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Hal Neier practices in the areas of commercial, securities, employment, and estate litigation, and has played substantial roles in complex cases such as the Phar-Mor, Inc. Securities Litigation and the Estate of Thomas Carvel. Among other matters, Mr. Neier represents a Chapter 11 liquidating trustee in a federal litigation arising out of a failed merger transaction, and recently represented a well-known financial institution in a trial in bankruptcy court concerning a leveraged lease. Mr. Neier also has extensive experience in litigation involving the enforceability of non-competition agreements, and in disputes between competitors concerning employee recruitment practices. In recognition of his service as pro bono counsel to a person under a sentence of death, Mr. Neier received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Mr. Neier graduated with honors in 1982 from Yale College and in 1986 from New York University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and received the John Norton Pomeroy Prize for academic excellence. He also received the Edmond Cahn Award for his outstanding contribution as an editor of the New York University Law Review. Prior to joining Friedman Kaplan, Mr. Neier worked as a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and as a law clerk to The Honorable Charles E. Stewart, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Recent News Involving Hal Neier
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FKSA Honored by NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
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