Awards, Recognition & Credentials

2024 Crain's New York Business Notable General Counsel

Named to Crain's New York Business's list of the region's most influential general counsel.

Marquis Who's Who in America

Listed in Marquis Who's Who in America for distinguished achievement in the legal profession.

Metro New York Super Lawyer Rising Star

2012 and 2013.

TechGC — Founding Member, 2017 to present

Invitation-only peer community where the general counsel of public and private tech companies share legal best practices.

New York Democratic Lawyers Council

Membership Chair and Political Co-Chair.

Volunteer Young Lawyers for Obama

New York Chapter Coordinator. Helped recruit and train more than 500 volunteer attorneys for voter-protection work nationwide.

Law Clerk to the Hon. Dora L. Irizarry, U.S. District Judge and former Chief Judge, EDNY

Brooklyn, New York.

Litigation Associate, Labaton Sucharow LLP

Securities-fraud litigation for institutional investors, including NYCERS, in complex federal cases.

Litigation Associate, Blank Rome LLP

Commercial real estate litigation and transactions, environmental litigation, and government investigations.

General Counsel, Everyrealm Inc.

Virtual worlds and immersive media. Managed four concurrent litigations, JV deal flow, marketing and IP licensing, and a company-wide privacy, payments, and securities compliance program (including security tokens).

VP & General Counsel, Common Living, Inc. (Series D, acquired)

Led the legal function through seven years of hypergrowth — 25 to 350 employees, 2 to 10 states. Closed $40M Series C, $50M Series D, $25M bridge, $15M venture debt. Built and ran a four-person legal and compliance team. Member of the Executive and Strategic Committees, reporting to the CEO.

Amicus brief — New York Court of Appeals

Co-authored a high-stakes amicus brief on an affordable-housing matter affecting thousands of residents.

Article 78 proceeding — New York City agency records access

Lead counsel in a high-stakes proceeding with broad implications for government transparency.

Lead counsel — 65 law-school graduates, 5 states

Coordinated consumer-protection and fraud action related to law-school employment reporting. One of the earliest cases of its kind.

Author, Fractionally Yours (Substack)

Regular writing on legal AI, business law, and the forces reshaping the profession.

Founder, YFGC.AI

Productized fractional general counsel service powered by AI.

Founder, LawyerLoop AI™

Curated network of AI-powered lawyers across all practice areas.

Brooklyn Law School

J.D., cum laude.

The George Washington University

B.A.

Admitted in New York

U.S. and German citizen

Qualified to work in the United States and the European Union.