Carlos H. Salguero, Jr.

Representative Matters

Litigation

• Advised a blue chip investment bank in a $50 million fee dispute involving counterparty’s anticipatory repudiation of bank’s advisory services contract, which resolved favorably short of litigation
• Defending a global hospitality brand in a § 1983 case that named the client as an alleged co-conspirator and seeking $100 million for alleged 30-year-old violations of plaintiffs’ civil rights (Eastern District of New York)
• Representing a private equity fund in parallel offensive and defensive litigations in Florida and Colorado state courts arising from a contract dispute in connection with acquisition of a $100+ million Denver skyscraper
• Advises a global insurance broker named as a defendant in actions in several countries in connection with the global collapse of a British supply chain financer in connection with potential denial of coverage by reinsurers to a multi-million-dollar tower policy (Australia and England & Wales)
• Defending a global insurance broker from putative claims of breach of contract by a popular dating app company
• Representing rightsholders to exclusive videogame soundtrack concert experience in enforcing performance rights
• Advising a major New York film festival on enforcing branding and naming rights
• Representing a videogame developer who was victim of a DDoS attack in an insurance claim dispute, including the filing of a complaint and resulting in a favorable settlement (New York Supreme Court)
• Represented a clinical pharma company that was a target of a Wells notice and prepared a motion to dismiss prior to favorable resolution
• After a jury trial, obtained a complete defense victory on behalf of the CEO of a portfolio company of a major financial institution, who had come forward to report misconduct on the part of the company’s former CEO; prior to the trial victory, plaintiff had asserted claims including defamation and breach of fiduciary duty and had sought in excess of $200 million in damages

Appellate

• Represents a respondent investment firm on appeal in the Second Circuit relating to a preliminary injunction entered in aid of arbitration against the appellant, an AI education company that sought to change its business model while respondent’s corporate rights and stock were frozen
• Authored an amicus curiae brief in the Third Circuit on behalf members of Congress detailing the legislative history of the Commodities Exchange Act’s Special Rule in a case relating to prediction markets and sports gambling
• Authored an amicus curiae brief in the Federal Circuit on behalf of an organization representing disabled veterans, addressing the statutory and legislative history of the regulatory standard of review of veteran disability claims.  Prepared an amicus curiae brief in connection with petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States

Education

• J.D. magna cum laude Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 2021
• • Staff editor and submissions editor, Cardozo Law Review
  • Summer associate, Venable LLP, 2020
  • Dr. Samuel Belkin Award
  • E. Nathaniel Gates Scholar
  • Full-time judicial extern, The Honorable Lorna G. Schofield, U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., 2020
    • Alexander Fellows Program
  • Judicial intern, The Honorable Ann M. Donnelly, U.S. District Court, E.D.N.Y., 2019
• B.M. Music Technology New York University 2011

Clerk Experience

• The Honorable Orelia E. Merchant U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• The Honorable Robert M. Spector U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Pro Bono

• Represented a disabled defendant charged with wire fraud and negotiated a plea. Secured a below-Guidelines sentence of 36 months despite recidivism concerns and government’s seeking of 51 months(Southern District of New York)
• Secured grants of asylum for asylum seekers from Jamaica and Guyana, who are now green card holders

Volunteerism

• Member, Executive Board for Young Leaders, Friends of Guatemala

Personal Activities

• Mentor, The Appellate Project (TAP)
• National alumni co-chair, ABA Judicial Internship Opportunity Project Committee