Eliot Lauer

elauer@curtis.com
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Practice
Eliot Lauer, a senior partner in the Litigation Department, has extensive experience representing clients in complex civil and criminal matters in federal and state courts and is an experienced federal and state appellate advocate. He has tried criminal and civil cases involving mail and wire fraud, tax fraud, false statements to state and federal agencies, commodities fraud, transactions in government securities and commodity futures, market manipulation, accountant’s and other professional’s liability, false advertising, contract and agency disputes involving real estate, product liability and other commercial transactions. He has had extensive experience representing clients in investigations and proceedings conducted by the Department of Justice, State Attorneys General, the SEC, the NASD, state accountancy boards and other agencies, as well as diverse litigation aspects of bankruptcy proceedings.

Mr. Lauer has served as counsel to special board committees, including audit committees and in connection with independent investigations of internal corporate affairs. He has particular experience in evaluating and defending fraud, negligence and statutory claims (including class actions) against corporate issuers, directors and accountants in matters relating to audits and presentation of financial statements and related corporate disclosure. He serves as co-head of the Firm’s Accountant’s Liability and Securities Litigation Practice Group.

For a number of years Mr. Lauer served as an active member of the arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association and several industry bodies. As an advocate, he has represented clients in numerous domestic and international arbitrations and mediations.

Mr. Lauer is admitted to the New York and District of Columbia Bars, the United States District Courts both for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Ninth, Tenth, and D.C. Circuits and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Lauer is AV rated in Martindale-Hubbell.

Speaking Engagements

• “Beyond ‘No Comment’ Litigation Communications Series,” Association of the Bar of the City of New York Spring Conference, May 24th, 2006
• “Role as Attorney for Arthur Andersen in WorldCom-related Civil Lawsuits,” Association of the Bar of the City of New York conference on Legal Issues and Public Perception in the Media Age, Nov 9th, 2005

Publications

• Co-author with Bernard V. Preziosi, “Minority Shareholder Interests Expanded,” The National Law Journal (April 27, 1992)