Keith Clinkscales, a former ESPN executive, is fighting allegations that he once masturbated next to network correspondent Erin Andrews on a plane. Clinkscales' lawyer, Judd Burstein, filed a lawsuit against Joan Lynch, the former colleague who he believes leaked the allegations to Deadspin blogger A.J. Daulerio. Read More»
Following a conviction for insider trading (the defendant was represented by prior counsel in that trial), Mr. Burstein tried a non-jury forfeiture case in which the Government had sought to forfeit $185 million received by the defendant as a result of his insider trading. Based upon Mr. Burstein's cross-examination of the Government's expert witness (a former Chief Economist for the SEC) and the his post-trial briefing, the Court refused to award the Government any insider trading forfeiture. Read More»
Mr. Burstein won a $25 million jury verdict for a client on a breach of contract claim that the defendant had guaranteed loans made by the firm's client. Significantly, the case had been tried previously, and dismissed by the trial court after the close of evidence. Following an appellate reversal of that decision Mr. Burstein won the second trial. Read More»
Manhattan attorney, Judd Burstein has been selected as a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The LCA is a trial lawyer society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American Lawyers.
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Federal prosecutors, David Brooks' defense attorneys and the financial experts for both sides have been clashing all week over whether the convicted body-armor manufacturer has to forfeit as much as $138 million or as little as nothing of the $185.9 million he gained based on insider trading of his company's stock. Read More»
