Kate is Counsel with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. Kate&rsquo;s practice focuses on art law, particularly representing claimants seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust.
Prior to joining Freedman Normand Friedland, Kate served as Associate General Counsel to the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In this role, Kate represented the City in contract negotiations with arts and culture organizations regarding funding for programming, capital projects, public art, and a wide variety of other transactions. Kate counseled organizations on the legal requirements associated with obtaining City funding, and she advised agency staff on ethics, conflicts of interest, non-profit governance, labor and employment, and compliance issues. Kate conducted internal investigations and coordinated with the New York City Law Department concerning litigation involving the Department of Cultural Affairs.&nbsp;
Prior to joining the City government, Kate was a litigator at two New York law firms, Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger &amp; Grossmann LLP. During law school, Kate served as a judicial intern in the chambers of the Honorable Jack B. Weinstein in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.&nbsp;

Kate Aufses

(Admitted only in California)Peter is an experienced and creative lawyer with a focus on representing clients in complex commercial disputes, including crypto-asset, contract, shareholder and insolvency matters.

Peter Bach-y-Rita

(Admitted only in California)Peter is an experienced and creative lawyer with a focus on representing clients in complex commercial disputes, including crypto-asset, contract, shareholder and insolvency matters.

Richard has represented institutional and individual clients over a range of complex class action and civil litigation matters on both the plaintiff and defense side. Leveraging a background in technology and big data analytics, Richard seeks efficient and effective solutions, whether that means coming at a dispute at a creative angle or using novel tools such as the latest in GenAI. 
Richard also maintains an active pro bono practice, <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: Questrial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #1b1b1b; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">often working with nationally recognized nonprofit partners. His most recent pro bono work has focused on curtailing qualified immunity in a Section 1983 case pending in the Southern District of Louisiana.

Richard Cipolla

Richard has represented numerous institutional and individual clients on a wide range of complex civil litigation, regulatory enforcement, and white-collar defense matters. Leveraging a background in technology and big data analytics, Richard seeks effici...

Riley is a litigator with experience representing individuals, professional firms, and corporations in a broad array of matters at both the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts, as well as arbitration proceedings.
Prior to joining Freedman Normand Friedland, Riley was a litigator at Williams &amp; Connolly and clerked for the Honorable Richard C. Tallman, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.&nbsp; Riley received her Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law and her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Miami.&nbsp;

Riley Clafton

Joe has extensive experience handling complex matters that require innovative solutions and is always exploring how to integrate new technologies into his practice in order to achieve better outcomes for his clients.
He practices extensively on a wide range of subject matter, in both state and federal courts throughout the country, including class actions (both plaintiff and defense), commercial contract disputes and securities litigation.
Joe is currently prosecuting defamation claims against CNN, where a Florida appellate court recently affirmed an order authorizing punitive damages. He is also leading a separate multi-million dollar defamation suit against NASCAR on behalf of a race team&rsquo;s cryptocurrency sponsor.&nbsp; 
He is an active part of the firm&rsquo;s antitrust practice, and a core member of the team leading antitrust claims against the nation's top universities, which has already resulted in $284,000,000 in preliminary settlements. In 2021, Joe was part of the trial team that obtained a $140,000,000 judgment from a federal jury after a month long trial.

Joseph Delich

Joe has advised clients on matters that range from commercial contract disputes and securities litigation to internal investigations, regulatory and criminal defense, and compliance with anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. Joe has extensive experien...

Robert is an experienced litigator with a focus on complex, high-stakes disputes, including cross-border international investigations, litigation, and arbitration. Involved in all aspects of litigation and arbitration, including pre-suit investigations, Robert has extensive experience managing cases.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Robert is valued by clients for his absolute dedication to remaining focused on the creative solutions clients need to succeed. He offers proven abilities in case analysis and management and is able to quickly hone in on the optimal path to resolution by finding creative arguments, often under pressure, that offer the strongest potential to win or further the client&rsquo;s objectives.
Prior to joining the Firm, Robert was a litigator at the law firm of Black Srebnick.

