Matthew S. Blum

• Represented a global military contractor, prosecuting Lanham Act, Defend Trade Secrets Act, and business torts for misappropriation of proprietary technology used to assess blast radiation, achieving a favorable confidential settlement.
• Served as of counsel to a Fortune 250 company and global contractor, prosecuting racketeering and bid rigging claims involving misappropriation of proprietary technologies, claims exceeding $100,000,000.00.
• Served as of counsel to a Fortune 250 company in an international dispute over the sale and servicing contract concerning a VVIP aircraft, with claims totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, litigating in the International Chamber of Commerce, International Court of Arbitration, Paris, France.
• Defended a taxi company and its principals from an unfair competition lawsuit brought by a plaintiff-competitor who formerly employed the defendant-principals, winning summary judgment dismissal; the court invalidated the non-compete restriction plaintiff used for all of its employees.
• Represented a scientist in prosecuting a $400 million-plus securities fraud scheme in the over-the-counter market, perpetrated by 39 defendants in eight states, resulting in settlement of all civil claims and the commencement of criminal and civil enforcement proceedings by the US Department of Justice and Securities & Exchange Commission.
• Represented a general contractor in multiple concurrent lawsuits concerning a joint-venture to build a $27.2 million sky-rise, successfully defending owner claims for breach of contract while winning summary judgment on misappropriation claims against a joint-venturer.
• Represented a nationally-recognized restaurateur in connection with her interactions with the press; a $1.6 million equity offering for her acclaimed restaurant; and resolution of a wage & hour litigation against her and the restaurant.
• Represented a prominent economics professor and financial advisor before FINRA in defending claims brought by an international financial services company for breach of employment agreement/non-compete while counterclaiming for business torts, achieving a favorable settlement of all claims.
• Represented lender as trial counsel for eight related, high-profile fraud cases dealing with defaulted residential loans secured by illegally-partitioned commercial property, serving as appellate counsel for one of the eight cases then pending in the New York Appellate Division, First Department, and another slated for the New York Court of Appeals.
• Represented an online casino in intellectual property litigation with an international gaming distributor over license rights and use of trademarks in connection with the unlawful issuance of exclusive rights to the gaming distributor’s subsidiary as part of an $825 million sale of the subsidiary to a Korean shell company.
• Represented a manufacturer in disputes concerning breach of contract and violation of the Uniform Commercial Code in connection with goods shipped interstate through a foreign intermediary.
• Represented a financial institution in prosecuting a fraudulent scheme perpetrated on multiple bankruptcy courts in connection with the unlawful sale of real property conveyed through a straw man.
• Represented receivers of failed-bank assets in prosecuting residential mortgage-backed securities/ABS claims against intercontinental banks that securitized and sold prime and subprime mortgage bonds.

Hofstra University School of Law

J.D. - 2012

Honors & Activities:

• • Dean’s List – Top 15%; Concentrations in Securities and Corporate Law

Zarb School of Business, Hofstra University

M.B.A., Corporate Finance - 2012

Honors & Activities:

• • Graduate with Distinction – Highest Honors for Masters Graduate; Concentrations in Derivatives and Institutional Risk Management

University of Florida

B.A. - 2008

• Litigation

• International Defense Bar, Member
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association
• New York City Bar Association
• Nassau County Bar Association