Erwin J. Shustak
401 West A Street, Suite 2200 San Diego, California 92101
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Overview
Erwin Shustak is the founder and Managing Partner of the Firm. He
heads the Litigation and Arbitration Department, with over 40 years of
extensive experience in a wide variety of complex disputes and
transactions, across the country and overseas. Mr. Shustak specializes
in litigations, trials, arbitrations and appeals of complex securities,
financial and business disputes, with a particular emphasis in the areas
of securities and financial services and regulation law. Few attorneys
have the depth and range of his legal experience and judgment.
He has handled and overseen several hundred litigations and
arbitrations, in Federal and State Courts and arbitration forums across
the country. He has represented public and private companies of all
kinds, including financial institutions; broker-dealers; registered
investment advisors, advisory firms and securities brokers; governmental
agencies, including the FDIC and the Resolution Trust Corporation;
manufacturing firms in many industries; hedge funds and investment
partnerships; and defrauded investors. His vast trial and arbitration
experience includes business, securities and financial fraud; breach of
contract; real estate transactions and disputes; employment disputes;
unfair competition, non-compete and restrictive covenant cases; and
intellectual property disputes including copyright and trademark
infringement. He is a highly experienced and respected litigator as well
as an ardent and effective negotiator.
Mr. Shustak began his career at the premier national law firm of Kaye
Scholer Fierman Hays & Handler, in New York City. He is admitted to
the State and Federal Courts of California, New York and New Jersey;
the Second, Third, Fifth and Ninth Circuit Federal Courts of Appeals,
and the United States Supreme Court. For over 25 years he has served as
an arbitrator for FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
(formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers) and the
National Futures Association. He is a member of the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America; the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San
Diego; the New York, California State and San Diego County Bar
Associations. Erwin also is a member of the Legal and Compliance Society
of SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
Erwin resides in Del Mar, California and travels extensively serving the
Firm’s clients. He is active in a number of community organizations and
generously gives his time and experience to various pro bono projects.
Erwin is an active member of IR Global, a leading international
association of legal and accounting professionals, based in London,
which provides our Firm with access to top professionals across the
globe. Erwin is a member of the Disputes Committee of that organization.
During his career, Erwin has received numerous awards and recognitions for his professional expertise, including:
?• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 23rd Edition (2017) of Woodward White’s “The Best Lawyers in America©" for his work in Financial Services Regulation Law. Best Lawyers© is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession;
• Named a SuperLawyer© seven times by SuperLawyer
Magazine, published by Thompson Reuters, for his peer recognition and
professional achievements in securities and business litigation;
• Named
one of the “Top Lawyers in San Diego” and “One of the Top Lawyers and
Law Firms You Need to Know” in the 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 annual
Attorneys editions of San Diego Magazine;
• Honored as a “Top Litigator” of 2014” and a “Top Rated Lawyer of 2013″ in the field of Commercial Litigation by Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer;
• Voted one of San Diego’s “Best of the Bar” in 2015 and 2014;
• Selected for Lifetime Membership in Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys of America©;
• Named “One of the Top 100
Litigation Lawyers in California” in 2014 and 2015 by The American
Society of Legal Advocates, a recognition awarded to less than 1.5% of
lawyers nationally;
• Received the highest rating- AV-
from Martindale Hubbell since 1985, a testament to the fact that his
peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence;
• Lifetime Member of both the
Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates
Forum, based on a number of multi-million-dollar jury and arbitration
awards he has obtained for clients over the years. Fewer than 1% of
U.S. lawyers are members;
• Selected by The San Diego Daily Transcript as one of the Transcript’s “Top Ten Attorneys in 2005″, and named as one of the “Top Influentials in 2012″;
• Selected by the readers of Fine Magazine as the Top Commercial/Corporate Attorney of 2016;
• Featured on the cover of the 2012 edition of “Top Rated Lawyers in New York” published by The National Law Journal and The American Lawyer;
• Named a “Top Rated Lawyer in Securities Law” in 2013 by American Lawyer and Martindale Hubbell.
What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Awards
- named a SuperLawyer 6 times, securities and business litigation
- named "One of the Top Lawyers in San Diego" in 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013
- honored as a "Top Litigator of 2014" and a "Top Rated Lawyer of 2013" in the field of commercial litigation by Corporate Counsel and The American Lawyer
- voted one of San Diego's "Best of the Bar" in 2014 and 2015
- lifetime member in Rue Ratings "Best Attorneys in America"
- named "One of the Top 100 Litigation Lawyers in California" in 2014 and 2015 by the American Society of Legal Advocates
- rated AV- the highest rating- by Martindale Hubbell since 1985
- lifetime member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum and MultiMillion Dollar Advocates Forum based on a number of multi-million dollar jury and arbitration awards obtained for clients over the years
- selected as one of the "Top Ten Attorneys in San Diego" by the San Diego Daily Transcript in 2005
- named the Top Commercial/Corporate Attorney of 2016 by Fine Magazine
- named a "Top Rated Lawyer in Securities Law" in 2013 by the American Lawyer
- selected as "One of the Best Law Firms in America" by U.S. News & World Report, 2018, top tier, Financial Services Regulation
- named to "Best Lawyers in America" 2018 and 2017, published by Woodward White
Languages
English
Education
New York University, J.D.
Graduated 1985
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (619) 696-9500
401 West A St. Ste 2250
San Diego, California 92101
San Diego, California 92101
401 West A Street, Suite 2200
San Diego, California 92101
San Diego, California 92101
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