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Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP

Litigation: General Commercial

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Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP

About

Provided by Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP

Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP’s Litigation Department stands out for its depth of experience and strategic insight across a wide range of industries and fields. Under the leadership of Jonathan B. Nelson and Mark C. Zauderer, the litigation team is comprised of seasoned litigators, including former prosecutors, in-house counsels, and retired judges. The firm frequently acts as trial or appellate counsel in some of the country’s largest and most complex litigation.

Our clients include major corporations and institutions and prominent individuals in significant business, financial, and commercial litigation in state and federal courts, arbitrations, and mediations. Areas of concentration include contracts, business torts, securities, real estate, legal and professional malpractice, shareholder rights, limited partnerships, defamation, and fiduciary relationships in business, law firm, and estate matters.

Reflecting our extraordinary depth of experience and knowledge, prominent law firms frequently look to us to assist them as co-counsel in complex disputes. Both in-state and out-of-state law firms regularly rely on us to represent their clients who are litigating substantial matters in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court and other courts.

What sets us apart from other firms is a level of personal attention and responsiveness that most others cannot match.

Key Contacts are Jonathan B. Nelson and Mark C. Zauderer.

Clients (9)

  • Global Law Firms
  • High profile individuals
  • National and international companies/businesses
  • Investors
  • Developers
  • Partners/shareholders
  • Fortune 500 Companies
  • Not-For-Profits
  • Public entities

Industries (12)

  • Corporate
  • Real Estate
  • Intellectual Property
  • Finance and banking
  • Labor and employment
  • Antitrust and securities class actions
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • Partner/shareholder disputes
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • SEC investigations
  • Tax
  • Consumer goods

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What the Team is Known For

Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP is renowned for the depth of its commercial litigation practice. The firm is recognized as a go-to law firm for major corporations and prominent individuals facing complex business, financial and commercial litigation in state and federal courts.

Notable practitioners

Jonathan B. Nelson and Mark C. Zauderer are key contacts.

Members

Provided by Dorf Nelson & Zauderer LLP

  • Jonathan B. Nelson

    Head of Department

  • Mark C. Zauderer

    Head of Department

  • Ira Matetsky

  • Jason Cohen

  • Grant Shehigian

  • Hon. O. Peter Sherwood

  • Jessica Kastner

  • Ryan Kaupelis

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