Bruce E. Fader, the former chair of the Litigation Department and a former member of the firm’s seven-person Executive Committee, maintains an active trial and litigation practice. He has tried major commercial cases in Alabama, California, Delaware, Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and before the ICC in Paris.
Representing corporate plaintiffs, Bruce has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars, mostly after trial, in matters covering a broad range of substantive areas and industries, including banking, securities, insurance coverage, pharmaceutical, biotech, mechanical engineering, and complex commercial contracts of various types.
Representing defendants, Bruce has litigated extensively in the following substantive areas and industries, among others:
Bruce has been involved in numerous matters in the entertainment industry, including a number of highly publicized cases in New York and Los Angeles.
Bruce served as part of an American Judicature Society team that produced an extensive report that led to major changes in the jurisdiction of the New York Court of Appeals.
cum laude
Notes Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1973-1974
(Accounting)
cum laude
New York City Bar (Committee on the Federal Courts, Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on the State Court, Committee on the Second Century)
Federal Bar Council
American Judicature Society
Legal Aid Society (Audit Committee)
Top 100 New York Super Lawyers 2010, 2012
Chambers USA: Litigation: General Commercial 2007-2014
The Legal 500 United States: Litigation: Supreme Court & Appellate 2012
Best Lawyers in America 2007-2015
New York Super Lawyers 2010-2019