Ed has extensive experience litigating in federal and state courts in New York and throughout the United States. He has handled numerous arbitrations and mediations, including a recent arbitration award granting his client real estate rights worth more than $100 million. Ed has served as an expert on New York and U.S. law issues in proceedings abroad. He also serves as a court-appointed mediator in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and has successfully mediated settlements in dozens of cases.
After graduating from law school, Ed clerked for the Honorable Joseph M. McLaughlin in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He then spent seven years as a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York, followed by several years as a partner in a commercial and employment litigation boutique. Ed has taught first-year legal writing and advocacy courses at Fordham University School of Law.