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:
- Patents - Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in patent litigations for more than 20 years
- Securities - Defended numerous ‘33 and ‘34 Act class action and derivative suits, representing inside and outside directors, officers, issuers, accountants and law firms, including the successful defense (of inside directors) in a two-month jury trial of a large 10b-5 class action, tender offers (both sides), proxy fights (both sides), and insider trading SEC investigations, and has frequently appeared in the Delaware Chancery Court
- Antitrust - Defended foreign and domestic clients in various federal courts and before the FTC
- International Arbitration - Handled various types of international arbitrations, principally for French, Japanese and Chinese clients
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.
Education
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Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1974
cum laude
Notes Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1973-1974
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Brooklyn College, B.S., 1970
(Accounting)
cum laude
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Clerkships
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District - Hon. Edward R. Neaher
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, New York, Eastern District
- U.S. District Court, California, Northern District
- U.S. District Court, New York, Southern District
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Memberships
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)
Awards & Recognition
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