Jason R. Pickholz is an experienced litigator whose advice and counsel is sought both by clients involved with courtroom litigation or arbitration, as well as those who desire to avoid highly-publicized litigation and/or governmental actions. He has represented domestic and foreign clients before federal and state courts, arbitration panels, the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorney's offices in various parts of the country, state prosecutorial and regulatory authorities including the Manhattan District Attorney's office and the New York Attorney General's office, and self-regulatory organizations such as the NASD and the NYSE. He has counseled and represented both corporate and individual clients in the areas of officer and director responsibilities and liabilities, securities and accounting law, anti-money laundering procedures under the USA Patriot Act and Bank Secrecy Act, corporate compliance, Economic Espionage Act, internal investigations, stock options backdating, hedge funds, securities fraud, bank conversions, audits and accounting, market timing and after hours trading, trading ahead, interpositioning, insider trading, and other areas.

Mr. Pickholz was counsel in the first anti-money laundering case against an NYSE member firm, and represented a member firm in the first disciplinary case ever brought by FINRA, several officers in the SEC and U.S. Attorney's office investigations of Royal Ahold/U.S. Foodservices, a leading specialist in the NYSE Floor Specialists cases, and a bulge bracket analyst in theWall Street Analysts cases.

In addition, Mr. Pickholz has represented clients in private civil litigations involving securities and commodities, business and commercial disputes, contractual disputes, employment-related matters, disciplinary proceedings, intellectual property and real estate. Jason has represented clients from Belgium, Canada, England, France, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, The Netherlands and throughout the United States.

Mr. Pickholz began his career as a law clerk to the Honorable Kevin Thomas Duffy, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, where he assisted the court with, among other matters, the Philippine Airlines bombing conspiracy, post-trial proceedings in the first World Trade Center bombing trial, and a federal dispute arising from conflicting orders issued by the state courts of California and New York during the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Areas Of Practice

Securities Defense
White Collar Litigation
Internal Investigations
Corporate Compliance
Commercial Litigation
Business/Commercial Litigation

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
- Chair, White-Collar Crime Committee's Securities Fraud Subcommittee, 2006-2008
- Chair, Trial Practice Committee's International Law and Arbitration Subcommittee, 2003-present
- Senior Editor, Trial Practice Journal, 2002-present
-- Outstanding Newsletter Award recipient, 2005-06
-- Outstanding Editor Award recipient, 2002-03
- Chair, Government Litigation Federal/State liaison Subcommittee, 2003
- Chair, Trial Practice Technology Subcommittee, 2001-2003
Federal Bar Council
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Admissions

New York
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D., 1994

Colgate University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1991