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Fryer & Ross LLP was founded in October 1985 by Hugh Fryer, formerly partner of Dewey Ballantine, and Gerald Ross, a former Dewey Ballantine Associate who has been in private practice since March 1981. Hugh Fryer retired on December 31, 2001 after 35 years at the bar.

Gerald Ross has developed expertise in the representation of attorneys with respect to their relationship with present and former partners and has represented a number of attorneys in disputes with their former partners and in the defense of misconduct complaints lodged with the First Department Disciplinary Committee. Ross has served the Appellate Division as a receiver of disbarred attorney's files and has assisted the court in reviewing applicants to the First Department bench. Ross has also successfully represented federal and state criminal defendants and subjects of criminal investigations.

The firm has made law in several of its litigations, including on of the first "look and feel" computer software copyright infringement litigations, successfully representing corporate policy holders in insurance coverage litigation and testing the limits of the 1995 amendments to the Securities Exchange Act. We have also been successful in representing defendants in complex product liability matters, in the representation of debtors and creditors in the bankruptcy courts, in complex securities fraud and RICO litigation, in conducting statutory accountings of partnership interests.

In addition to litigating complex and novel issues, both partners of the firm have served as arbitrators, Ross on several American Arbitration Association construction arbitration panels and Fryer on NASD securities arbitration matters. Ross is a member of the Association of the Bar panel of arbitrators available for resolution of disputes between attorneys. Ross has served on three committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York concerned with professional ethics and discipline. Ross is also secretary of the New York State Bar Association Special Committee on Procedures for Judicial Discipline.

Statement of Practice

Sophisticated Corporate Litigation, Small Business Law, Partnership Law, Legal Disciplinary Representation, Insurance Law, RICO & Securities Fraud Litigation, Real Estate, Estate Law, Computer Law, White Collar Crime, Religious and Not-for-Profit Corporations Law, Residential Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate, Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Condominium Law, Corporate Law, Child Abuse, Wills and Probate, Trusts and Estates, Bankruptcy, Criminal Defense, Federal Criminal Defense, Drug Crimes, Fraud, Identity Theft, Theft, Embezzlement, Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault, Rape and Molestation.

Representative Clients:

Episcopal Diocese of New York
Rockefeller and Company, Inc.
Shearman & Sterling
Milberg Factors Inc.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Address

551 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10176, (New York Co.)

Phone

Phone: 212-286-0099
Telecopier: 212-286-0495
URL: http://www.fryerross.com

Website

http://www.fryerrosslaw.com

MEMBER OF FIRM

Gerald E. Ross (Member) born Chatham, Ontario, Canada, August 9, 1941; admitted to bar, 1968, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., 1962; M.B.A., 1963; J.D., cum laude, 1967). Trustee, Episcopal Diocese of New York, 1993-2003; 2005—. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1999-2002; Professional & Judicial Ethics, 1995-1998; Professional Discipline, 1992-1995); New York State Bar Association. [1st. Lt., U.S. Army, 1962-1965]. Reported Cases: Moore v. Kopel, 653 N.Y. S.2d 927 (1st Dep't 1997); Moore v. Sutton Resources, Ltd., 165 F.3d 14 (2nd Cir. 1998); Silva Run Worldwide Ltd. v. Gaming Lottery Corp. et al., 1998 WL 167330, SDNY, 1998; Dynamic Solutions Inc. v. Planning & Control, Inc. 646 F.Supp. 1329 SDNY 1988; Train v. Ardshiel Associates, 635 F.Supp. 274 SDNY, 1986; Hackett v. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 86 NY 2d 146 1995 Court of Appeals New York; Kracker v. Spartan Chemical Co., Inc., 183 A.D.2d 810 App. Div. 2nd Dep't 1992; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Fordham Preparatory School, 242 A.D.3d 490 (App. Div. 1st Dep't 1997); Donald Kalfin v. U.S. Olympic Committee, 209 A.D. 2d 279 (1st Dep't 1994); AIG v. U.S. Olympic Committee 219 A.D. 2d 458 (1st Dep't 1995); Rosenfeld v. SFC Corp. 702 F.2d 282 (1st Cir. 1983); Almeida v. Aguinaga, 456 F. Supp.2d 505 (S.D.N.Y. 2006); 500 F.Supp2d 366 (S.D.N.Y. 2007). Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Commercial Arbitration; Business Arbitration; Construction Arbitration; Legal Ethics; Attorney Discipline; Small Business Law; Partnership Law; Civil RICO; Securities Litigation; Real Estate; Estate Law; Computer Law; White Collar Crime; Religious Institutions; Nonprofit Corporations; Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Malpractice; Legal Malpractice; Condominium Law; Corporate Law; Child Abuse; Wills and Probate; Trusts and Estates; Bankruptcy; Criminal Defense; Federal Criminal Defense; Drug Crimes; Fraud; Identity Theft; Theft; Embezzlement; Sex Crimes; Sexual Assault; Rape; Molestation.Email: Gerald E. Ross

RETIRED PARTNER

Hugh N. Fryer (Retired Partner) (Retired).