Sam P. Israel

SAM P. ISRAEL - Founder, Managing Partner

Sam Israel is a prominent New York trial and appellate attorney with a highly distinctive commercial litigation practice. He is the founder of Sam P. Israel, P.C., a select five lawyer boutique litigation practice headquartered in New York City’s financial district. Mr. Israel’s practice covers a wide range of subjects, including intellectual property, corporate and contractual disputes, securities, employment, insolvency and restructuring litigation, and corporate and transactional matters; in industries of equal diversity, including investment, financial and hedge fund concerns, real property, restaurant services, arts and photography, and alternative energy. His clients span modest to multi-national corporations, to prominent artists and filmmakers, among them Ramius LLC, Arena Investors, LP / Lantern Endowment Partners, North Mill Capital Investors, LLC, and Dr. William Fung (managing director of PI Asset Management.)

Mr. Israel’s Training and Approach to Litigation

After graduating Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from NYU and receiving his Juris Doctor from NYU Law School, Mr. Israel trained in the craft of litigation from some of its finest practitioners. Working first at Finley Kumble Wagner Manley Myerson Underberg & Casey, a national firm that counted former senators and a governor in its ranks, where he handled complex securities matters including insider trading, fraud and regulatory cases, Welles responses and SEC investigations, he then did a five-year stint at Milgrim Thomajan & Lee, the preeminent trade secrets firm in the country, where he addressed a wide array of intellectual property issues. He finally opened his own practice in 2000 where, among other things, Mr. Israel successfully prosecuted civil RICO and fraud claims against conspirators in a multi-tiered mortgage resale scheme, represented the Friends of Falun Gong in seeking redress for its New York based practitioners from media instrumentalities of the People’s Republic of China; and effectively prosecuted civil rights claims against the Village of Sag Harbor in one of many land development disputes. In his career, Mr. Israel has vigorously litigated, and handled myriad other cases and controversies to the satisfaction of dozens of clients.

Beyond his academic achievements and institutional pedigree, Mr. Israel’s background also includes unconventional elements that inform his practice and bring a unique training and creative approach to his cases. Mr. Israel studied art at the Arts Students’ League and the School of Visual Arts, trained in the Meisner acting technique and pantomime from its foremost exponents, gained proficiency in mountaineering at a Swiss military training program, all throughout, honing his creative instincts, understanding of human psychology and fine-tuning his skills, concentration and discipline.

It is precisely Mr. Israel’s combination of unique skills, training in the arts and survival, his vast legal knowledge, and 25 years of litigation experience that draws clients and legal talent to this uncommonly dynamic attorney with an extraordinary legal practice and winning record.