Dispute resolution
New York-based founding partner of MoloLamken LLP, Steven Molo, is best known for his diverse trial practice, which spans business litigation, white-collar criminal matters, and IP disputes, where he often represents corporations, boards, funds, investors, inventors, and individuals. Among his recent highlights, he successfully prevailed on behalf of A-CAP, a major insurance provider, securing the dismissal of litigation against AM Best, which had threatened to significantly lower A-CAP’s credit rating due to a proposed $1bn asset write-off. Currently, Molo is acting for Suntory Global Spirits in a dispute with entities formed by Curtis J. Jackson III (50 Cent) over their collaboration to endorse Beam’s EFFEN vodka brand.
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Profile
Position
Steven Molo, one of the country’s leading courtroom advocates, is a founding partner of the national litigation boutique MoloLamken LLP. He represents corporations, boards, funds, investors, inventors, and individuals in complex business litigation, white collar criminal matters, and IP litigation. His client base is international.
Career
Mr. Molo began his career as a prosecutor in Chicago, and then practiced with Winston & Strawn, where he was a senior litigator and member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He spent five years as a litigation partner with the Wall Street firm Shearman & Sterling before founding MoloLamken in October 2009. He is also a solicitor on the Roll of Attorneys of the Law Society of England and Wales.
Memberships
Trustee, American Inns of Court Foundation; Trustee, United States Supreme Court Historical Society; Member (Past Vice President), New York Inn of Court; Trustee, Federal Bar Foundation; Member (Past President), Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Courts Committee, Federal Bar Council; Member (Past President), Chicago Inn of Court; Trial Attorney Advisory Board, American Bar Association; Board of Visitors, University of Illinois College of Law.
Education
J.D. and B.S., University of Illinois
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