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New York
270 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016
FRED TAYLOR ISQUITH: admitted: New York; District of Columbia; Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Eighth Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, District of Arizona, District of Colorado, Central District of Illinois, Western District of Michigan and District of Nebraska.
Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1968); Columbia University (J.D., 1971).
Author, "Post Arbitration Remedies," for an Introduction to Securities Arbitration (NYSBA, 1994); "A Plaintiff's Lawyer Examines Limited Partnership Roll-ups for Real Estate Exit Strategies" (American Conference Institute, 1994); Federal Civil Practice Supplement, "Representative Actions," (NYSBA, 2000). "A Scalpel in Your Hand: Litigation as a Tool" (2002, SRI); "Anatomy of a Deposition . . . Complex Financial Case" (2002, NYC Bar); "The Seven Year Itch" (2003); "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Tort Reform" (2004, SRI); "Ethics Going Astray By Small Steps" (2004); "A Flexible Approach to Loss Causation" (2005); "An SEC Monopoly Will Not Work" (Institutional Investors Services, 2007); Columnist for weekly column From the Courts, for The Class Act, National Association of Securities and Class Action Attorneys.
Lecturer, Panelist with the Antitrust Committee of the New York City Bar Association Regarding Private Equity Transactions and the Implications of the Supreme Court's Recent Decisions (2008); Developments in Class Actions; (NYSBA, 2007); IPO Tie In/Claims Seminar, Professional Liability Underwriter Society; Securities Arbitration New York State Bar Association; Real Estate Exit Strategies, American Conference Institute; Fundamental Strategies in Securities Litigation (NYSBA, CLE Program). He is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and with the Civil Court of the City of New York and a mediator for the ADR Program of the Supreme Court, County of New York; Complex Litigation Panel.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Federal Courts; Committee on Antitrust); New York County Lawyers' Association (Former Chair: Business Tort/Consumer Fraud- Tort Law Section); Brooklyn (Member: Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules, 1983 - ; Committees on Legislation and Federal Courts, 1984 - ), New York State (Member: Committee on Legislation, Trial Lawyers Section, 1981 - ); Committee on Securities, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, 1989 - ); Committee on Evidence (2007 - ); and American (Member: Sections on: Litigation; International Law; Individual Rights and Responsibilities); Bar Associations; the District of Columbia Bar; Legislation and Civil Practice Law and Rules Committee of the Brooklyn Bar Association; Vice President of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy; Appointed to the President's Committee on Access to Justice for the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Isquith has been Chairman of the Business Tort/Consumer Fraud Committee of the Tort Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and is a member of that Association's Committees on Securities Law and Legislation. He also serves as a judge for the Moot Court Competition of Columbia University Law School and has served on Fordham University's National Competition. Mr. Isquith served as President of the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys in 2003 and 2004. He is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and other national publications. The April 1987 issue of Venture magazine listed Mr. Isquith as among the nation's top securities class action attorneys. In 2006 and 2007, Mr. Isquith was selected as among the top 5% of attorneys in the New York City metropolitan area chosen to be included in the Super Lawyers Magazine. He was also selected by Lawdragon in its list of attorneys.
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Practice Areas
Antitrust
Class Action Litigation
Securities Litigation
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