Attorneys

Focuses on corporate and securities litigation, as well as corporate transactional work. After graduating Harvard College and Harvard Law School, Peretz gained eight years of experience as a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.  During his Skadden tenure Peretz was trained by the nation’s top-corporate litigators in the art of producing “upper margin” litigation work product.  He spent most of his time there defending class action lawsuits.  Peretz represents clients zealously and tirelessly, having repeatedly brought cases to unexpected positive resolution.  Peretz has also developed a niche, serving as general counsel to closely held companies.  He is management’s trusted “go to” advisor on the entities’ most delicate and complicated legal issues. He is a member of the New York State Bar, as well as the bars of the United States District Courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Phone: (212) 697-6484

Fax: (212) 697-7296

Areas of Practice:

Corporate Litigation

Securities Litigation

Corporate Transactional Work

Bar Admissions:

New York, 1986

U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990

U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990

Education:

Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985 J.D. 

Harvard University, 1982 A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Member 

Past Employment Positions:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Litigator, 1988 – 1996 

Birth Information:

October 3, 1960, Huntington, New York

Focuses on intellectual property law, including software patent and copyright issues; he is a licensed patent attorney. Chona graduated from Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, and Cardozo Law School. He is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars as well as the United States Patent & Trademark Bar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phone: (212) 697-6484

Fax: (212) 697-7296

Areas of Practice:

Patent

Trademark

Estate

General Practice

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1994

New York, 1996

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1995

Education:

Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York, 1991
J.D.
Honors: Recipient, Essay Contest
Honors: 2nd Prize Winner, National Jewish Law Students Network 

Cornell University, 1988
B.A. 

Birth Information:

December 29, 1963, New York, New York

Practices primarily in commercial litigation and employment law.  He is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and Rutgers University Law School. Neil is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars and heads our New Jersey office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Litigation

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey, 1995

New York, 1996

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1995

Education:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law – Newark, Newark, New Jersey, 1995
J.D.
Law Review: Rutgers Law Review, Editor 

Sarah Lawrence College, 1981
A.B. 

Birth Information:

February 17, 1959, Bronx, New York

UCLA School of Law graduate with several years of experience in handling complex commercial litigation, including plaintiff-side work for class actions.  He has an extraordinary ability to organize, distill, clarify and present even the most complex factual and legal issues to the court.  Shimon is admitted to practice in California and New York, including the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York.

Practices in the areas of insurance regulation, insurance dispute resolution, and bankruptcy.  His thirteen years of experience as a property/casualty actuary places him in a unique position to serve clients on matters involving complex financial issues. Noson is a graduate, Magna Cum Laude, of Brooklyn Law School and a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars.