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About
Leslie Trager, Esq.
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Memberships
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Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)
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Association of Bar City of New York
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Recent Articles
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Leading Cases
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Securities:
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Levitt
v Bear Stearns, 340 F. 3d 94
(2nd
Cir. 2003) Upheld class action against Bear Stearns for participatinng
as a clearing firm in a fraudulent scheme with Sterling Foster, a now
defunct brokerage.
J.P. Morgan
Securities. Recovered on behalf
of
an investor $1.4 million against J.P. Morgan in an NASD arbitration for
making unsuitable recommendations.
Mulder
v. Donaldson
Lufkin & Jenrette ,
208 A.D.2d 301, 623 N.Y.S.2d 560 (1st
Dept. 1995); 224 A.D.2d 125, 648 N.Y.S.2d 535 (1st Dept. 1996) - right
of employee to recover for being fired for reporting wrongdoing and
right to recover punitive damages in arbitration in New York.
Glennon v.
Phelps & Co ., NASD
arbitration - right of employee of brokerage firm to recover for
libelous statement on U-5.
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CPH International v.
Phoenix Assurance and British Airways
, 1994 U.S. Dist. Lexis
7751 (S.D.N.Y.) - recovery on all risk policy for 13 separate air
shipments of goods.
Ayuob v.
American Guaranty , 605
F.Supp.
713. Represented insurer on policy covering goods located in Liberia.
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Commercial
Litigation:
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George
Haug Co. v. Rolls Royce Motor Co.
, 148 F.3d 136 (2d Cir.
1998) - upheld Robinson-Patman antitrust claim.
McSpedon v.
North Star Electrical Contracting
, 174 A.D.2d 373, 571 N.Y.S.2d 6 - recovered $2.5 million judgment for
value of shareholders' shares after dissolution.
Fulfillment Solutions
Advantage, Inc. v
Novis, Supreme Court, Nassau
Co., 2004. Judgment piercing
corporate veil for over $500,000.
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Background
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Harvard Law School
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Assistant Chief Counsel, New York State Commission of
Investigation
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Deputy Assistant in office of New York State Attorney
General for Health & Social Services
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Former Adjunct Professor of Law, St. Johns Law School,
teaching NY Civil Practice.
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Admitted to US Supreme Court, Federal 2nd Circuit Court of
Appeals, Federal District Court - Southern and Eastern District of New
York, and New York State Courts.
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Private practice since 1981.
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