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aoppenheim@hs-law.com
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Tufts University
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Columbia University School of Law
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New York
adam oppenheim
PARTNER
A native New Yorker with over twenty years of experience at some of the City’s most sophisticated law firms, Adam Oppenheim’s practice embodies both the skills of an aggressive courtroom litigator and the patience of an effective settlement negotiator. His work focuses on commercial disputes in the financial services and real estate industries. He represents his clients in federal and state court, in regulatory enforcement proceedings, and in arbitrations and mediations.
Adam’s career successes include:
Victory in a private arbitration to recover amounts owed to a placement agent by a biopharmaceutical company following a successful private raise. Secured after years of overcoming delay tactics and prevailing in difficult litigation, the award included 100% of the damages sought and the recovery of legal fees.
Victory in a FINRA arbitration brought by a wealth management advisor against Deutsche Bank, his former employer, resulting in the successful recovery of significant commissions owed but never paid. The Panel’s decision was the result of a lengthy investigation revealing that Deutsche Bank had attempted to hide and minimize its obligations.
Prevailed in motion for summary judgment against former member of investment firm challenging various provisions of the firm’s operating agreement. Read the decision here.
Successful representation of the Board of Managers of Trump Tower, White Plains, in bringing and then favorably resolving civil RICO claims against the Board’s former treasurer. (Trump Tower at City Center v. Palazzolo et al., No. 16-cv-9188)
Dismissal of fraud claims against a New York real estate developer and the affirmance of that dismissal on appeal. (White Knight of Flatbush LLC v. Sterling Group Asset Management LLC, et al., 159 AD3d 939)
Adam has experience representing owners and stakeholders in business disputes spanning a wide range of industries including real estate development, investment and financial services, hospitality, and branding and business development.
Adam received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University (international relations/music) and his J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Stone Scholar and member of the Journal of Law and Social Problems. He began his legal career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, and later spent over five years as part of the legal team at BakerHostetler LLP that recovered (at that time) over $13 billion on behalf of the Trustee of Madoff Investment Securities. Adam has been recognized as a Super Lawyer every year since 2014.