Expert on partnership law Leslie D. Corwin will join Greenberg Traurig. His decision to now serve Blank Rome is a significant one. “Les has handled more partnership disputes for law firms and accounting firms than any other lawyer, and we are thrilled that he is bringing his unique practice to Blank Rome,” says Alan Hoffman, Chairman and Managing Partner of the firm. “While Les will be based in our New York office, he will also have a significant presence in our California and Florida offices, where he has clients and extensive litigation experience. We look forward to his many contributions as we continue to grow in existing and new markets.”
Corwin represents international and national law firms and accounting firms, broker-dealers, real estate developers in disputes, mergers and acquisitions, investment banks, hedge funds, liquidations, dissolutions, and bankruptcies. His notable skills in a full range of valuation, accounting, and ethical issues that usually occur in business ruptures have enabled him to act successfully on behalf of many large law firm dissolutions, including WolfBlock, Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, and Heller Ehrman. He has also litigated issues of first impression and testified as an expert witness.
Corwin’s practice includes elements of securities, employment law, ERISA, real estate, and bankruptcy law. His book ‘Law Firm Partnership Agreements’ released in 1998 written along with Arthur Ciampi is considered as the definitive work on this subject.
Prior to serving at Greenberg, Corwin was a Founding Partner of Morrison Cohen. During his span at Morrison, he litigated the landmark case Dawson v. White & Case, 88 N.Y. 2d 666, 649 N.Y.S. 2d 364 (1996), which established goodwill as a law firm asset and led to the legislation allowing for the sale of legal practices in the New York.