Structured Finance and Securities Expert Witness | New York

Expert Qualifications

This expert specializes in structured finance, derivatives, securities and finance matters. His experience includes cash, synthetic and hybrid collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), asset-backed securities (ABS) of various types, structured investment vehicles (SIVs), collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), credit default swaps (CDS), interest rate swaps, credit-linked notes (CLNs), repurchase ("repo") agreements and securities fraud. As a transactional attorney he has been an Associate, Special Counsel or Partner at several of the leading transactional law firms in the United States, including Shearman & Sterling; Mayer, Brown & Platt; and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. As an expert witness and/or consultant, he has worked with many of the leading litigation firms, and leading litigation departments of full-service firms, in the country, including Berger Montague; Chapman and Cutler; Kirby McInerney; Labaton Sucharow; Patterson Belknap; Robbins Geller; Scott + Scott; and Williams & Connolly.

Bio Snapshot

Location: New York

BA, University of Michigan (Phi Beta Kappa)

JD, University of Michigan (Michigan Law Review)

25+ Publications

35+ Testifying and consulting expert assignments

Former, Associate, Sherman & Sterling

Former, VP and Assistant General Counsel, Thomson Mckinnon Securities Inc.

Former, VP/Director, J.D. Mattus Company

Former, VP and Assistant General Counsel, Chemical Bank

Former, Partner, Williams & Harris LLP

Former, Counsel, Brown & Wood LLP

Former, Counsel, Mayer, Brown & Platt

Former, Special Counsel, Schulte Roth & Zebl LLP

Former, Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Former Salaried Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Former, Of Counsel, Salon Marrow Dyckman Newman & Broudy

Current, Structured Finance, Securities and Derivatives Testifying and Consulting Expert

Current, Active Attorney

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