Robert T. Dunlap

Robert is an experienced litigator with a focus on complex, high-stakes disputes, including cross-border international investigations, litigation, and arbitration. Involved in all aspects of litigation and arbitration, including pre-suit investigations, R...

Velvel is a founding partner of Freedman Normand Friedland LLP.
Vel is an experienced litigator known for finding creative solutions to complex problems. His practice focuses on high-risk litigation that includes consumer class actions, international disputes, and cryptocurrency/blockchain lawsuits. Vel&rsquo;s clients value his responsiveness, creative solutions, and ability to achieve successful outcomes while balancing the needs of running a business.
Vel&rsquo;s practice spans a diverse array of disputes across state, federal, and international trial and appellate courts.
At the trial court level, Vel currently serves as lead counsel in multiple consumer class actions across the country. He is also currently leading a seminal defamation claim against CNN that's made national headlines, and helps lead the firm's pursuit of antitrust claims against the nation's top universities, which has already resulted in $284,000,000 in preliminary settlements. In 2021, Vel obtained a $140,000,000 judgment from a federal jury after spending a month in trial. In 2023, he obtained another multi-million-dollar jury verdict, getting 100% of the contract damages he requested. Vel represented a consortium of growers, producers, and patients who sued the State of Florida for medical marijuana related issues. Vel also currently represents the heirs of a Holocaust survivor seeking to recover a Camille Pissarro masterpiece held by a Spanish-owned museum in one of the only Holocaust era cases to go to trial.
At the appellate level, Vel has successfully pursued numerous appeals in state and federal appellate courts. This includes his handling of multiple oral arguments to,&nbsp;e.g., win a punitive damages appeal against CNN in Florida's First District Court of Appeal, a matter of first impression before the Eleventh Circuit, and reversal before the Ninth Circuit. He recently filed a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States.
On the international side, Vel has successfully represented sovereigns and investors in global disputes involving national court litigation, international arbitration, and strategic negotiations, while managing public relations. Vel has acted as strategic global counsel to successfully prevent a foreign sovereign from illegally expropriating his client&rsquo;s assets. Most recently, Vel convinced the Secretariat of ICSID to disqualify the United States' party appointed arbitrator in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration, and then argued before the panel to successfully resist the United States' motion to dismiss the case.&nbsp;
Vel is also active in the local legal community, where he serves on the Southern District of Florida's Local Rules Committee. Before attending law school, Velvel was ordained as a rabbi.

Devin "Velvel" Freedman

Velvel is a founding partner of Roche Freedman.Vel is an experienced litigator known for finding creative solutions to complex problems. His practice focuses on high-risk litigation that includes consumer class actions, international disputes, and cryptoc...

Amos is a founding partner of Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. Amos&rsquo;s practice focuses on complex litigation, including insurance and reinsurance disputes and claims, M&amp;A disputes, business and partnership disputes, complex financial, antitrust, class action, transnational, copyright and trademark, art, and fashion.
For over fifteen years, he has litigated numerous high-stakes actions for plaintiffs and defendants throughout the United States and internationally, including at Boies Schiller Flexner and Quinn Emanuel. He is currently litigating a handful of existent litigations regarding rep &amp; warranty insurance coverage disputes, and represents numerous insurers in the rep &amp; warranty insurance claim space. He and his team recently won a bench trial, following nearly five years of litigation, regarding an M&amp;A dispute where the counterparty failed to close the transaction.
Amos regularly provides counsel to clients to assist them in assessing litigation risk and implications of sensitive business decisions, often under urgent time constraints. Amos has been named a New York Metro Area Super Lawyers &ldquo;Rising Star&rdquo; every year from 2015-2018; and a Super Lawyer every year since 2021.
Amos was previously associated with Boies Schiller Flexner, Quinn Emanuel, and Wiggin and Dana. Before attending law school, Amos completed a doctorate in philosophy and spent two years teaching at McGill University. After law school, he helped design and teach two-week intensive summer seminars for law students on the Holocaust and contemporary ethical issues for lawyers.

