akoch@katskykorins.com direct telephone number: 212-716-3225 download vcard COURT ADMISSIONS U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit U.S. District Court, Southern District of N.Y. U.S. District Court, Eastern District of N.Y. BAR AFFILIATIONS Association of the Bar of the City of New York American Bar Association OTHER MEMBERSHIPS Fellow, Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce Soroptimist International of New York City (Vice President, 2006 - present) PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Service of Subpoenas Under Rule 45 and the Influence of Treatises, New York Law Journal, July 1, 2004 Does a Sponsor Have a Duty to Sell Co-Op Shares?, New York Law Journal, July 22, 2002 Framing a Coda to Circuit City, New York Law Journal, May 24, 2002 Mandating Arbitration After Circuit City, New York Law Journal, June 7, 2001 Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Liquidated Damages, New York Law Journal, March 28, 2000 (co-author) Finding What Works: Tips on Making Restrictive Covenants Both More Likely to Be Enforced and Less Likely to Be Violated, The Alert (Federal Bar Association), December 1998, at 1 (co-author) The Supreme Court’s New Guidelines on Sexual Harassment: Responding to Expanding Definitions and Expectations, The Alert (Federal Bar Association), December 1998, at 4 Comment, Reconstruction, Deconstruction and Legislative Response: The 1988 Supreme Court Term and the Civil Rights Act of 1990, 25 HARV. C.R.-C.L. L. REV. 475 (1990) (co-author) Moderator and Program Chair, Ethical Challenges in Employment Law, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, April 11, 2005 Panelist, Employment Restrictions in the “Last Bastion” of the Employment at Will Doctrine: What Employees Can & Can’t Do, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, October 13, 2004 Moderator and Program Chair, Ethical Challenges in Employment Law; Resolving Real World Issues, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, January 14, 2004 Panelist, ADEA Litigation: Recent Developments and Strategies for the Advanced Practitioner, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 6, 2003 Moderator and Program Chair, Ethical Challenges in Employment Law, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, October 23, 2002 RECENT REPORTED CASES In re Fitch, Inc., 330 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2003) (rejecting claim of journalist’s privilege made by credit rating agency) Quinn v. Thomas H. Lee Co., 61 F.Supp.2d 13 (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff’d sub nom. Quinn v. Teti, 234 F.3d 1262 (2d Cir. 2000) (holding that purchaser of corporate assets at foreclosure sale takes such assets free and clear of claims against seller, and therefore cannot be subject to successor liability) Alvarado v. Manhattan Worker Career Center, 2002 WL 31760208 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2002) (awarding summary judgment in favor of client, and sanctions against plaintiff and his attorney, in discrimination case) McMahon v. Providence Capitol Enterprises, Inc., 236 B.R. 296 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (denying plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against client in dispute over a complex set of reinsurance arrangements governed by English law) Speadmark, Inc. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc., 176 F.R.D. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) (ordering Federated’s chief executive officer to submit to deposition, based on his personal involvement in relevant transactions, rejecting defendant’s argument that such an “apex” deposition was unwarranted) Timoney v. Newmark & Co. Real Estate, Inc., 299 A.D.2d 201, 750 N.Y.S.2d 271 (1st Dept. 2002) (quashing subpoenas served on non-party client) Gild v. Fried, 298 A.D.2d 275, 748 N.Y.S.2d 736 (1st Dept. 2002) (dismissing complaint against client on ground that existence of rent impairing violations was for agency, not court, to determine) << back