COHEN TAUBER SPIEVACK & WAGNER P C - Key Persons
Aryeh (Marty) Klein joined CTSW since March 2020, setting up our affiliate's Israel office, after working for more than 20 years in the legal department of Israel Aerospace Industries. He served as Deputy General Counsel for 15 years, leading IAI's international department, before becoming Executive Vice President - General Counsel of IAI in 2016.
Aryeh negotiated aerospace and defense contracts, teaming agreements and joint venture agreements with the world's leading companies, including Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, and also represented IAI in marketing and sales to many countries around the world. He is deeply experienced in the aerospace industry, knowledgeable about UAVs, business jets, space systems, MRO and more.
In the course of his work with IAI, Aryeh developed a network of contacts in many branches of the Israeli government, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Justice and the Government Companies Authority. Moreover, he represented IAI in structuring numerous FMF transactions, submitted several filings with the US CFIUS and worked on obtaining security clearances for two US based IAI subsidiaries.
Aryeh is also experienced in matters relating to compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the OECD's Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, Israel's implementing statute in its Penal Law, and other comparable laws in other jurisdictions.
In his affiliation with CTSW, Aryeh has represented a wide range of clients, including two Israeli companies engaged in aircraft development programs, two medical technology ventures, successfully guiding a defense company in obtaining CFIUS approval, and several leading companies in their anti-corruption compliance programs.
Aryeh graduated from Yeshiva University in 1984 with a B.A. He earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law, as well as an M.B.A. from N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Business, each in 1988. He is a member of the bar in New York State and in Israel.
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1988
New York University Stern School of Business, MBA, 1988
Yeshiva University, B.A., 1984
Job Titles:
- Senior Counsel
- Senior Counsel in
Daniel Tauber is Senior Counsel in CTSW's corporate department. Daniel has extensive experience in complex commercial and corporate transactions, including licensing and other transactions involving intellectual property and personal data. Admitted to practice law in both New York and Israel, Daniel worked for ten years with U.S., Israeli and European companies, both large and small, in some of Israel's leading law firms before joining CTSW.
Daniel advises clients in various technological, medical, pharmaceutical fields, quickly grasping the technologies and the relevant legal issues involved and providing practical solutions to meet their business needs.
Daniel was previously an associate in the Corporate Department (international division) of Fischer (FBC & Co.) and the Technology Group of Meitar Law Offices.
Education
Fordham University School of Law, J.D. 2009
CUNY-Brooklyn College, B.A. 2006, Cum Laude
Fredric M. Sanders advises individuals and businesses on tax aspects of business deals, estate planning and business succession planning for closely held companies.
Gerald C. Bender has more than 30 years of experience in financial restructuring, developing creative, cost effective solutions for clients looking to realize maximum recovery and value from difficult situations.
Job Titles:
- Counsel
- Registered Patent Attorney and Licensed Pharmacist
Irving Fishman is both a registered patent attorney and licensed pharmacist with over twenty years' experience in pharmaceutical and chemical patent issues. As U.S. Pharmaceutical Division Counsel for Ciba-Geigy Corp., Corporate Patent Counsel to Church & Dwight, and later in private practice, he prepared hundreds of validity/infringement opinions on generic, OTC and branded drugs and personal care products, dozens of Paragraph IV certifications and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications. Irv also has worked on ANDA litigations.
Education
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, B.S. Chemistry, 1974
Long Island University, B.S. Pharmacy, 1976
St. John's University, J.D., 1983
Irving L. Wiesen, Esq. is a food and drug attorney with over thirty years experience in the industry. He specializes in food and drug law and other laws and regulations affecting the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device industries. His practice includes counseling pharmaceutical and medical device companies in all areas of FDA compliance, drug marketing and promotion, drug applications, representation before the FDA, as well as licensing, R&D agreements, commercial transactions and litigation. Previously, he was a partner in the New York law firm of Bass & Ullman. Prior to that, he was Division Counsel of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals. He also served as Technical Counsel for the National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, the first trade association of the generic drug industry. He has published and lectured widely in food and drug law.
