$ 950-950 per hour
Fred T Isquith
About Fred
Biography
Litigator in complex business litigation, primarily in the securities and antitrust fields, Mr. Isquith is a frequent writer in the field as well as gives lectures to other attorneys and law more detailed description of his background and accomplishments may be found at .
Practice Areas
3
Practice Areas
Litigation
40%
53 years | 500 cases
Antitrust and Trade Law
30%
53 years | 60 cases
Securities and Investment Fraud
30%
53 years | 100 cases
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 46 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 1979
No misconduct found
Licensed in New York for 54 years
State: New York
Acquired: 1972
No misconduct found
Location
Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling
41 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10010
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Practice Areas
Lawsuits & Disputes (11)
Litigation (4)
Appeals (3)
Administrative Law (2)
Criminal Defense (2)
Employment & Labor (2)
Bankruptcy & Debt (1)
Consumer Protection (1)
Contracts & Agreements (1)
Debt Settlement (1)
Discrimination (1)
Divorce & Separation (1)
Gun Law (1)
Limited Liability Company (LLC) (1)
Real Estate (1)
Sex Crime (1)
Social Security (1)
Tax (1)
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Posted by Julie | July 15, 2019
Great Attorney!
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Posted by anonymous | June 29, 2019
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Posted by Lynette | May 27, 2019
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Posted by Bill | December 15, 2018
Quick response and sound legal advise
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Experience
Honors
2016
AVVO, AVVO Rating 10
2015
AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Super Lawyer - 5% in Metopolitan NYC and in USA, Super Lawyers
2015
Who's Who in America, Who's Who in America - Marquis
2014
Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in American Law -Marquis
2008
law dragon, law dragon
Work Experience
1980 - Present
Partner, Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
1975 - 1980
Associate, Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler
1971 - 1975
Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski
1970 - 1970
Summer Associate, United States Department of State
Associations
1980 - Present
New York City Bar AssociationAntitrust; Federal Courts; Securities;Comiittee
1975 - Present
New York County Bar AssociationMember
1975 - Present
New York State Bar AssociationSecurities Committee; Chair Torts subcommittee
1971 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
National Association of Shareholder and Consumer Attorneys
President and Editor of Weekly News Letter, The Class Act
1972 - 2015
Kings County Bar AssociationMember
Sample of Legal Cases
In re Packaged Seafood Products Antitrust Litigaiton
pending
In re Keurig Antitrust Litigation
pending
Bayer GM Rice Litigation Class Action
Settled - $750 Million
IPO Securities Litigation
Settled $586 Million
Egelston v. Verizon
settled - $5Million (full refund)
Egleston v. Hartland Industrial Partners
settled
DRAM Antitrust Litigation
settled - approximately $200M
Egleston v Collins and Aikman
settled $12 million
In re Comdisco Sec. litigation
Settled
In re Aquila Inc. (ERISA Litigation)
settled $10.5 - million
Computer Associates 2002 Classs Action
settled $130 Million
in re Globalstar Securities Litigation
settleed - $20 Million
Micro-Strategy Securities Litigation
settled - $192.5 Million
Toys R Us Antitrust
settled
Babys R ' Us Antitrust
settled for $35.5 million
In re Public Service Co of Indiana Derivative Litgation
In re MicroStrategy Securities Litigation
In re: Iridium Securities Litigation
Education
1971
Columbia Universtiy
LLD
1968
City University of New York, Brooklyn College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2014
