Barry R. Lax, a founding partner of Lax & Neville LLP, has an extensive background in commercial, employment and securities litigation in all forums, including, state and federal courts, and arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), National Futures Association (“NFA”), Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) and the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). Since forming Lax & Neville LLP in 2007, Mr. Lax has represented customers and broker/dealers in disputes regarding sales practice issues and product problem cases and has successful represented hedge fund investors and general partners in complicated commercial and securities litigations throughout his career. He has recovered in excess of $100 million in arbitration awards, judgments and settlements on behalf of broker/dealer customers and employees in the financial services industry, and has successfully defended and resolved numerous matters on behalf of his defense clients.
- Securities Law
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Free Consultation
- New York
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- 2nd Circuit
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- U.S. District Courts, Eastern, Southern & Western Districts of New York
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- English
- Partner
- LaxNeville
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- Owner
- The Lax Law Firm
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- Partner
- Goldstein & DiGioia, LLP
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- Associate
- Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
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- Associate
- Bernstein & Wasserman, LLP
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- Staff Attorney
- Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
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- Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- J.D. (1993)
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- Emory University
- B.A. (1989)
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- Super Lawyer
- Thomson Reuters
- 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
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- Current
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- New York City Bar Association
- Member
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- New York County Lawyers' Association
- Member
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- Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA)
- Member
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- New York State Bar # 2624229
- Member
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- Terminated Employees in the Investment Banking and Financial Services Industries May Be Entitled to Recover Their Unpaid Bonuses
- Panel Member
- New York City Bar Association, City Bar Center for the CLE
- Panel Member
- Legal Referral Service Program of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Securities Arbitration & Mediation Hot Topics
- The New York City Bar
- 2010
