Cohen & Gresser LLP

Litigation & Arbitration; White Collar Defense & Regulation

Partner

S. Gale Dick’s practice focuses on U.S. and international commercial arbitration and litigation, U.S. and cross-border corporate investigations, white collar criminal and enforcement matters, and securities litigation and arbitration. His clients have included domestic and multinational corporations in the financial services, media, manufacturing, engineering, construction, health care, and consumer products sectors; boards of directors and board committees; individuals; governmental and quasi-governmental entities; nonprofit organizations; and law firms and other professional service providers. Gale has also represented clients in matters involving intellectual property, defamation, and related First Amendment issues. Gale has been recognized in The Legal 500’s U.S. guide in its coverage for securities litigation, corporate investigations, and white collar criminal defense, and general commercial disputes. He has been described in the guide as “smart, practical, and easy to work with” and it has been noted that his “skills are outstanding.” The Legal 500 has further noted that he is “well versed in international commercial arbitration matters and litigation, as well as securities litigation and general contract disputes.” Super Lawyers has recognized Gale on its annual New York Metro Super Lawyers list for business litigation since 2018.

Gale was formerly a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, and was formerly a Teaching Fellow at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and a former Managing Editor of the World Arbitration & Mediation Report and the American Review of International Arbitration. He has published widely on international arbitration, FCPA enforcement, and corporate investigations.

Prior to joining the firm, Gale practiced for 10 years at Debevoise & Plimpton. He also served as a law clerk to Judge Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and to Judge Eugene H. Nickerson of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

New York State

U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Columbia Law School (J.D., 1998)

University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., with honors, 1986)