Gregory A. Markel

Gregory A. Markel

Greg Markel is a nationally known trial lawyer who concentrates his practice on corporate governance litigation, mergers and acquisition litigation, directors and officers defense, securities litigation and antitrust litigation particularly in bet your company cases.

He has been recognized for years as a leader in the profession by many publications including: 2013 Lawyers of the Year for Mergers and Acquisition by Best Lawyers, LawDragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and one of the 100 Securities Litigators You Need to Know, one of the Top 100 Lawyers in New York by Super Lawyers, highly ranked by Chambers for Securities Litigation, Benchmark as a national Litigation Star, for outstanding performance by Best Lawyer’s in America, Legal 500 Leading Commercial Litigators, “Best in Class” in the legal profession by , The International Who’s Who of Commercial Litigators and many others.

Greg is a member of the Boards of the Legal Aid Society, the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) and Junior Achievement of New York.

Greg is a graduate of Yale Law School, the University of Michigan with an MBA in Finance and Columbia College.

He is a member of the Business Law, Litigation and Antitrust sections of the American Bar Association; the Federal Bar Council; the City Bar Committee on Securities Litigation; the Securities Industry Association – Compliance & Legal Division; the New York State Bar Association, Commercial Litigation Section, is a Fellow of the New York Bar Foundation. He is frequently called on to comment on legal issues for the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio, The New York Times, Time, Newsweek, The Daily and the Associated Press. Greg frequently speaks to the press and others on a range of topics, such as director’s and officer’s liability, securities law, commercial litigation, accountants’ defense, law firm management and Internet litigation.

Recognition

§  2013 Lawyer of the Year for Mergers and Acquisition Litigation, Best Lawyers in America

§  New York County Lawyers’ Association - “The Boris Kostelanetz President’s Medal” on December 17, 2013

§  Top 100 Lawyers in New York, New York SuperLawyers (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010)

§  Chambers USA Tier 1 for Securities Litigation Defense Attorneys

§  as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), and one of the 100 Securities Litigators You Need to Know (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

§  Benchmark Litigation Leading Commercial Litigators (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Litigation Star

§  "The Best Lawyers in America," as one of the top litigators for Commercial Litigation

§  Legal 500 Leading Commercial Litigators in the United States

§  "Best in Class" in the legal profession by

§  The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators

§  The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers

§  Who’s Who of American Law

§  Who’s Who in the United States

§  Best Lawyers in New York

§  New York Super Lawyers – Manhattan edition

§  2007 Burton Award for Legal Achievement