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Adam Gana
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New York, New York 10001
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Chicago, Illinois 60608
Adam Gana is the managing partner of the firm. His practice focuses on all aspects of securities arbitration, complex commercial and business litigation, insurance litigation, employment law, class actions and appeals. As a seasoned arbitration and trial lawyer, Mr. Gana’s experience includes litigation in both State and Federal Courts as well as in various alternative dispute resolution venues. He has tried more than twenty cases to verdict before the state and federal trial and appellate courts, AAA, JAMS, NFA and FINRA.
Mr. Gana was named in the New York Super Lawyers Rising Stars® for three straight years, ranked AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale - Hubbell™ (the highest honor offered), and ranked by the National Trial Lawyers as one of the Top 100 attorneys in the state of New York.
New York Law School
Magna Cum Laude
University of Vermont
Illinois
Southern District of New York
Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
- Global Directory of Who’s Who (Top Lawyer), 2015
- The National Trial Lawyers – Top 100 Attorneys, 2013
- Super Lawyer: Rising Star – New York Edition, 2011 – 2013
- Martindale Hubble AV Preeminent Rated – the highest ranking awarded, 2012
- The National Trial Lawyers – 40 Under 40 in New York, 2011
- The American Registry, Rising Star 2011, Securities Litigation Division
- Dr. Max Reich Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
- Justice John Marshall Harlan Merit Based Scholarship
- New York Law School Public Service Award
- Golden Key National Honor Society
- PsiChi National Honor Society
- Should Non-Attorneys Represent Parties in FINRA Arbitration for Compensation?, New York State Bar Journal, January 2015.
- Blue Skies for America in the Securities Industry... Except for New York, 19 Fordham J. Corp. & Fin. L. 587 (2014)
- The Inconsistent Dispute Resolution Process for Investment Advisers, ABA Newsletter, March 2013
- Broker-Dealer Licensing: Understanding the Role and Limitations of the Series 6 License, Westlaw Journal, Securities Litigation and Regulation, Volume 17, Issue 7 (August 9, 2011), also available in the PIABA Law Journal.
- The Tax Consequences of Investment Recommendations and Communications- Do Brokers Have a Duty?, Practicing Law Institute, Securities Arbitration, 2011
- Quoted in various publications, including the Thompson Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
- Regular blogger for www.InvestmentWatchDog.com and www.seekingalpha.com
- Annuity Seminar, Moderator, 2015 Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) Meeting
- Securities Arbitration: An Overview, Sole Speaker for the Deal School Transactional Lunch Workshop, September 17, 2015
- Securities Round Table, American Bar Association – Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Section, Arbitrating FINRA Product Cases, May 20, 2015
- Securities Law Seminar, 2013 Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA) Meeting
- How to Arbitrate a Product Specific Suitability Case, 2011 Annual PIABA Meeting
- Subprime Mortgage Crisis, New York Law School, 2010
- Running a Successful Practice in New York, New York Law School, 2010 & 2011
- Investor Rights Clinic & Seminar, New York Law School, Guest Lecturer, 2012 & 2013
- Investor Rights Clinic & Seminar, Pace Law School, Guest Lecturer, 2011 & 2012
Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP
Sidley Austin, LLP
Law Clerk to the Honorable Alan C. Kay, U.S. District Court of Hawaii
American Association for Justice, Member
Public Investor Arbitration Bar Association, Member
American Bar Association, Litigation Division, Member
American Bar Association, Alternative/Securities Dispute Resolution Committee, Member
Mr. Gana has been committed to various pro bono matters throughout his career. He has dedicated hundreds of hours to inMotion, Inc. an organization designed to help women victimized by domestic violence. In addition, Mr. Gana represented a death row inmate in Alabama throughout the appellate process. Mr. Gana also taught rhetoric and debate to high school students.
