Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C.

Litigation

Benjamin S. Fischer represents corporate executives and corporations in high stakes business litigation, criminal actions, and regulatory investigations. He has significant experience litigating almost every aspect of civil and criminal cases in both federal and state court and also has extensive experience handling all phases of arbitrations. Ben has tried criminal and civil cases to verdict and arbitrations to final decisions. He has led corporate internal investigations for multinational corporations. Ben also has significant appellate experience in both state and federal appellate courts. His cases have involved allegations of hedge fund mismanagement, private equity fund mismanagement, securities fraud, insider trading, stock option backdating, market timing, collusion, rate fixing, price fixing, bribery, tax fraud, and money laundering. In addition, Ben has represented both individuals and corporations under investigation by the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the District Attorney’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office, and FINRA. He also has represented companies conducting internal investigations and individuals in connection with those investigations.

Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 2012; Adjunct Instructor of Legal Writing, Brooklyn Law School, 2007 – 2008 Academic Year; Law Clerk, Honorable James C. Francis IV, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2002 – 2003.

He is a member of the Criminal Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association (he also served on the City Bar’s Young Lawyers Committee), the Federal Bar Council (where he serves on its First Decade Committee), and the American Bar Association. He is also a board member of the New York Legal Services Group, one of New York City’s largest provider of free civil legal services to low income residents of New York.

Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude), 2002; Connecticut College (B.A.), 1997.