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