Class At Tauro Law School
Rule 23 Class Actions
2013
Tauro Law School
Starting Out After Law School
2010
Touro Law School
Federal Pleading Standards after Twombly
2008
Antitrust Committee of the New York City Bar Association
Private Equity Transactions and the Implications of the Supreme Court's Recent Decisions
2005
New York County Bar Association
Deposition in Complex Cases
2003
SRI in the Rockies
Institutional Investor Activism
2001
Professional Liability Underwriters society
IPO/Tie In Claims
2001
New York State Bar Asssociation
Securities Arbitarions
Publications
2017
Securities Mosaic
Defective Process cripples Flawed Clas Action Proposal
2017
Law 360
Defective Process Cripples Class Action Proposal
2017
Law 360
Due Porcess: Class Action Certification
2017
Law 360
ConAgra Opinioni May Repair Ascertainability Circuit Split
2017
Law 360
Restricting Rights Through Class Action Evisceration
2017
Law360
Applying California Antitrust Law to Out of State Transactions
2016
Knowledge Mosaic
Supreme Court Rules on Class Plaintiff "Pick Offs"
2016
NASCAT
The Class Act
2016
Knowledge Mosaic
District Court Provides First Guidance on Class Plaintiff "Pick-Offs" After Supreme Court
2016
Securities Mosaic
Collateral Atacks on Class Action Settlements
2016
Lexis Securities Mosaic
Supreme Court's Opinion in Tyson Foods allows Statistical Evidnece
2016
Lexis Securities Mosaic
Confidentiality Orders - Not so Confidential
2016
Lexis Securities Mosaic
Buried disclosure is Not Public Disclosure
2016
Lexis Law Mosaic and firm website www.whafh.com
GM and the Survival of Claims Thought to have Been Dischargedin Bankruptcy
2016
2016
Law 360
Thoughts On Post-Settlement Claims by Class Members
2016
Law 360
Why Sanofi Is Required Reading for Securities Attorneys
2016
Law 360
a Plaintiffs Attorney View of tyson Foods
2016
Law 360
A Few important Decisoins From the "Inferior" Courts
2016
Law 360
Summer Session At the Second Circult
2016
Law 360
Knotty International Problems in the Courts
2015
Securities Mosaic
Market Check on Legal Fees
2015
Securities Mosaic
Revlon Standard Modified
2015
Securities Mosaic
Supreme Court Allows appeal of Cases in Multi-District proceedings
2015
Securities Mosaic
Forex Decision Changes the Conversation in Antiturst Pleading
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Jurisdiction Over Foreign Corporate Defendant Requres Nuanced Analysis
2015
Knowldge Mosaic
Class Certification Granted Against Accountant and Advisors to Fund
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Second Circuit: Rule 23 Does not Require Damages to be Measurable on aa Calss wiide bBasis under Rule 23(b)(3)
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Supreme Court to Hear Three Class Action Cases
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Further Commeents on Campbell Ewald v. Gomez
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Further Comments - Spokeo v. Robins
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Omnicare
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Second Circirt.....Rule 23(b)(3)
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Cl;ass Certification Granted Against Accountant
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Jurisdiction over foreign corporate defendants
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Cases in Multi-District Litigation
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Revlon Standard Modified
2015
Knowledge Mosaic
Market Check on Legal Fees
2015
NASCAT
The Class Act - EDITOR
2015
Law 360
Spring Begins With 3 Important Class Action Decision
2015
Law 360
The Importance of Maaking Fact Based Arguments
2015
Law 360
Recent Decisions Righten Standards for Merger Litigation
2014
Knowledge Mosaic
A Note on Harris v amgen
2014
NASCAT
The Class Act - EDITOR
2014
Law 360
Amgen Likely o Be Leading Case Affecing ERIAS Pleading
2014
Law 360
The SEC Needs to Act on Fee Shifting
2014
Law 360
