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A founding partner of litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP, Steven Molo is one of the leading commercial litigators active in New York, with notable experience in bet-the-company and bet-the-industry cases on behalf of corporations, funds, investors, and boards. Molo’s clientele is as extensive as the industries he operates in, representing foreign and domestic clients in the insurance, real estate, retail and tech sectors, to name but a few.
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Position
Steven Molo, one of the country’s leading courtroom advocates, is a founding partner of the national litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP. He represents corporations, boards, funds, investors, inventors, and individuals in complex business litigation, white collar criminal matters, and IP litigation. His client base is international.
Career
Mr. Molo began his career as a prosecutor in Chicago, and then practiced with Winston & Strawn, where he was a senior litigator and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He spent five years as a litigation partner with the Wall Street firm Shearman & Sterling before founding MoloLamken in October 2009. He is also a solicitor on the Roll of Attorneys of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Memberships
Trustee, American Inns of Court Foundation; Trustee, United States Supreme Court Historical Society; Member (Past Vice President), New York Inn of Court; Trustee, Federal Bar Foundation; Member (Past President), Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Courts Committee, Federal Bar Council; Member (Past President), Chicago Inn of Court; Trial Attorney Advisory Board, American Bar Association; Board of Visitors, University of Illinois College of Law.
Education
J.D. and B.S., University of Illinois
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Key clients
- Anywhere Real Estate
- Revlon
- Ad Hoc Group of Convertible Avaya Noteholders (Angelo Gordon, Canyon Capital Advisors, Mariner Investment Group, Silverback Asset Management, Owl Creek Asset Management, A6 Capital Management, Aviva Investors, and Capital Four)
- Beam Suntory Inc. (now Suntory Global Spirits); Jim Beam Brands Co.
- A-CAP
- First Choice Federal Credit Union
- Ad Hoc Group of Convertible Amyris, Inc. Noteholders
- Wagner Aeronautical, Inc.; Mammoth Freighters LLC; William Wagner; William Tarpley
- EEA Life Settlements, Inc.
- Joseph Giamanco, individually and on behalf of a class
Work highlights
- Representing Anywhere Real Estate in an antitrust class action brought against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and four of the nation’s largest real estate brokerages and franchisors.
- Representing A-CAP, a major, vertically integrated insurance provider, in negotiations and litigation against AM Best, a leading audit and ratings agency.