Mr. Wiesen serves on the advertising review boards of several pharmaceutical companies to ensure that their marketing and promotion complies with FDA regulations. In addition, he has filed successful applications to the FDA on behalf of medical device companies, and obtained marketing clearance for devices in the fields of cardiology and wound-healing. He has also litigated extensively in Federal and state court primarily on matters in the pharmaceutical context, and served as a pharmaceutical regulatory expert in several litigations as well. He also specializes in counseling startup companies in the early phases of drug and device development with respect to the regulatory framework and strategies for pursuing regulatory approval. Mr. Wiesen also appears in allied matters before the Federal Trade Commission, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the U.S. Attorney.
Education
Yeshiva University, BA, 1976
Columbia University, M.A., 1977
NYU Law School, J.D., 1980
Jackson Davis is a Partner in the litigation department, where he focuses on complex commercial litigation in both state and in federal court. Jackson has broad-based commercial litigation experience in areas including securities fraud, commercial torts, bankruptcy, insider trading, and white-collar criminal defense.
Working with clients to help them understand the business implications of legal issues and the procedural aspects of their case, Jackson has advised businesses based both in the United States and abroad. These clients have represented a range of industries including financial services, insurance, pharmaceuticals, aviation, and healthcare.
Jackson was previously a litigation associate at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
Education
Boston College Law School, J.D., 2008
Managing Editor, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
University of Florida, B.A., 2005
Job Titles:
- Founder and CEO of ConnectedFresh
Joseph M. Vann is a business lawyer developing legal strategies and solutions for his clients to meet their business objectives.
Kenneth Rubinstein is an accomplished trial lawyer. He has successfully tried numerous jury and nonjury cases before various federal and state courts, as well as before arbitration tribunals, covering a wide array of industries and subject matters.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Co - Founding Partner
- Contributor to the Treatises Powell
Larry Tauber, a co-founding partner of the firm, has practiced corporate, business, real estate, and commercial law for thirty years. A trusted advisor to executives, business owners, and in-house attorneys, Larry has business experience and perspective that have become a valuable resource for the many clients that have stayed with the firm over the long term.
Larry has counseled numerous pharmaceutical and life sciences clients on licensing, strategic ventures, and clinical trial agreements. He has been a presenter for many years on licensing and pharmaceuticals at the American Conference Institute and at the Licensing Executives Society.
Larry also heads the firm's real estate practice, advising commercial property developers, managers, owners, and investors.
Larry has also worked with numerous private equity and venture capital firms on fund formation, capital raises, financings, and buying and selling companies. His experience representing both investors and portfolio companies allows for a broad perspective in negotiating agreements to drive a client's business goals.
In the life settlements industry, Larry has represented rating agencies, financing firms, and life settlements funds on a range of structured finance and securities matters.
Larry leads the team of CTSW business attorneys on matters spanning a range of practice areas and industries: corporate and commercial transactions, intellectual property, licensing, real estate, employment law, and life sciences. He works with transactional and litigation attorneys across the firm to strategize on clients' business challenges and to deliver both practical and creative solutions that bring each client closer to its business goals.
Earlier in his career, Larry worked at Gordon Hurwitz Butowsky Shalov Wein. He was also a principal in a publishing venture.
Larry has been a contributor to the treatises Powell on Real Property and White on New York Corporations, as well as others on real estate, corporate governance, and business transactions. While at NYU Law School, Larry served as an editor of the Journal of International Law & Politics.
Larry was included in the 2013-2018 editions of the Super Lawyers publication.
Robert A. Boghosian concentrates his practice in creditors' rights in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, and banking, real estate and other commercial transactions.
In the bankruptcy arena, he has represented official committees of unsecured creditors in some of the most significant Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings throughout the country such as Long John Silver's Restaurants, Jacobson Stores, Troutman's Emporium, Stage Stores, P.A., Bergner/Carson Pirie Scott, Mark Shale, Weiner's Stores, SportsTown and many others. In addition, he has represented all of the nationally known liquidation firms as well as many corporate and banking clients in transactional and insolvency matters.
Ruisi "Grace" Guo is an associate in CTSW's litigation department. Before joining CTSW, Grace gained extensive state and federal litigation experience working on general civil, personal injury, and various insurance related claims. She has practiced in New York, New Jersey, and in both the Eastern and Southern District of New York.
