MIRSKY AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC

Outside general counsel to small and mid-sized companies. Focusing on technology companies.

Not seeking new clients.

Ellis R. Mirsky
MIRSKY AND ASSOCIATES, PLLC
10 Cupsaw Court

Nanuet, NY 10954
914-844-1571 iPhone
866-738-9412 eFax
emirsky@mirskylaw.com
www.MirskyLaw.com

PAST BOARD MEMBERSHIPS:

National Kidney Donation Organization (NKDO.org), 2019-2025

The New York Bar Foundation (TNYBF.org), 2018-2025

The Network of Trial Law Firms (TRIAL.com), 1991-2016

EXPERIENCE:

I have served as general counsel for small- to medium-sized companies in technology, real estate, investment, biotech startup and other commercial areas. Drawing on 10 years' experience as in-house counsel managing litigation for two NYSE-listed manufacturers, 8 years with a large NYC litigation firm and 7 years as a nuclear power design, analysis and licensing engineer, I have been practicing since 1975.

Highlights include insurance coverage litigation and related expert witness testimony, management of mass-tort defense, recovery of disputed art treasures from a foreign sovereign, defense of nuclear power plant product liability cases, real estate investment and management, biotech and other startups, and general counsel to companies in the Internet, data processing and software development areas.

PRACTICE AREAS

SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING

General legal counsel to small- and medium-sized companies operating in various technology areas. Services range from startup to day-to-day operational issues, including landlord-tenant, employment, trademark, contract, regulatory, sales tax, commercial collection, mediation, arbitration and litigation.

TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES

Counseling Internet Service Providers, and companies in the data processing outsourcing, software development, biotech and other technical areas.

LITIGATION MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS

Following 7 years as a practicing engineer, worked 8 years as a lawyer with Rosenman Colin (NYC) in litigation, served 10 years as Vice President and Chief of Litigation for Combustion Engineering, Inc. ($3.5B sales) and GAF Corporation ($1B sales). Managed all litigation against those companies, including scores of thousands of mass tort cases and related insurance coverage litigation, major product liability and commercial litigation. Co-founder of International Policyholders Association; Participant in Center for Claims Resources (“CCR” successor to the Wellington Group); and founded CVCSS (wholly-owned claim service company).

Highlights:

Reconstituted and recovered tens of millions of dollars of lost insurance policies dating back decades;
Defended nuclear power plant product liability cases brought by utilities;
Recovered 44 Lyonel Feininger oil paintings from the government of East Germany (https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/15/arts/48-feininger-oils-reach-us.html) a decade prior to the celebrated Klimt paintings case (a/k/a Woman in Gold);
Analyzed litigation inventories for shipping and railroad companies using Monte Carlo simulation to advise clients concerning reserves, insurance program buyouts and settlement break-even points;
Successfully led defense of bet-the-company litigation in Texas by the same plaintiff lawyers who destroyed Texaco;
Created and managed a national network of mass tort defense counsel.