Litigation Attorney Edward D. Altabet Joins Cohen Seglias to Serve as New York Office Managing Partner

10/22/20

Edward D. Altabet

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC is pleased to announce that Edward D. Altabet has joined the firm and serves as the New York office managing partner. Altabet focuses his practice on commercial litigation and investigations. He previously served as founder and managing member of Altabet Law LLC.

“Ed is a highly regarded and talented litigator with a diverse range of experience and demonstrated leadership that will serve our clients and our firm well. We welcome him to our New York office to expand our capabilities in handling business disputes for clients and cases both in courts and before administrative agencies,” said Cohen Seglias managing partner George E. Pallas.

Altabet will be a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation, International Investigations, and White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Groups. He litigates matters before state, federal, and appellate courts, focusing his practice on contracts, business torts, lenders’ and creditors’ rights, secured transactions, securities, partnership disputes, and executive employment issues. Altabet also represents companies and senior executives, as well as religious and not-for-profit corporations, in connection with internal and regulatory driven investigations relating to allegations of financial misconduct, undisclosed self-dealing, accounting fraud, improper allocation of restricted funds, and FCA violations. With this experience, Altabet routinely serves as outside general counsel for numerous clients.

Altabet’s arrival follows that of partners Shanlon Wu and Julie Grohovsky in Washington, DC, and the launch of the White Collar Defense & Government Investigations Group in July, 2020.

Altabet earned his J.D. and LL.M. from Cornell Law School, his M.A. from Columbia University, and his B.A. from Binghamton University.

About Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Founded in 1988, Cohen Seglias is a law firm with 75 attorneys in offices across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Washington, DC, and Kentucky. The firm provides client service on a national basis in areas including business transactions, commercial litigation, construction, energy & utilities, False Claims Act and whistleblowers, financial services, government contracting, government law & regulatory affairs, insurance coverage & risk management, internal investigations, labor & employment, real estate, scientific misconduct, student defense, Title IX, wealth preservation, and white collar defense and government investigations. For more information please visit www.cohenseglias.com.

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