Readying for a New First Monday
2014
Law 360
Defendants, not Plaintiffs, Drive up Class Action Costs
2014
Law 360
Will The Supreme Court Nullify Rule 23
2014
Law 360
The End of Private Enforcemnet of ERISA Plan Rights
2013
NASCAT
The Class Act - EDITOR
2013
Law 360
Thinking Further on Halliburton
2013
Law 360
State-Mandated Student Pro Bono Programs are Inefficient
2013
law 360
Spotlight on Spoiliation
2013
Law 360
More Restrictions fpr ERISA Fiduciaries
2013
Law 360
Qestionable Constitutionality: Supreme Court's Amex Ruling
2013
Law 360
How Facebok INforms Exclusive Jurisidiction Provisions
2013
Law 360
Sui Generis At Supreme Court
2013
Law 360
Another Look at Amgen
2013
Law 360
How Not to Plead A Multistate Class Action
2013
Law 360
How !st Circ Infused Del. Law Decision with Realism
2013
Law 360
Supreme court Spotlight: Sex, Race And...Commerce
2012
NASCAT
Class Act - EDITOR
2012
Law 360
Rule 23 "Preliminary" Requriement As Seen by 7th Circ
2012
Law 360
Wxhauston - Patent and Copyright And The Supreme Court
2012
Law 360
Case Study: Roasado v. China North East Petroleum
2012
Law 360
A Dissection of Rule 23
2012
Law 360
A 2nd Look At Class Action Requirements
2012
zLaw 360
The Continued Robustness of Rule 23 (b) (2)
2012
Law 360
The Simmonds Case (Sec16 Ruling) In the Litigation Context
2012
Law 360
A Look At Litigated and Settled Class Certification
2012
Law 360
Concepcion Comands A Case-By-Case Analysis
2012
Law 360
Dec. 20, 2011 - 2 Big Decisions
2012
Law 360
Case Study: Damasco v. Clearwire
2011
NASCAT
Class Act - Editor
2011
Law 360
Redefining Loss Causation in Mutual Fund Cases
2011
Law 360
The Delawre Chancery Court aas Corporate Regulator
2011
Law 360
Case Study: Atkinson v. Morgan Asset Management
2011
Law 360
2 Months After Dukes
2011
Law 360
Interpretation of Arbitration Provision Post- Concepcion
2011
Law 360
In Context: Recent Class action Jurisprudence
2011
Law 360
SLUSA And State Court Securities Actions
2011
Law 360
Interpretation of Arbitration Provision Post-Concepcion
2011
Law 360
In Context: Recent Class Action Jurisprudence
2011
Law 360
Addressing Multiforum Deal Litigation
2011
Law 360
In Re Bear Stearns - 1 Concealment; 3 Results
2011
Law 360
Is It Material? Depends On Who You Ask
2011
Law 360
Interlocutory appeals and Twombly in 7th Circ.
2011
Law 360
Does Decurities Enforcement Make Corps. Stronger?
2010
NASCAT
Class Act - EDITOR
2010
Law 360
Interpreting Morrison v. National Australia Bank
2010
Law 360
The End of Clsas Actions? Not Likely
2010
Law 360
Tiem For the Supreme Court
2010
Law 360
5 Cases Impacting Investors in Public Cos
2010
Law 360
Del Opinoin to Inform Future Freeze Out Mergers
2010
Law 360
Case Study: morrison v. National Austrailia Bank
2010
Law 360
Spring Supreme court roundup
2010
Law 360
Clarifying Jurisdiction For foreign Claimants
2010
Law 360
A 3rd And 4th Look At The Bank of America Opinion
2010
Law 360
Securities Case Filings Remain Steady in Q1
2010
Law 360
WhitherThe SEC? For Now, No Place New
2010
Law 360
Citizens United: A Congressional Opportunity
2009
Securities Docket
new Ruling on Rating Agency Responsibility Bears Close Scrutiny
2009
NASCAT
Class Act - EDITOR
2008
NASCAT
Class ACt - EDITOR
2007
Securities Class Action Services
A SEC Monopolly Will Not Work
2002
Paper Given to SRI Conference
A Acalpel in Your Hand: Litigation as a Tool
2000
Federal Civil Practice
Class Actions and other Representative Actions
2000
New York State Bar Association
Federal Civil Practice Supplement
2000
New York City Bar Association
Anatomy of a Deposition . . . Complex Financial Case
1995
NASCAT
Class Act - EDITOR
1994
Post Arbitaration Remedies for an Introduction to Securities Arbitration
Post Arbitarion Remedies
1994
American Conference Institute
A Plaintiffs' Lawyer Examines Limtied Partnership Roll ups
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Guides
Legal Answers
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