During her time clerking for the Honorable Justice Parker at the Alabama Supreme Court, she learned to look at cases from a Judge's perspective, which has allowed her to write and advocate for her clients with greater proficiency. Grace graduated from the University of Toronto with Honors Bachelor of Arts. She then obtained her Juris Doctorate from Liberty University School of Law, where she was the sole recipient of the Trial Advocacy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Trial Advocacy. In her capacity as research assistant, together with her professors, she published three law review articles on various topics. Most notably, one of which was published in the coveted Fletcher Forum of World Affairs Law Journal.
Russ Korins is Senior Counsel and works with CTSW's technology and startup clients. His 25 years of experience with technology businesses have included management positions in, consulting work for, and legal work for pioneering and high-growth companies.
Russ draws on firsthand experience with rapid changes and growth to work with CTSW colleagues in providing strategic and practical guidance to technology clients. This clientele has included founders, executives, and investors in healthtech, venture and startup studios, Internet of Things technologies, and SaaS and enterprise software businesses. These clients are on all points of the startup life cycle, from inception through seed and angel stage through Series A, B, later rounds, and exit.
With CTSW colleagues, Russ has been a guest panelist and presenter on legal issues of startups with Yale University's Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking. He has also been an advisor to a Cornell Tech Product Challenge team of the school's Studio program.
Russ's business experience includes work at The Pipeline, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the mid-1990s, including its acquisition and IPO by PSINet. He also worked at one of the first Enterprise Resource Planning software consultancies in the late 1990s, and one of the largest online brokerage services in the early 2010s. Russ has also worked alongside founders of numerous tech startups as a consultant, including an online music service, an online photo service, an online summer camp management platform, and an online weather radar platform.
Outside of tech and startups, Russ is a longtime member and former ten-year board member of the LGBT Bar Association Foundation of Greater New York.
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D. 2001
Yale University, B.A. 1994
Sari Kolatch is a partner in the litigation department and has tried more than 70 cases to verdict in her more than 25 years of handling complex commercial and criminal cases. Her practice also includes internal corporate investigations.
A large portion of Sari's practice is the representation of foreign- and U.S.- based corporate and individual clients in complex commercial disputes in both federal and state courts, as well as in arbitration and mediation forums. Sari advises these clients on the litigation strategies that best meet their needs, and prevent the litigation process from overwhelming or undermining their goals.
Sari started her career in the Kings County District Attorney's Office, where she served from 1985-2001. During her tenure at the District Attorney's Office, she tried to verdict some of the county's most controversial and sensitive cases, including serial murders and insanity defense cases, and served as Bureau Chief and Executive Assistant District Attorney.
After leaving the District Attorney's Office, Sari was Director of Investigations at an international corporate investigations firm, where she conducted internal corporate investigations for multinational companies. In addition, Sari assisted clients in implementing fraud and risk prevention programs.
Sari has appeared on CNN and on Court TV, both as the lead attorney on a televised trial and as an expert commentator.
Sari is on the board of directors of American Friends of Alyn Hospital and the Kings County District Attorney's Office Alumni Association. She was also included in the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Super Lawyers publication.
Education
Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1985
Barnard College, B.A., 1982
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Chairman of Ethics Committee for AILA Rome - EMEA Chapter
- Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
Shirley Tang has more than 20 years of experience in advising businesses on the recruitment and retention of global talent. She is a strategic resource to human resources and talent management professionals in securing work visas (including H-1B, TN, L-1, O-1, and others) and permanent residency (green cards) through employment sponsorship. Her clients represent a broad range of industries including information technology, pharmaceuticals, finance, healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing.
Shirley has considerable expertise in representing companies and high net worth individuals, who are citizens of certain eligible countries, to obtain work visas based on a treaty of commerce and navigation (E-1 Treaty Trader) or a bilateral investment treaty (E-2 Treaty Investor) . Additionally, Shirley assists companies in developing and structuring technical training plans to attract highly skilled interns and trainees from overseas under the J-1 exchange visitor program.
Shirley also provides guidance to Human Resource managers on Labor Condition Applications, I-9 compliance and enforcement issues. She also counsels private educational institutions on compliance with the Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which operates under the auspices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
From 1995 to 1998, Shirley served as an Assistant District Counsel for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, New Jersey. There, she handled immigration litigation, employer sanctions, IRCA compliance cases and denaturalization cases.
Shirley is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She has lectured on immigration topics for the Federal Bar Association at seminars in the District of Columbia, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and has authored articles on immigration law developments for various journals.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 1992
New York University, B.A., 1988
The chapter extends CTSW's reach through relationships with immigration attorneys overseas.