Amos Friedland

Amos is a founding partner of Roche Freedman. Amos’s practice focuses on complex litigation, including antitrust, class action, insurance disputes, transnational, copyright and trademark, art, and fashion.For over fifteen years, he has litigated numerous ...

Katie represents numerous institutional and individual clients on a wide range of complex litigation matters involving commercial contracts, government investigations, consumer class actions, antitrust, and white-collar defense matters. Prior to joining the firm, Katie served as a Fellow in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, focusing on voting rights and elections.

Katie Friel

Katie represents numerous institutional and individual clients on a wide range of complex litigation matters involving commercial contracts, government investigations, consumer class actions, antitrust, and white-collar defense matters. Prior to joining t...

Jordy is an experienced litigator with expertise in complex commercial, white collar, employment and securities litigation; internal investigations; and international arbitration.&nbsp; She has counseled and represented clients, on both the plaintiff and defense side, in sectors ranging from financial services to media and entertainment to education in a wide variety of matters in both federal and state court.
Prior to joining FNF, Jordy was a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP, and had the privilege of clerking for the Honorable Victor Marrero, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Jordy was named a New York Metro Area Super Lawyers &ldquo;Rising Star&rdquo; each year from 2021 to 2024.&nbsp;

Jordana Haviv

Jordana is an experienced litigator with expertise in complex commercial, white collar, employment and securities litigation; internal investigations; and international arbitration.  She has counseled and represented clients, on both the plaintiff and def...

<h4 class="preFade fadeIn">Larry represents a wide range of domestic and international clients in complex litigations and commercial transactions. Among Larry's accomplishments, he is noted for representing foreign governments, victims of the Holocaust, families of renowned artists and other claimants in the recovery of art and antiquities.</h4>

Lawrence M. Kaye

Richard is Counsel with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, focusing on banking, fintech, real estate, securities fraud, bankruptcy, and business torts.
Richard has litigated for over a decade in federal and state courts, both at the trial and appellate levels. He has also represented clients in all major alternative dispute resolution forums. Richard is particularly adept at navigating and identifying the nuances of litigating in New York&rsquo;s federal and state courts. He is currently representing a fund manager defending against allegations of gross negligence and misconduct in a JAMS arbitration and is representing a major apparel company against a competitor&rsquo;s allegations of unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets. Clients seek Richard&rsquo;s advice to resolve disputes pre-litigation and for creative, outside-the-box thinking when litigation is necessary.

Richard Lafont

Richard is Counsel with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, focusing on banking, fintech, real estate, securities fraud, bankruptcy, and business torts.
Richard began his career at Shea &amp; Gould and sp...

Stephen focuses on complex commercial litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in connection with a range of significant matters, including antitrust and qui tam actions, contract disputes, and corporate governance disputes. Before becoming an attorney, Stephen was an analyst at the Brattle Group, where he developed economic, financial, and mathematical models used to support expert testimony in litigation and regulatory matters.

Stephen Lagos

Stephen focuses on complex commercial litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in connection with a range of significant matters, including antitrust and qui tam actions, contract disputes, and corporate governance disputes. Before becoming an ...

