AKR Professionals | Alan Arkin

Education:

Tulane Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1996
Notes and Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review

Washington University, B.A., 1993

Publications:

"Arenson v. Southern University Law Center: The Fifth Circuit Adopts a 'Use It or Lose It System For Rule 50(c) Conditional Rulings on Judgments as a Matter of Law and New Trials," Tulane Law Review, 1995.

"Inconsistencies in Modern Federalism Jurisprudence," Tulane Law Review, 1996.

"Which 'State' is Best For You: The Many States of Scienter Under The Reform Act," Andrews Corporate Officers and Directors Liability Litigation Reporter, March 6, 2000.

Bar Admissions:

New York State
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Memberships:

American Bar Association

t. 212.333.0212
f. 212.333.2350
E. alarkin@arkin-law.com

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Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin has represented clients in a wide range of areas in state and federal courts across the country, and has advised clients with respect to litigation in foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Arkin represents both employees and employers in connection with wrongful termination, compensation, and discrimination cases, among others. He has advised, negotiated, and litigated on behalf of senior executives and investment bankers with respect to their separations, entitlements under deferred compensation and stock option plans, as well as with respect to non-competition agreements. Mr. Arkin has also represented individuals, corporations, and financial institutions in a wide range of civil, criminal, and regulatory matters, including commercial, securities, and corporate governance litigation, as well as with respect to investigations. Mr. Arkin also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, and FINRA.

Notable representations include:

Representing an energy company in a federal breach of contract and fraud action against a major investment bank with respect to the sale of an energy trading business;
Representing a former chief executive officer in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association and other litigation with respect to his termination, including matters relating to various compensation plans;
Representing former senior members of an investment bank's private equity fund group with respect to their separation from the bank and formation of a new fund;
Representing a well-known seller of frankfurters in litigation under a license agreement;
Representing an investment trust in a trial in Delaware Chancery Court seeking inspection of an LLC's books and records on the grounds that the LLC had been used as a vehicle to perpetrate various frauds upon its members and the managing member had engaged in criminal conduct; and
Representing the board of directors of a hotel company in a derivative action relating to the sale of the business to a private equity firm.

Mr. Arkin was born in Flushing, New York. He joined the firm in 2001.