Joseph E. Strauss practices complex commercial litigation and appellate litigation in a wide array of cases in both state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Strauss has extensive experience in white collar criminal defense litigation, including both civil and criminal RICO and securities fraud. He has also focused on international cases, including cases involving Holocaust restitution and novel issues concerning the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Mr. Strauss also has significant experience in land use cases, including spot zoning litigation; environmental insurance coverage litigation; tort litigation; asbestos litigation; bankruptcy litigation; and breach of contract cases.

Memberships

Administrative Law Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Activities

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Lawyering Skills and Legal Writing Program, 2006-2007; Co-author, Confidentiality Agreements and Crime, New York Law Journal, December 23, 2002; Author, The Right of Privacy of the Condemned Against Televised Executions, Thesis (M.A.), Ohio State University (1993)

Admitted to Practice

New York, 1998; U.S. District Courts: Southern District of New York, 1999; Eastern District of New York, 2003; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Education

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 1997

M.A., Ohio State University, 1993

B.A., University of Chicago, 1991