1. James B. Eisenberg
20 West 64th
Street, 16A
New York, New York 10023
(516) 432-1567 – jameseisenberg@gmail.com
Legal Employment
Solo Practitioner (2012-2015) (2013, 2014 and 2015 Super Lawyer Designations)
• Projects include contract work for law firms; e.g., drafting antitrust complaint for Bellavia, Blatt, Andron & Crossett; researching
and drafting employment law and trade secret misappropriation brief for Stone, Bonner & Rocco; researching RICO and forfeiture law
for Wohl & Fruchter; drafting briefs for Kaplan Rice
Flemming Zulack Williamson Zauderer LLP 1997-2012 (Of Counsel-Litigation)
• Litigated complex commercial lawsuits with primary responsibility for researching legal issues offirst impression and drafting
pleadings, motions, and briefs for New York federal and state trial and appellate courts including
• World Trade Center September 11th related lawsuits representing primary leaseholder as plaintiff in $12 billion negligence
claim for property damage and as defendant in mass tort respiratory injury and CERCLA claims;
• Madoff Ponzi bankruptcy lawsuits representing defendant European banks against clawback and unjust enrichment claims;
• Enron securities fraud lawsuit representing plaintiff English bank in action to recover payment on Enron guaranteed bonds;
• Holocaust related lawsuits representing defendant European life insurance companies in actions to recover on policies
confiscated by Nazi and Communist regimes;
• Vulture debt fund lawsuit representing plaintiff owner of radio and TV stations to prevent default and involuntary bankruptcy ;
• Intellectual property related lawsuits representing defendant architecture partnership; Breach of contract actions representing
art auction house and Swiss bank as defendants and satellite media distributor and building contractoras plaintiffs;
• Breach of warranty action representing defendant roofing materials manufacturer;
• Attorney malpractice lawsuit representing defendant Wall Street law firm;
• Breach of fiduciary duty and discrimination lawsuit representing defendant architecture partnership;
• Arbitration proceedings representing parties on fraud, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and indemnification claims.
• Researched and wrote articles and Continuing Legal Education materials for law firm partners, e.g., Chapter 78: Partnerships in
Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts (Westlaw).
Projects -- Solo Practitioner/Contract Attorney 1985-1997
• Researched and drafted motions and briefs as solo practitioner/contract attorney, e.g., briefs for judgment on the pleadings and
summary judgment for now federal district court Judge Jed Rakoff in a federal securities fraud action representing a U.S. co mmercial
bank as defendant; briefs in a breach of fiduciary duty action in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court for a Gaston & Snow partner
representing the Trustees of a charitable trust.
• Adjunct Instructor, Business Law I and II (4 credits each) at State University of New York
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 1980-1985 (Litigation Associate)
• Litigated securities fraud, takeover, and breach of contract lawsuits from pleadings, discovery,motion practice through trial and
appeal representing financial institutions and corporate raiders.
• Researched and drafted motions and briefs in trust and estates matters in Manhattan and Nassau Surrogate’s Court proceeding s for
now Second Circuit Judge Chester Straub.
Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP 1977-1980 (Litigation Associate)
• Researched points of law, drafted motions and briefs, and engaged in discovery in antitrust lawsuits brought by the federal
government against CBS and IBM.
Education
J.D., Fordham University Law School 1974-1977
• Magna Cum Laude; Member, Fordham Law Review; School Prize for Highest Average;
• Francis T. Wolff, American Jurisprudence, and Corpus Secundum Awards
Ph.D., Graduate Faculty, New School University 1969-1976
• Majored in Political Science; Passed French and Spanish reading exams
M.A., Claremont Graduate University 1968-1970
• Majored in Political Science; National Education Act Title IV Fellowship
B.S., Cornell University 1964-1968
• Majored in Industrial & Labor Relations; Dean’s List; Rank in Class: 5th; Regents Scholarship
Member: New York State Bar; United States Supreme Court; First, Second, Third, Ninth, D.C. Circuit Courts of Appeal; and District
Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.