Job Titles:
- Founding Partner
- Partner
- Member of Yeshiva University
Stephen Wagner, a founding partner of the firm, co-chairs the litigation team at CTSW. A business advisor as well as litigator, Stephen approaches each case understanding that drawn-out disputes are never in a company's business plan. He manages each case to advance a client's business goals, and to prevent the process from overwhelming or undermining the value a business is protecting.
This approach has anchored Stephen's experience in every case he and the firm handles, whether contract breaches, insurance disputes, securities fraud, product liability, employment law, and complex aviation disputes. Even when retained as coordinating attorney in highly complex commercial disputes involving numerous lawyers and firms, he works with both colleagues and other firms' litigators to prevent the process from undermining the client's business goals. As a result, Stephen's relationships with clients last long beyond when a particular trial ends, and many rely on his judgment for day-to-day business affairs.
Stephen leads a team of trial attorneys that have defended clients in hundreds of disputes against the country's largest law firms. This team brings proven chemistry and well-honed skills to every stage of the litigation process, from initial strategizing on how best to defend a client's interests to litigating jury or bench trials to verdict. Stephen also works closely with the firm's corporate and transactional attorneys, consulting with them on issues related to the clients represented across a range of practice areas at the firm. Clients benefit from this small team dynamic in a single office, in which business goals govern everything the firm does.
Prior to joining CTSW, Stephen was a litigation partner at Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, and then moved to Gratch Jacobs & Brozman to head its litigation department.
Stephen is a member of Yeshiva University's Counsel's Council, a committee of lawyers that provides advice and pro bono work to the General Counsel of the University.
He is also active in his community. He served on the Board of Trustees and Board of Education of the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways, and on the Board of Trustees and Executive Board of his local synagogue, The Young Israel of Woodmere. In that capacity, Stephen has chaired the committee responsible for revamping this 1,000-family synagogue's constitution and by-laws, and as chair of the legal committee.
Stephen has been included in the Super Lawyers publication every year since 2012.
Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1984
Yeshiva University, B.A., Cum Laude, 1981
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner in CTSW 's Corporate
Walter Godlewski is a Partner in CTSW's Corporate Department. Since 1993 his practice has focused on corporate finance, securities law and general corporate matters. He is involved in a range of financing transactions, including public and private/144A offerings of debt (secured, unsecured, convertible, and medium-term note programs), equity and hybrid securities (including target stock and periodic equity "at-the-market" issuance programs), tax-exempt bond offerings, project finance transactions, and bank lending transactions representing borrowers.
Walter also counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and exchange and tender offers and advises public companies with respect to their securities law registration and disclosure and compliance obligations, corporate governance matters and regulatory compliance with respect to Sarbanes-Oxley, Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange requirements.
He has extensive experience in the energy sector representing investor-owned utilities and underwriters in securities offerings, as well as clients in the acquisition of, and investment in, utility companies, coal-fired and renewable generation assets and ethanol facilities.
Walter has also negotiated services, supply, licensing, and related agreements for pharmaceutical companies.
Walter began his career at Reid & Priest LLP, the predecessor firm to Thelen LLP, where he was a partner in the business and finance department, and subsequently was a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1993
A founding partner of CTSW and managing partner of the firm, Jerry Cohen has been engaged in business and commercial law for over thirty years. As a business attorney, Jerry handles corporate, financial, commercial and intellectual property transactions. Bringing both legal and business experience to balancing risk, reward, and the legal ramifications of business decisions, Jerry counsels clients on the best ways of achieving their business goals.
Often in the role of a company's day-to-day advisor on legal and business affairs, Jerry provides strategic business advice to public and private corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. Jerry advises clients in a wide range of transactions, including strategic alliances, joint ventures, licensing, marketing and distribution arrangements, acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings and financings.
His practice includes clients in technology, life sciences, healthcare, financial institutions, and fast-growing emerging and entrepreneurial businesses.
Jerry co-founded and served as General Counsel and Executive Vice President to a large corporation before returning to the full-time practice of law. He also previously worked at the law firm Botein Hayes & Sklar.
Jerry has been included the Super Lawyers publication every year since 2013.
Education
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., Cum Laude, 1986