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Alan Lewis

Alan Lewis

Partner
Member, Hiring Committee

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
lewis@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8647
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Litigation, Internal Investigations and White-Collar Defense

Practice Description

Litigation, Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Defense, Criminal and Civil Appeals

Education

  • B.A., 1982 University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude)
  • J.D., 1986 New York University School of Law

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York 
  • New York
  • Massachusetts

Affiliations

  • New York State Bar Association
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (member, State Courts Committee (2008-present))
  • New York Council of Defense Lawyers

Publications Available on this website...

"Tyco: Can a Civil Discovery Statute Trump a Criminal Defendant’s Constitutional Right to Subpoena, Obtain and Present Favorable Evidence?," NY Litigator, February 2010; "Law of Return: a Factor in Setting Bail for Jewish Defendants?," New York Law Journal, July 23, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force Update: IRS Issues Helpful Guidance," Client Advisory, March 18, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force Update: March 4, 2009 Deadline," Client Advisory, January 8, 2009; "Madoff Securities Task Force," Client Advisory, December 30, 2008; "Tyco: When Does a Corporate Probe Become State Action?," New York Law Journal, November 3, 2008

Presentations

New York State Bar Association: Lecturer at CLE Seminar, “Ethics for Litigators and Trial Lawyers”

Professional Activities

1990-present New York University School of Law, Judge of Semifinal Round of Annual Moot Court Competition

Recent Illustrative Matters

  • Ongoing representation of Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco, including the filing of a petition for a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court and the filing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Southern District of New York.
  • Representation of Plaintiff hedge fund, Bulldog Investors L.P., in a pending civil rights lawsuit brought under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act that challenges a blanket prohibition on hedge fund advertising as overbroad and therefore as violative of the First Amendment right to free speech.
  • Successfully defended an individual accused by the government of having invented many of the most sophisticated modern techniques of money-laundering.
  • Briefed and argued the first appeal stemming from New York’s recently enacted death penalty statute.
  • Represented purported Russian Oligarch in a dispute with the Putin government.
  • Defeated efforts to extradite well known United Kingdom business figure.
  • Defended a Public Company CEO sued by the SEC.