1540 BROADWAY
SUITE 1604
NEW YORK,
NY
10036-4039
212.704.4348
212.704.4256 fax
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C. Evan Stewart handles litigation matters on behalf of domestic and international clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, as well as federal and state appellate and trial courts. Mr. Stewart also represents clients in arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, National Association of Securities Dealers, and New York Stock Exchange. Concentrating primarily in securities litigation and regulatory enforcement matters, he practices antitrust (civil and criminal), takeover and other forms of emergency litigation, trademark, employment, and general corporate and commercial law. He was featured by the New York Law Journal in the "Top Trials of 2005" for his successful representation of Theodore Sihpol, the first person in U.S. history to be criminally charged for "late trading" mutual funds.
Mr. Stewart has substantial experience in the financial services industry. He served 12 years as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for The Nikko Securities Co. International, Inc. and he also served as a Director of Nikko Financial Services, Inc. In addition, Mr. Stewart was First Vice President and Associate General Counsel of E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc., serving as head of its litigation department.
EDUCATION
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Cornell Law School,
J.D.,
1977, Cornell Law Review (published), Moot Court Board
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Cornell University,
B.A.,
1974, cum laude
COURT ADMISSIONS
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Claims Court
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
BAR ADMISSIONS
MEMBERSHIPS
- Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School
- Visiting Professor, Cornell University (Government Department, Summer Prelaw Program)
- Member, Council on Foreign Relations
- Member, Pace Law School Investor Rights Project Advisory Board
- Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Mediator, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y.
- Advisory Panel, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of N.Y.
- Chair, Practising Law Institute Program
- Advisory Board, BNA's Class Action Litigation Report
- Advisory Board, New York Business Law Journal
- Contributing Editor, The Encyclopedia of Venture Capital
- Board of Editors, Federal Bar Council News
- Former Special Assistant District Attorney (New York City)
- Former Chair, Federal Regulation Committee, Securities Industry Association
- Former member, Securities Regulation Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Trustee, Westminster School and American Historical Association
- Former Trustee, YWCA of the USA and YMCA Camping Services
- Former Trustee, Federal Bar Council
- Cornell University (Board of Trustees; Chair, University Council; Advisory Councils: Cornell Law School, Johnson Museum of Art, University Library, and College of Arts & Sciences)
- Visiting Fellow, W.K. Keck Foundation Ethics Program, Cornell University (Winter 1996)
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