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Alyson M. Weiss
Partner and Chair, New York Litigation Department; Chair, Securities Litigation, Arbitration and Regulatory Enforcement Practice Group

Alyson Weiss focuses on commercial and securities litigation in federal and state courts throughout the country. Her representative clients include Fortune 500 companies, top accounting and brokerage firms, corporate officers and directors.

Her practice also includes arbitration proceedings before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the American Arbitration Association, as well as regulatory proceedings before state and federal agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ms. Weiss handles a broad array of issues ranging from compliance with the federal securities laws and fiduciary obligations to contracts, business torts, professional liability, indemnification of officers and directors, employment and intellectual property matters. Her practice covers all phases of complex litigation (including individual, class and derivative actions), from pleadings through trials and appeals.

Publications/Speeches

Speaker, SIFMA 2011 Compliance & Legal Society Annual Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona (March 20-23, 2011)
Speaker, SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division's 2010 Annual Seminar, National Harbor, Maryland (May 5-7, 2010)
Panelist, Arbitration II, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Legal & Compliance Division Annual Seminar, Orlando, Florida (March 30-April 2, 2008)
Panelist, Responding To Broker/Dealer Litigation & Regulatory Enforcement, New York, New York (May 21-22, 2007)
Lecturer, numerous continuing legal education seminars on various issues, including issues relating to securities litigation, electronic discovery and document retention

Affiliations

Member, Litigation Section, American Bar Association
Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member, Federal Bar Council
Member, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Compliance & Legal Division

Distinctions

Adjunct Professor, Pre-Trial Procedure, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Named "Best Lawyer" in Commercial Litigation, The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward White, Inc. (2012 edition)
Named "New York Super Lawyer" in Securities Litigation by Thomson Reuters (2006-2011)
Ms. Weiss assisted the Special Master appointed in In re Holocaust Victims’ Asset Litigation to develop and draft a plan of allocation and distribution for a $1.25-billion settlement funded by various Swiss banks. The plan was approved by Chief Judge Edward R. Korman of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, J.D., 1989, cum laude

Senior Editor, Law Review

Cornell University, B.S., 1986

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