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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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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.
Later appointed lead counsel and class certification was granted.
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
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employee of brokerage firm to
recover for libelous statement on
U-5.
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Insurance:
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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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