Law Offices Of Ira S. Sacks LLP

Ira S. Sacks
Law Offices of Ira S. Sacks LLP
575 Madison Ave., 10th fl.
New York, NY 10022
212 605 0355
isacks@irasacks.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Law Offices of Ira S Sacks LLP, January 2009 to present

Dreier LLP; Gursky & Partners, July 2003 to December 2008
Partner

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, January 1988 to June 2003
Partner

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, August 1974 to December 1987
Partner, 1983-1987; Associate, 1974-1982

AREAS OF PRACTICE
  • Trademark and Patent (litigation, counseling and transactional)
  • Antitrust (litigation and counseling)
  • Biotech, Pharmaceuticals and Technology (litigation, counseling and transactions)
  • Financial services and Securities (litigation and counseling)
  • Bankruptcy (debtor, creditor and committee work, including Plan and debt negotiation)
  • Commercial litigation
  • US Supreme Court appeals: Lilly v. Virginia and Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation

ILLUSTRATIVE MATTERS
  • adidas (IP litigation)
  • Nike (IP litigation)
  • Diesel (trademark and distribution litigation and counseling)
  • TriStar Pictures; Columbia Pictures (IP litigation)
  • Goldman Sachs (M&A advice)
  • Nine West (IP litigation)
  • General Instrument (patent infringement litigations relating to satellite encryption and signal piracy)
  • General Semiconductor (patent infringement litigation regarding semiconductors)
  • Sony Pictures; Loews (antitrust litigation; consent decree termination)
  • MontBlanc (redesigned distribution system to avoid antitrust issues)
  • McCrory Corporation (Chapter 11 Debtor representation)

EDUCATION/HONORS:

Georgetown University Law Center Juris Doctor, 1974

  • Senior Topics Editor, Law and Policy in International Business

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Economics, minor Electrical Engineering, 1970
National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1970-71

BAR ADMISSIONS:

  • New York State
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
  • United States District Courts, SDNY and EDNY