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