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

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.

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.