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William Snipes joined Sullivan & Cromwell in 1986 and has been a partner in the Firm s Litigation Group since 1992. His practice is focused on representing clients in complex commercial, securities, banking and products liability litigation and in investigations and proceedings before federal and state regulatory authorities. Mr. Snipes has represented a broad range of U.S. and foreign industrial and financial services clients. He has represented financial institutions in major regulatory and internal investigations, as well as regulatory enforcement actions, involving financial derivative instruments, mutual fund trading and allegations of money laundering. He has been involved in antitrust litigation concerning the crude oil industry and the National Football League. He represented a law firm defendant in the national tobacco litigation and the world s largest spirits manufacturer in youth marketing litigation. He represents the New York State Banking Department in a dispute with the former Republic of Yugoslavia over the State s regulatory authority to liquidate insolvent Yugoslavian banks. Mr. Snipes is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a member of the Board of Trustees of The New School University and a member of the Mayor s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Snipes has, for many years, taught trial advocacy at Columbia Law School. | 