courts-martial and negotiated dozens of pre-trial agreements on behalf of the government as well as individual clients. Prior to his military service, John was an Associate at a prominent large law firm in Manhattan where he concentrated his practice on bankruptcy litigation and transactional lending work. John also does pro bono work on behalf of veterans in the New York area. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Tufts University in 1995, a Master of Social Work from New York University in 1998 and his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Fordham Law School in 2007. John is admitted to the New York State Bar and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York.

Securities Law

12 E. 49th Street, 11th flooor, NY, NY 10017

Jolie G. Kahn is listed as of counsel at Warshaw Burstein LLP in New York, with Corporate and Securities identified as her practice.

Securities Law

295 Madison Ave, 705, New York, NY 10017

Jonathan Kurta is a Founding Partner of Kurta Law, a national law firm representing investors who have suffered financial losses as a result of stockbroker fraud. Mr. Kurta has extensive experience litigating investor disputes before Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration panels. He and the Kurta Law team have handled over 4,000 FINRA arbitrations and recovered $750+ million for clients all over the U.S. and overseas. These cases often involve stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, private placements, real estate investment trusts (REITS), structured products, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Before founding Kurta Law, Jonathan Kurta worked at a large national law firm where he worked on high-profile disputes. Mr. Kurta spent his early career representing large and medium-sized brokerage firms throughout the country—an experience that makes him particularly effective when he represents investors who have been defrauded by those very same companies. Mr. Kurta understands that for most investors, their investment portfolios represent years of hard work and sacrifice. Kurta Law works with every type of investor—empty-nesters, experienced investors, farmers, doctors, and entrepreneurs. He started his law firm to protect hardworking individuals from fraudulent brokers and greedy brokerage firms. Jonathan Kurta has devoted himself to improving the securities industry for investors. To support this mission, he became a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA). PIABA promotes investor education and the enforcement of securities industry rules and regulations. Mr. Kurta served on the Board of Directors for PIABA for several years and continues in a leadership role in the organization. Throughout his career, Mr. Kurta has lectured on various issues involving securities arbitration and violations of securities laws. He is an Associate Professor at New York Law School where he teaches a class on securities litigation. When he is not fighting to recover money that has fallen into the wrong hands, Mr. Kurta enjoys spending time with his wife and three children at home on Long Island. Mr. Kurta is, unfortunately, an avid Jets fan. Mr. Kurta is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey and Illinois, as well as before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Sixth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Securities Law

205 Hudson St 7th floor, New York, NY 10013, USA

Lee Squitieri is a partner of Squitieri & Fearon, LLP. Mr. Squitieri represents stockholders, consumers and pension plan participants in complex class actions and individual lawsuits throughout the United States. His primary practice involves pursuing class actions on behalf of investors and retirement plans. He has received an “AV” rating by Martindale Hubbell, indicating the highest level of professional excellence and was named a “Super Lawyer” for the New York Metro area in 2010. Mr. Squitieri has successfully litigated class actions in the antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, ERISA, consumer and labor areas of practice. Mr. Squitieri has also successfully prosecuted private and class action securities fraud and other types of claims on behalf of large investors. Mr Squitieri has obtained significant recoveries for diverse clients such as an improperly terminated attorney at a large prominent law firm; a wrongfully terminated executive of a Fortune 500 company alleging race discrimination whose case Mr. Squitieri tried to a jury for five days before a settlement was reached and has defended through trial and jury verdict a former CEO of a multi-national food retailer, wholesaler, manufacturer and distributor against charges of self-dealing, mismanagement and bad faith. Currently, Mr. Squitieri is currently court appointed lead counsel in such major matters, among others, as an antitrust class action suit against Live Nation alleging monopolization of the concert promotion business; a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit against CA, Inc.’s former officers and directors for breach of their duties; an ERISA suit against the fiduciaries of AIG’s various pension plans for losses of hundreds of millions of dollars of pension assets. Mr. Squitieri is also representing institutional investors against Royal Bank of Canada in a fraud and fiduciary breach action arising out of the Canadian Norsheild investment scandal in 2005 and private investors in a fraud and fiduciary breach action against a notorious Madoff “feeder” fund. Since he began practicing law, Mr. Squitieri has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for the people he has represented, in many class actions and individual lawsuits.

Securities Law

58 S Service Rd, 200, Melville, NY 11747

Mario Alba is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Melville office. He is a member of the Firm’s Institutional Outreach Team, which provides advice to the Firm’s institutional clients, including numerous public pension systems and Taft-Hartley funds throughout the United States, and consults with them on issues relating to corporate fraud in the U.S. securities markets, as well as corporate governance issues and shareholder litigation. Some of Mario’s institutional clients are currently involved in securities cases involving: Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.; Reckitt Benckiser Group plc; Livent Corporation; Ryanair Holdings plc; Southwest Airlines Co.; Impax Laboratories Inc.; Super Micro Computer, Inc.; Skechers USA, Inc.; and XPO Logistics, Inc. Mario’s institutional clients are also involved in other types of class actions, namely: In re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, In re Epipen (Epinephrine Injection, USP) Marketing, Sales Practices and Antitrust Litigation, Forth v. Walgreen Co., and In re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation.

Securities Law

230 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10169

Robert N. Cappucci is a partner in the Firm’s Securities Litigation Department. His practice is concentrated on the representation of institutional investors in complex securities matters. Mr. Cappucci has served as lead counsel in many prominent securities, derivative and corporate transaction-related cases, representing investment advisory firms, hedge funds, public pension systems and other sophisticated institutions. In recent years, he has been instrumental in securing more than $5 billion on behalf of such clients.

Securities Law

1285 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, USA

Area of Practice: Securities Litigation A partner and co-chair of the Litigation Department, Ted Wells has extensive experience in white-collar defense and complex civil and corporate litigation, including SEC investigations, healthcare fraud, FCPA, AML and OFAC investigations, high-profile environmental matters and complex class action litigation. For more than three decades, prominent business figures and politicians, and leading companies in a range of industries have entrusted their gravest legal challenges to him. In particular, Ted is among the nation’s best-regarded trial lawyers, having tried numerous multibillion-dollar cases before judges and juries. Clients have recognized Ted as “dean of the bar” and "a superior strategist with unmatched trial experience and judgment” adding that “he commands respect in every venue in which he appears" and “has the ability to command a room, whether in a court, board or meeting room.”