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“At Warshaw, we pride ourselves in being able to provide a premier, high-quality legal practice equal to our larger New York law firm peers, but with the customer service and cost structure of a boutique law firm.” --- Marshall N. Lester, Administrative Partner

What Distinguishes Our Firm

Tracing our roots to 1927, Warshaw is part of a select group of smaller New York law firms, characterized by its sustained reputation for excellence in the legal marketplace.

Today, our firm is comprised of more than 35 experienced attorneys specializing in six principal areas of practice:
    • general corporate and securities
    • banking and finance
    • litigation
    • real estate
    • tax and tax planning
    • trusts and estates

In addition to these areas of expertise, we have particularly deep and broad experience representing banks, market leaders in the jewelry and diamond trade and household names, such as Time Warner, CBS and Universal Music Group, in the entertainment/media industry. We have also represented market leaders in the gaming, supermarket and manufacturing industries, as well as the personal, business and legal interests of many prominent private individuals and families in the fields of philanthropy, music, art and finance.

QUALITY
    “The best measure of our success is the large number of clients who have been with us for many years. We find it particularly gratifying that one of our main sources of new business is referrals by these ‘old friends’." --- Stanley Schlesinger, Partner

    • Experience of Our Partners. We boast a practice that includes many partners with over 20, 25, 30 or more years of experience in practicing law: each one of our clients is able to leverage off the tremendous business and legal experience of our partners. Our clients benefit from insight, knowledge and intellect that translate into first-class legal advice and service.
    • Experience of our Clients. We represent an incredibly diverse pool of domestic and international clients of all sizes and industries, including high-net worth individuals and family businesses. Each of our clients benefits from our broad experience and often will have the ability to leverage their projects accordingly.
    • Independent Confirmation of Quality. Aside from kudos from our clients and recognition within the legal community, the Martindale-Hubbell Rating System has endorsed us with its highest Legal Ability and General Ethics Standards ratings.

CUSTOMER SERVICE
    “When a client calls me, he or she has every right to expect to have a swift and effective resolution of the issues brought to us. Our clients like to deliver complex or compelling problems, we like to deliver simple and successful results.” --- Frederick R. Cummings, Partner

    • Ability to Execute. Because we are a general practice commercial firm, we are well-experienced in handling large and complex transactions and litigation for Fortune 500 companies and major lending institutions, both in the United States and abroad, and have the capacity to staff these transactions with the appropriate personnel.

    • One-on-One Interactions with Clients. Whether you are a large multinational corporation or a single individual, our clients know that Warshaw is reliable, efficient and able to “deliver the goods” by providing a small team of professionals to service your needs. Our associates work closely with partners to provide a superior quality legal product and advice. Each of our clients knows our associates and partners by name, and in many cases, over a course of many years.

    • Small and Nimble Interdisciplinary Focus. As a smaller firm with many highly-trained specialists, we have the ability to jump on a matter by knocking on a few office doors down the hallway. That is rare in a world of large, faceless institutions. Simply put, our lawyers don’t have to wait in line to obtain service and advice from their colleagues.

COST SENSITIVITY
    • Competitive Billing Rates. Our vigilance in containing costs has allowed us to keep our billable rates competitive with firms of similar size and significantly lower than those charged by larger firms. Yet the excellence of our attorneys, our commitment to providing the finest legal services and our depth in our major practice areas places the quality of our work on a par or better than that found at the largest firms.

    • Small Teams, Not Football Teams. A partner oversees all other attorneys working on the matter, so that the work is performed in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Work is managed prudently, insuring that clients are not overwhelmed by a battery of attorneys.

    • Partner Involvement. At Warshaw, maintaining a lower cost structure does not translate into lower quality. Our firm's partners coordinate their work with associates in a way that maximizes the quality of our work product, while decreasing costs. When a matter is handled by an associate, a partner is always available for supervision. If a partner's services are required on a more direct basis, that partner will work in the trenches whenever needed.

LIST OF REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
    We represent a growing range of diverse and interesting clients, including Fortune 500 companies, diamond industry giants, entertainment and media businesses, major lending institutions, private equity/venture capital funds and hedge funds, and numerous high-net worth private individuals and entrepreneurs. Our non-institutional clients run the gamut from a premier Japanese clothing retailer, to a Korean family prominent in the steel industry, to an international chef, to mom-and-pop businesses looking to expand, engage new sources of financing, negotiate with minority investors, deal with troublesome legal and tax issues, or simply seeking help with day-to-day legal issues. We take pride in our clients and are intensely loyal to them. We invite you to examine our List of Representative Clients.

IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO EALG, AN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN LAW FIRMS
    • Do you have a question about new EU intellectual property regulations? Are you having issues with Estonian labor laws or want to look into acquiring a business in Sweden? To better serve our clients in the European market, we are privileged to be associated with the Euro-American Lawyers Group (EALG), a select network of 26 European and American premier law firms. Through this affiliation and our special relationships with certain EALG members, our clients are able to easily access the international knowledge and expertise of EALG member firms in 19 European countries to provide counsel on local laws, customs and practices.

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