 Hillary
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Hillary Richard’s practice focuses on commercial litigation,
securities law, regulatory and administrative proceedings and trial
practice. From 1988 through 1994, Ms. Richard was an associate at
Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C. She
was a partner with that firm from 1994 through 1998. In 1998, Ms.
Richard received the 1998 Women of Power and Influence Award from
the National Organization for Women, New York City. In 2001, she
was profiled in New York Magazine as one of New York City’s
top young lawyers. Read
Article (PDF File). In2007 Ms. Richard was named a Super
Lawyer in the areas of Business Litigation and Securities
Litigation.
Ms. Richard has litigated numerous civil and criminal cases in
New York, California, Washington, Louisiana, Florida, Michigan,
Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the District of
Columbia. She has tried cases in state, federal and military courts.
She represents a number of financial institutions, including hedge
funds, private equity funds, commercial banks, investment firms
and broker-dealers in federal securities fraud, breach of contract,
breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret and successor liability actions.
She has successfully moved to dismiss claims made against her clients,
most recently winning the dismissal of a $200 million securities
fraud case. She obtained a judgment in excess of $1.3 million against
a defaulting issuer and previously obtained a multimillion dollar
contempt fine against a borrower that had defaulted on its obligations.
Ms. Richard successfully defended an investment bank in a $55
million fraud claim and a hedge fund in a multi-million dollar
breach of contract action.
In addition, Ms. Richard has represented individuals and institutions
in regulatory and administrative proceedings. Ms. Richard
has also represented defendants in a multi-count RICO criminal case,
which involved the seizure of millions of dollars and numerous properties
based on allegations of fraud and money laundering. Ms. Richard
challenged the forfeiture, the seizure of documents and the sufficiency
of the money laundering allegations. She successfully moved for
the dismissal of a subsequent civil RICO case brought against the
same defendants. In so doing, she developed an expertise in criminal
and civil RICO and forfeiture statutes, and has subsequently represented
others charged with similar violations.
Ms. Richard regularly teaches trial techniques at the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s Intensive Trial Advocacy
Program and has lectured at the Practicing Law Institute. In addition,
she has lectured widely on issues pertaining to civil and criminal
law and has provided legal commentary on television on a variety
of legal issues.
Reported decisions from Ms. Richard’s cases include Endovasc
Ltd., Inc. v. J.P. Turner & Co., 169 F.App’x 655
(2d Cir. 2006); Gabriel Capital, LP v. CAIB Investmentbank Aktiengesellschaft,
28 A.D.3d 376, 814 N.Y.S.2d 66 (1st Dep’t 2006); Laurus
Master Fund, Ltd. v. Versacom Intern., Inc., 2003 WL 21219791
(S.D.N.Y. May 21, 2003); Haymarket LLC v. D.G. Jewelry of
Canada Ltd., 290 A.D.2d 318, 736 N.Y.S.2d 356 (1st Dep’t 2002);
Pic-A-State PA, Inc. v. Pennsylvania, 42 F.3d 175 (3rd Cir.
1994); United States v. Church of Scientology of Boston, Inc.,
933 F.2d 1074 (1st Cir. 1991); Taub v. Committee on Professional
Standards, 200 A.D.2d 74, 612 N.Y.S.2d 272 (3d Dep’t 1994);
Southridge Capital Management v. Lowry, 188 F. Supp.2d 388
(S.D.N.Y. 2002); Gagliardi v. Universal Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
137 F. Supp.2d 374 (S.D.N.Y. 2001); Thomson Kernaghan & Co. v.
Global Intellicom, Inc., 2000 WL 640653 (S.D.N.Y. May 17,
2000); Thomson Kernaghan & Co. v. Global Intellicom, Inc.,
1999 WL 717250 (S.D.N.Y. Sep 14, 1999)
Ms. Richard graduated from Harvard Law School in 1988 with honors.
She received the C. Clyde Ferguson Fellowship in Human Rights in
1986. She graduated from Fordham University, College at Lincoln
Center, summa cum laude in 1985.
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