MEMBERS OF FIRM
Theodore A. Krebsbach (Member) born Flushing, New York, September 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1975); Fordham University (J.D., 1978). Director of Litigation, Shearson Lehman Brothers, 1988-1992. Member: NASD National Arbitration and Mediation Committee, 2002-2004 and 1991-1993; Board of Advisors, Securities Arbitration Commentator; Board of Arbitrators, NASD and NYSE; Securities Industry Association Legal and Compliance Division. Testified before U.S. Congressional Hearings on Securities Arbitration Reform, 1988. Frequent Author and Lecturer on Securities Litigation and Arbitration Issues. Member: American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Shearson v. McMahon, 482 U.S. 220 (1987); Rodriquez v. Shearson, 490 U.S. 477 (1989); Shearson v. Bird, 493 U.S. 884 (1989). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Employment Law.Email: Theodore A. Krebsbach
Theodore R. Snyder (Member) born New York, New York, January 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A./B.S., summa cum laude, 1985); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1988). Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review. Co-Author: "A Post-Kodak Working Guide to Market Definition" Antitrust (Spring 1997); "Terminating The IBM Consent Decree: A Rush to Justice?" The Computer Lawyer (July 1999). Formerly: Principal, Jones Hirsch Connors & Bull, 1997-2000; Associate, Coudert Brothers, 1993-1997 and White & Case, 1989-1993. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Employment Law.
Victor A. Machcinski, Jr. (Member) born New Britain, Connecticut, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Connecticut; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1979, District of Columbia and New York; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1971); University of Connecticut (J.D., with honors, 1977). Member, 1975-1976 and Associate Editor, 1976-1977, Connecticut Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Irving Ben Cooper, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of New York, 1977-1978. Director and Associate General Counsel, Litigation: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 2003; Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 2001-2003. Senior Litigation Attorney: Salomon Smith Barney Inc., 1998-2001; Smith Barney Inc., 1994-1998; Smith Barney Shearson Inc., 1993-1994; Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc., 1990-1993. Associate, Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, 1978-1990. Member: Connecticut Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement.Email: Victor A. Machcinski, Jr.
Barry S. Gold (Member) born New York, N.Y., December 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1985, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., with honors, 1974); Columbia University (M.S.W., with honors, 1977); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., with honors, 1984). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Brooklyn Law School Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: "Double Jeopardy and Mistrial: The Second Circuit Develops a New Test For Manifest Necessity," 49 Brooklyn Law Review 1041, 1983. Formerly Counsel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, January 2003-February 2006; Goldstein & Morris, LLP, 2001-2002; Partner, Kittay, Gold & Gershfeld, P.C. (formerly Kittay, Gold & Krebsbach), 1995-2000; Associate, 1992-1994. Associate, Golenbock, Eisman, Assor & Bell, 1987-1992; Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, 1984-1987. Member: New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers' Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Civil Appeals; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Employment Law.
OF COUNSEL
April M. Chung (Of Counsel) born Bethpage, New York, November 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1987); University of California Los Angeles (J.D., 1996). Editor, UCLA Women's Law Journal (1994-1995). Editor, Asian Pacific American Law Journal (1995-1996). Member, Moot Court Executive Board (1995-1996). Law Clerk to the Honorable Miriam Shearing, Nevada Supreme Court (1996-1997). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, Committee on Public Service and Education, 1998). Practice Areas: Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals; Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement.
ASSOCIATE
Katherine M. McGrail (Associate) born Hartford, Connecticut, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, New York; 2007, Connecticut. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1999); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2005). Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor, 1999-2001. Practice Areas: Broker-Dealer Arbitration; Broker-Dealer Regulation; SEC Enforcement; Securities Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals.Email: Katherine M. McGrail