Paul Weiss
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New York, NY 10019-6064
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A senior partner in the Litigation Department (which he chaired for six years), and a member of the firm’s Management Committee, Martin Flumenbaum has achieved national recognition as both an outstanding litigator and corporate advisor. He regularly advises U.S. and international clients on a broad range of litigation issues, with an emphasis on securities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, intellectual property, antitrust and white-collar criminal matters. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Significant lead trial counsel representations include:
Martin regularly serves as trial and litigation counsel on commercial disputes, investigations and various federal securities matters for IBM, Fitch Ratings, Skanska, EDF, Aris Capital, TowerBrook Capital, Banque Populaire, Weight Watchers International, Metromedia, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Fimalac, Emmis Communications, Malaysian Broadcast Network Satellite System and others.
In January 2006, Mr. Flumenbaum's representation of Hollinger International and American International Group (AIG) was featured in a cover story in The American Lawyer, "The Lifesavers," in which Paul, Weiss was selected as the best litigation firm in the United States for the period in which Mr. Flumenbaum chaired the department. In 2005, Martin was profiled by the National Law Journal for his work on Hollinger and other key cases, and featured in the publication's special feature, "Winning: 10 Profiles of Successful Strategies From Some of The Nation's Top Litigators." Martin has also been recognized as one of the leading litigators in the United States by Chambers, Benchmark Litigation, Lawdragon, Super Lawyers and Legal 500 and selected by Best Lawyers in America as one of the leading lawyers in the United States in three separate categories, including "Bet The Company" litigation. In the 2011 edition of Chambers USA, he was ranked in Tier 1 for New York general commercial litigation, noted for being "a superb and focused litigator." Mr. Flumenbaum was named National Litigation Star by Benchmark Litigation for Antitrust and General Commercial litigation, as well as a Local Litigation Star for New York. In addition, he was recently recognized by the 2011 Legal 500 as a "top-notch and deeply experienced" white-collar criminal defense lawyer.
Martin is a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, a public interest civil rights organization in New York, and since 1985 has written a monthly column for The New York Law Journal, titled "Second Circuit Review," which discusses significant decisions and legal trends in the federal courts. He has lectured on the attorney-client privilege and on the corporate and individual sentencing guidelines.
From 1979 to 1982, Martin served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, in which capacity he tried numerous criminal cases, concentrating in matters involving securities fraud, commodities fraud and tax fraud. He was also the lead prosecutor in the successful tax prosecution of Sun Myung Moon in 1982. In 1974, he became law clerk to Judge Whitman Knapp of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the firm in 1975 following his clerkship and became partner in 1983.
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Jan 04, 2016 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Second Circuit Clarifies Procedure for Supplementing Rule 30(b)(6) Testimony
Dec 01, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: The Google Books Decision and the Boundaries of Fair Use
Nov 02, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Baseball Festival Exempt from FLSA Minimum Wage Requirements
Sep 28, 2015 | News
Wyoming State Court Dismisses Claims Against Fitch Ratings
Sep 23, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: The Second Circuit in the Supreme Court
Aug 26, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Harmonizing Iqbal Pleading Standards With McDonnell Douglas Framework
Aug 04, 2015 | News
Fitch Wins Dismissal of Fraud Claim in New York Supreme Court
Jul 22, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Primary Beneficiary Test May Impede Intern Class Actions
Jun 24, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Government Collection of Telephone Metadata Exceeds Statute’s Authority
May 27, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Defense Attorneys May Bring Third-Party Claim to Forfeited Property
Apr 27, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: New York's Wage Parity Law Upheld as Constitutional
Mar 26, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Clarifying Bounds of Protected Speech for Public Employees
Feb 26, 2015 | Publications
Stories of Justice: NYLPI’s Work in 2014
Feb 25, 2015 | Publications
Jan 30, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Limiting Scope of “Class Standing” Doctrine in RMBS Cases
Jan 05, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Limiting the Scope of Warrantless Searches
Dec 02, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Court Rejects Attempts by Police Unions to Intervene in Stop-and-Frisk Case
Oct 30, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Oil-for-Food Program Claims Yield RICO and FCPA Rulings
Sep 24, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: The Second Circuit in the Supreme Court
Aug 28, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Court Potentially Expands Asylum Criteria
Jul 23, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Court Reverses Jury Verdict for SEC in Market Timing Case
Jun 25, 2014 | Publications
Second Circuit Review: Second Circuit Limits Judicial Review of Regulatory Consent Judgments
Jan 29, 2015
Benchmark Litigation Names Paul, Weiss “Antitrust Firm of the Year”
Jun 07, 2013
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