Handler, Arthur M.

Arthur M. Handler, a graduate of Queens College (B.S) and Columbia University Law School (LL.B.), has over forty years of experience in commercial, corporate, securities, trademark, employment and general civil litigation.   His practice includes representation in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and trade association general representation.  Mr. Handler is an active member of the panel of arbitrators of FINRA and has also served as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) and the American Stock Exchange.  Articles authored by Mr. Handler on securities and trademark law include “Securities Commentary, the Second Circuit Review – 1977-1978 Term,” and “Securities Commentary, The Second Circuit Review – 1980-1981 Term,” both published in the Brooklyn Law Review, and “Conopco – Consumer Confusion Remains the Touchstone of Trade Dress Infringement,” published in the Trademark Reporter.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Handler was a Partner at Handler & Goodman LLP, Whitman & Ransom and Golenbock and Barell.  Mr. Handler has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Law Clerk to Hon. Richard H. Levet, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, and Staff Counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Handler is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Second, Third and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern District of New York; U.S. Tax Court; and the New York State Courts.

Mr. Handler is a member of the American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Federal Bar Council and Association of the Bar of the City of New York where he has served on the following committees:  Committee on Civil Rights, 1966-1970; Committee on Federal Legislation, 1970-1973; Committee on Federal Courts, 1973-1976; Committee on Nuclear Technology and Law, 1983-1985; Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1991-1994; Committee on Professional and Judicial Ethics, 1998-2001; Committee on Judiciary, 2004-2006.  

Mr. Handler’s representative clients have included:  Aeromexico de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.; Ark Restaurants Corp.; Bank of Montreal; Chaffin/Light Associates Co.; Corestates Bank, N.A.; Cowan Financial Group; Crayfish Co., Ltd.; Creditanstalt Corporate Finance, Inc.; Cuisinarts, Inc.; Excelsior Funds; Fintech Advisory, Inc.; First Republic Securities Co., LLC; Gelberg & Abrams; Hitachi Credit America Corporation; Lee Pharmaceuticals; Local 295/Local 851 Pension and Welfare Funds; Midway Games Inc.; Multicredit, S.A.; Nationsbank, N.A.; Private Label Manufacturers Association; UBS AG, U.S. Trust Company; Universal Razor Industries, Inc.; Village of Pleasantville; Welbilt Corporation; Williams Hospitality Group Inc.; Winston & Strawn LLP; Wise Metals Group, LLC; WMS Industries Inc. and Worldwide Dreams LLC.

Mr. Handler’s reported decisions include: Excelsior Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2007 WL 950134 (S.D.N.Y. 2007); Excelsior Funds, Inc. and Excelsior Funds Trust v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 470 F.Supp.2d 312 (S.D.N.Y. 2006); Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Wise Metals Group, LLC, 19 A.D.3d 273, 798 N.Y.S.2d 14 (1st Dep’t 2005); KP Permanent Make-UP, Inc. v. Lasting Impression, Inc., 543 U.S 111, 125 S.Ct. 542 (2004) (amicus); Awosting Reserve LLC and Conservancy Partners LLC v. Chaffin/Light Associates, Co., 296 F.Supp.2d 470 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); F.D.I.C. v. Bober, Gimbel, et al., 2002 WL 1929486 (S.D.N.Y. 2002); In re Crayfish Company Securities Class Action, 2002 WL 1268013 (S.D.N.Y. 2002); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Bros., Inc., 529 U.S. 205, 120 S. Ct. 1339 (2000) (amicus); Yashiro Co. v. Falchi, 1999 WL 568018 (2d Cir. 1999); WMS Gaming Inc. v. Int’l Game Tech., 184 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 1999); Etkin & Co. v. Patrusky, 235 A.D.2d 300, 652 N.Y.S.2d 710 (1st Dep’t 1997); In re Gimbel, 77 F.3d 593 (2d Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 519 U.S. 814, 117 S.Ct. 62 (1996); Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Prods. Co., Inc., 514 U.S. 159, 115 S.Ct. 1300 (1995) (amicus); Village of Pleasantville v. Calvert Ins. Co., 204 A.D.2d 689, 612 N.Y.S.2d 441 (2d Dep’t 1994); Amity Leather Prods. Co. v. RGA Accessories, Inc., 849 F. Supp. 871 (S.D.N.Y. 1994), aff’d, 22 F.3d 1091 (2d Cir. 1994); Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 505 U.S. 763, 112 S.Ct. 2753 (1992) (amicus); Ratner v. Netburn, 930 F.2d 204 (2d Cir. 1991); Dorli, Inc. v. RGA Accessories, Inc., 136 A.D.2d 465, 523 N.Y.S.2d 103 (1st Dep’t 1988); Cuisinarts, Inc. v. Robot-Coupe Int’l Corp., 580 F. Supp. 634 (S.D.N.Y. 1984); Illinois v. Abbott & Assoc., Inc., 460 U.S. 557, 103 S.Ct. 1356 (1983) (amicus); Williams Electronics, Inc. v. Bally Mfg. Corp., 568 F. Supp. 1274 (N.D. Ill. 1983); In re Grand Jury Investigation of Cuisinarts, Inc., 665 F.2d 24 (2d Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1068, 103 S.Ct. 1520 (1983).