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
