Robert N. Chan has been a partner of the Firm and the head of its Litigation Department since its founding in 1981. He specializes in complex commercial litigation, arbitration and appeals covering the entire spectrum of business and employment disputes and has successfully conducted numerous jury and non-jury trials and appeals on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He has served as an arbitrator, and achieved favorable results in a vast variety of commercial, employment and securities arbitrations and mediations. He regularly consults with major international financial institutions on strategy and assists with the supervision and management of multi-party complex lawsuits. He has been featured as a legal expert on NBC-TV’s Celebrity Justice and News Night with Aaron Brown on CNN and has been interviewed on national and local radio and in the print media on dozens of occasions.

Areas of Practice:
• Jury and non-jury trials and appeals
• Arbitrations and mediations including those conducted before the NYSE and the AAA
• Complex commercial disputes
• Employment litigation including wrongful discharge, unfair competition, employment discrimination and sexual harassment
• Contract disputes
• Securities matters
• Consulting, strategizing and supervising in connection with major multi-party complex litigations
• Real estate matters
• Insurance coverage defense

Published Works:
“Will Arbitration Lose Status with Courts”, Law Journal, Vol. 183, No 92
Apparitions, iUniverse, 2004
Axe of God, PublishAmerica, 2005

Education and Admissions:
Mr. Chan received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1970 and his J.D. degree from Columbia Law School in 1973.
Mr. Chan is admitted to the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York.