Miriam O. Hyman practices in the area of international corporate law, representing clients predominantly based in Brazil, including manufacturers, banks, financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, and high net worth individuals in their activities worldwide. Representative transactions include negotiation and documentation of credit facilities, private placements of debt and equity, documentation for banks in connection with commercial and private banking activities and general commercial agreements. She also has extensive experience in employment matters.

Ms. Hyman is a 1977 graduate of Hofstra University School of Law, where she was articles editor for Hofstra Law Review, and a summa cum laude graduate of Brandeis University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She speaks Portuguese.

Professional Activities

American Bar Association
Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce
Hofstra University Law School
- Adjunct Professor, January-June 2007

Admissions

New York
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

Education

Hofstra University School of Law, J.D., 1977
Brandeis University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1963

Experience

Bryan Cave
- Partner, 1989-2007
Cameron & Hornbostel (formerly Cameron Hornbostel & Butterman)
- Partner, 1984-1989
Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2007-present
Katz Leavy Rosensweig & Sindle (merged with Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst)
- Associate, 1980-1982
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (formerly Reavis & McGrath)
- Associate, 1977-1979
Judge Appellate Division, Second Department, Nassau County
- Law Clerk, Hon. Leon Lazer, 1979
New York Civil Liberties Union, Nassau County Chapter
- Executive Director, 1969-1973
Nassau County Family Court
- Probation Officer, 1963-1966

Board Memberships

Kinhaven Music School, Weston, Vermont
- Board of Directors, 2000-present
71st Street Lexington Corporation
- Board of Directors, 2004-2007; 1998-2001; 1990-1993
- President, 2006-2007; 1999-2001; 1991-1993
NYCLU
- Governance Committee, 2005-2007
- Board of Directors, 1998-2006
Mayor's Task Force on Status of Women
- Steering Committee, 1991-1992
EAC, Inc.
- Counsel and Member, Board of Trustees, 1987-1992

Honors and Awards

Listed in Manhattan edition of Super Lawyers, 2006

Selected Publications

Contributing Columnist on Issues of Employment Law, www.workingwoman.com, 2001
"Are Sweep Accounts at Risk if Bank Fails?" American Bar Association Banking Journal, July 2005
"Foreign Government Offices in U.S. Subject to U.S. Employment Laws," Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, October 2001

Selected Speaking Engagements

Speaker, "Jurisdiction Selection Clauses in International Contracts," International Law Conference sponsored by Buranello & Passos, Sao Paulo, Brazil