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gmeierhofer@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience
George Meierhofer is an experienced litigation attorney who has handled all aspects of litigation before federal and state courts and arbitrations before arbitral and self regulatory organizations in various areas of the law including federal and state securities litigation, general business litigation under federal, state, and international law, and insurance litigation. He has handled adversary proceedings and corporate counseling with respect to bankruptcy proceedings throughout the United States, federal and state employment discrimination law and Lanham Act and trademark infringement matters. Additionally, Mr. Meierhofer is experienced in appellate law in various federal courts of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court and state appellate courts throughout the United States. He has also been involved with the negotiation of contracts including corporate acquisition agreements and employment and severance agreements as well as internal investigations of corporations. Mr. Meierhofer began his career at Weil Gotshal & Manges where he spent ten years in the Business & Securities Litigation Department.
Bar Admissions
New York
Court Admissions
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Publications
Coauthor:
Disqualification of Expert Witnesses (and Counsel Who Retain Them) Based Upon Confidentially Concerns, to be published in the Corporate Litigator II (ABA Publications) (publication date to be determined);
Compliance in the Securities Industry: Compliance Programs on Trial, Preventive Law Report (1997);
Lawyers Serving on the Boards of Directors of Clients: A Survey of the Problems, 7 Insights The Corporate & Securities Law Advisor 3 (April 1993), also published at I Corp. Governance Advisor 21 (April May, 1993);
Model Rule of Professional Conduct 5.7 Its Origin and Interpretation, 5 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics Spring 1992;
Developments in Offense: Open Market Purchases in Lieu of Tender Offers and Leveraged Deals, 19th Annual Institute on Securities Regulation at 205 (PLI Corp. Law and Practice Course Handbook Series 577, 1987) Education
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1986, Law Review, Editor, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal
Georgetown University, B.A., 1983, Magna Cum Laude
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