Ivy is an experienced complex civil litigator whose practice focuses on securities fraud, privacy, data breaches, and antitrust class actions. She is a creative and collaborative problem-solver with a proven track record of recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of clients.
At FNF, she served as co-lead counsel in Lowry v. RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc. and recovered $10.5M, which represented ~30% of plaintiffs&rsquo; estimated damages &ndash; over 3x the typical recovery in securities fraud class actions. She also served as co-lead counsel in Hartel v. Geo Group, Inc. (D. FL) ($3M) and co-counsel in Lundy v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) ($37.5M).
Before joining FNF, Ivy successfully prosecuted numerous securities fraud class actions at a national complex litigation firm. Those cases include In re Cardinal Health, Inc. Sec. Litig. ($600M); Jones v. Pfizer Inc. ($400M); Fort Worth Employees&rsquo; Retirement Fund v. J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. ($388M); In re HealthSouth Corp. Sec. Litig. ($209M); Silverman v. Motorola, Inc. ($200M); In re MGM Mirage Sec. Litig. ($75M); Massachusetts Bricklayers and Masons Trust Funds v. Deutsche Alt-A Sec. Inc. ($32.5M); City of Ann Arbor Employees&rsquo; Retirement System v. Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc. ($25M); In re Genworth Fin., Inc. Sec. Litig. ($20M); and Shankar v. Imperva, Inc. ($19M). Ivy was also a member of the team that obtained certification in: Silverman v. Motorola, Inc., No. 07 C 4507, 259 F.R.D. 163 (N.D. Ill. 2009); Mary K. Jones v. Pfizer Inc., No. 1:10-cv-03864-AKH, (S.D.N.Y. 2012); In re Genworth Fin., Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 1:14-cv-02392-AKH, Doc. 118 (S.D.N.Y. 2014); and Fort Worth Employees&rsquo; Retirement Fund v. J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co., No. 1:09-cv-0371-JPO, 301 F.R.D. 116 (S.D.N.Y. 2014).
In recognition of her work in securities and class action litigation, Ivy&nbsp;was named a Rising Star by&nbsp;Super Lawyers Magazine for 2015-2018 and a Super Lawyer for 2019.

Ivy Ngo

Ivy is an experienced complex civil litigator focusing in securities fraud, privacy and data breach class actions. She is a creative and collaborative problem-solver with a proven track record of recovering hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of cli...

Ted is a founding partner of Freedman Normand Friedland LLP.&nbsp;
Ted has successfully and effectively litigated numerous complex and high-profile commercial disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels, and in several arbitrations. The clients for whom Ted has provided such valuable counsel and representation include Napster, Lloyd&rsquo;s of London, Swiss Re, The SCO Group, IDT, CRP/Extell, AIG, HSBC, Vanguard, ValueAct, Quadrant Capital Advisors, and Partner Reinsurance. Ted also has represented many executives in disputes regarding severance and compensation. Before joining the firm, Ted was a partner at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, where he was an attorney for over twenty years. Ted served as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Joseph M. McLaughlin in the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals and for the Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He was the Editor in Chief of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and an assistant to the Special Master in&nbsp;New Jersey v. New York, the dispute in the U.S. Supreme Court regarding state sovereignty over Ellis Island.

Edward Normand

Ted is a founding partner of Roche Freedman and serves as one of the Firm’s two Co-Chairs. Ted has successfully and effectively litigated numerous complex and high-profile commercial disputes. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in federal a...

Alex is a litigator with broad experience in high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration at both the trial and appellate levels. Alex has litigated several cases worth hundreds of millions of dollars from inception through trial before AAA and ICC tribunals and in federal and state courts, often involving complex issues of foreign law.  He has also assisted in briefing numerous cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, both on behalf of parties and amici curiae. Whether taking or defending depositions, appearing in court, or briefing novel issues of law, Alex brings critical analysis and strategic perspective to a wide variety of substantive areas to achieve results.

Alex Potter

Alex is a litigator with broad experience in high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration at both the trial and appellate levels. Alex has litigated several cases worth hundreds of millions of dollars from inception through trial before AAA and ICC t...

Kyle is a founding partner of Freedman Normand Friedland LLP.
Kyle is a dynamic strategist with a strong record of representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts. His unique ability to infuse his technological and economic knowledge into legal strategies for his clients has led to 50M+ pre-suit settlements and 100M+ trial victories. On the defense side, Kyle&rsquo;s practice focuses on representing emerging tech companies, CEOs, and venture capitalists. On the plaintiff side, Kyle has architected and led complex class actions and mass arbitrations against large institutions. 
Currently, Kyle is leading a mass arbitration of tens of thousands of parents and their minor children against TikTok for its alleged deceptive use of its social media platform to cause, in part, what the U.S. Surgeon General has called a mental health crisis. Kyle is also lead counsel in an antitrust class action against Wall Street firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC arising from its use of noncompetes and forfeitures to harm competition. Shortly after Kyle filed this suit, the FTC adopted a nation-wide ban on noncompetes.&nbsp;
Kyle has advanced novel legal theories in antitrust and securities litigation that have set precedent in emerging industries. Kyle also has extensive experience at the intersection of cryptocurrency, blockchain and law; he has written extensively on the subject and has been invited as a guest lecturer at Northwestern and Harvard.

