Steven D. Gorelick
411 Hackensack Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 503
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone 201-883-1030
Fax 201-883-1031
sgorelick@garfunkelwild.com |
Compliance and
White Collar Defense
Litigation &
Arbitration
Year Joined
2009
Education
Brown University
(B.A., Political Science, 1984)
New School for Social Research
Jacob M. Kaplan Fellow
(M.A., Public Policy Analysis, 1988)
Georgetown University Law Center
Public Interest Law Scholar (J.D., 1991)
Bar Admission(s)
New Jersey, 1991
New York, 1992
Court Admission(s)
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
New Jersey Supreme Court
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court of New York, District of
New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Bar Affiliation(s)
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York City Bar Association |
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Biography
Steven D. Gorelick is a Partner at
Garfunkel Wild, P.C., since October 2009. He is a member of
the firm’s Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group.
Mr. Gorelick
has over 18 years of litigation and trial experience in
New Jersey and New York, representing corporations,
institutions and other businesses in various industries
in complex litigation, class actions, investigations and
audits, including in the areas of health care,
employment, securities, real estate and general
commercial litigation. Mr. Gorelick also counsels
clients with respect to a range of employment issues,
including non-compete and other restrictive covenants,
trade secrets, employment contracts and wrongful
termination and other employment practices claims.
Mr. Gorelick's health care
practice has included conducting internal investigations
and negotiating complex settlements of claims with
private plaintiffs and government agencies on behalf of
hospitals and representing hospitals and other health
care businesses in breach of contract, tort and other
civil litigation. Mr. Gorelick has successfully defended
numerous corporate and financial institutions in
securities and financial litigation and class actions.
He has obtained dismissals, summary judgment and
successful outcomes after trial for clients on
commercial, bankruptcy and real estate litigation, as
well as numerous TROs and preliminary injunctions, while
also successfully defending against actions seeking such
relief.
Mr. Gorelick is a graduate
of Brown University and Georgetown University Law
Center. Prior to attending law school, Mr.
Gorelick was selected as a Fellow by the Coro Foundation
in its leadership program in public affairs, held
positions in New York City government, served as a
mediator of community disputes in Brooklyn, NY and
earned a master's degree in public policy analysis from
the New School for Social Research.
Before joining Garfunkel Wild, P.C. Mr. Gorelick was a litigation partner at
Sills Cummis & Gross in Newark, NJ and Stern &
Kilcullen, LLC in Roseland, NJ. He began his
career in the litigation department of Schulte Roth &
Zabel in Manhattan.
Mr. Gorelick has served as a
board member of the Jewish National Fund, Northeast
Region since 2002 and on its National Legal Committee since
2006.
Publications
New Jersey Law chapter of
annual ABA Section of Litigation Survey of Class Action
Law, for publication in Newburg on Class Actions, 2003
through 2006.
"Safe Harbors for Forward
Looking Statements: An Overview for the
Practitioner," Practising Law Institute, Corporate
Law and Practice Handbook Series, November 1997.
"The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995," presented at
Broker/Dealer Conference of the New York State Society
of Certified Public Accountants, September 1996. |
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