Position: Member

TEL: 212-632-5500

FAX: 212-632-5555

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Website: www.salans.com

Admitted: 1986, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Law School: Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1985

College: Swarthmore College, B.A., cum laude, 1981

Birth Date and Place: New Rochelle, New York, March 23, 1959

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Secured Transactions; Banking Law

Additional Information: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Business Law); New York County Lawyers Association (Member: Committee on Appellate Courts, 1993-2001; Special Masters Committee, 1996-2002). Biography: Member, Moot Court Board. Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1984-1985. Author: "The Constitution, Interest Groups, and the Requirement of Uniformity," 74 Nebr. L. Rev. 91 (1995); "Citizens Bank v. Strumpf: Implications for Banks, Governmental Units, and Other Creditors," 113 The Banking Law Journal 382 (April 1996); "Negligence Claims and New York's Workers' Compensation Law," New York Law Journal (Sept. 1, 1996) at p.1, col.1; "Mass Torts and Bankruptcy," Declarations: The Journal of the Excess/Surplus Lines Claims Association (Winter 1995-1996); "Business Reorganizations Under Proposed S.540," Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 265 (March/April 1994); "Too Few Judges or Too Many Appeals?" New York Law Journal (July 16, 1993). Faculty Member: National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Northeast Regional Program, 1996—); National Institute for Trial Advocacy/New York County Lawyers Association "Trial Academy" Program, 1994-1998. Member: Special Master Panel, Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, 1996—; NYC Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association, 1996-2001. Languages: Spanish