Kyle Roche

Kyle is a dynamic strategist with a strong record of representing both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts.

Colleen is an experienced trial and appellate attorney whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Colleen regularly obtains favorable outcomes for clients in high stakes litigation involving commercial transactions, securities, international terrorism, trade secrets, and insurance law.&nbsp; Her journalism background and written advocacy skills have enabled her to successfully mount and defend appeals in state and federal courts across the United States.
Colleen has extensive courtroom experience, having served as trial counsel in several bench and jury trials.&nbsp; Most recently, she served as trial counsel in a high profile four-week trial where she examined numerous fact and expert witnesses and presented extensive oral argument.&nbsp; Prior to this, Colleen served as trial counsel in a two-week federal jury trial that culminated in a complete defense verdict in her client&rsquo;s favor. &nbsp;She has also achieved favorable jury verdicts as plaintiff&rsquo;s counsel, including successful verdicts in a federal court action arising from a coordinated cyberattack and a state court action premised on civil theft. Prior to attending law school, Colleen worked in the oil and gas industry, spending significant time in Houston, Texas and the Middle East.

Colleen Smeryage

Colleen is an experienced trial and appellate attorney whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Colleen regularly obtains favorable outcomes for clients in high stakes litigation involving commercial transactions, securitie...

<h4 class="preFade fadeIn">Howard has been involved in several of the best-known and most important litigations brought on behalf of foreign governments and heirs of Holocaust victims and others to recover stolen artwork or other cultural property.</h4>
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Howard N. Spiegler

Niraj is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in federal courts in connection with wide range of subject matters Prior to joining the firm, Niraj clerked in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and practiced patent litigation and patent prosecution at another leading law firm.

Niraj Thakker

Niraj is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in federal courts in connection with wide range of subject matters Prior to joining the firm, Niraj clerked in the United St...

Thomas is a federal and state court litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. 
Thomas has over a decade of law enforcement experience, most recently serving as a police officer in South Florida. He has experience as a Sergeant, a SWAT Team Operator, and is also a certified Drug Recognition Expert (DRE).&nbsp; Thomas brings that experience and diligence to bear when investigating and working cases up. 
Prior to joining the firm, Thomas worked for the Broward County State Attorney&rsquo;s Office, where he prosecuted multiple jury and non-jury trials. He was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Jose E. Martinez of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. 
Thomas also serves as a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army Reserve.

Thomas Trabue

Thomas is a litigator whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He represents plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state courts in connection with a wide range of subject matters. 

Ya&eacute;l brings more than a decade of experience in art law, advising clients in a wide range of domestic and cross-border art and cultural property matters.
She has broad experience representing clients in complex commercial art transactions, including auction and private sales, purchases, consignments and loans.&nbsp;Ya&eacute;l counsels clients on a variety of art matters relating to title, authenticity, provenance, and others.&nbsp; She has represented claimants in actions seeking restitution of art misappropriated during the Holocaust, and claimants seeking the recovery of looted or stolen cultural patrimony.&nbsp;
Ya&eacute;l was named a Super Lawyers &ldquo;Rising Star&rdquo;&nbsp;in 2024 and has been ranked by Chambers a High Net Worth in Art and Cultural Property Law since 2023.&nbsp; Prior to joining FNF, Ya&eacute;l was Counsel at Kaye Spiegler, LLP.&nbsp;

Yaél M. Weitz

Lily is an Associate with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP. &nbsp;Her practice focuses on class action and mass torts disputes, contractual litigation, corporate and government investigations, administrative actions, professional liability, and state and federal appellate practice.

Lily Westergaard

Lily is an Associate with Freedman Normand Friedland LLP.  Her practice focuses on class action and mass torts disputes, contractual litigation, corporate and government investigations, administrative actions, professional liability, and state and fe...

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