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Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. Offices
565 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10017
NEW YORK
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Mr Edward Spiro
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Edward M. Spiro is a litigator with many years of experience handling complex commercial and criminal litigation at the trial and appellate level in state and federal courts, and in arbitrations for high-profile, high-net worth individual and corporate clients. Ed has represented clients in diverse matters, including business and partnership disputes, securities litigation, employment disputes, including sexual harassment and discrimination, tax fraud, real estate disputes, professional responsibility and liability, and insurance coverage litigation. Ed has extensive experience defending litigation related to concurrent governmental investigations or prosecutions, including class actions, derivative cases, and other complex matters involving the securities and antitrust laws. He has represented public and privately held corporations, financial institutions, hedge funds, accounting firms, law firms, and corporate directors and officers, and served as an expert in the areas of legal ethics and standards of care.
Career
Partner, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello PC, 1994.
Memberships
Ed recently completed his second term as a member of the Attorney Grievance Committee of the Appellate Division, First Department. He is a former member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association; a former director of the New York County Lawyers’ Association and former Chair of its Committee on Professional Discipline; and a former Chair of the Committee on Professional Discipline of the New York City Bar Association. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of the American Bar Association (Litigation and Criminal Justice Sections), the New York State Bar Association (Commercial and Federal Litigation Section), and the Federal Bar Council. In addition, Ed is a member of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York and Chair of its Audit Committee. He is also a trustee of the Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon.
Education
Boston University School of Law (J.D., cum laude; Member, Law Review), 1976; Colgate University (B.A., cum laude), 1973.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
New York firm Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. is a long-established litigation boutique that handles white-collar defense, regulatory enforcement, business and securities litigation. Its work in class action, derivative suits and civil securities fraud cases, as well as its prowess in SEC enforcement matters, is based on the strength of its trial capability. More than a quarter of the firm’s partners are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. ‘They are zealous advocates and have obtained excellent results’, remark clients. Practice head Edward Spiro and ‘go-to lawyer’ Robert Anello are represented the founder and CEO of a public company in approximately 20 class action and derivative suits relating to allegations of stock manipulation. All matters were settled in 2022. Leading white-collar criminal defense partner Elkan Abramowitz
also plays a pivotal role in both civil and criminal cases, and former federal prosecutor Christopher Harwood is also prominent in both investigations and litigation.