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Gabriel Altman

Associate

New York, NY
156 West 56th Street
New York, NY 10019
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Gabriel Altman is an Associate in the New York office where his practice focuses on Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, and White-Collar Criminal/Civil Defense and Investigations. Gabriel counsels individuals and corporations alike (including tech startups, closely held family businesses, and hospitality groups) to help navigate a variety of thorny legal issues involving commercial disputes, employment, and intellectual property matters. Gabriel endeavors to avoid costly litigation (where possible), but is equally adept at defending and prosecuting cases where litigation has proven unavoidable.

In his white-collar practice, Gabriel has successfully navigated numerous multi-million-dollar False Claims Act investigations and prosecutions (including those implicating the CARES Act & Paycheck Protection Program, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, among other statutes), healthcare fraud, insider trading, securities, and tax matters. Never one to shy away from a challenging case, Gabriel and his team have achieved excellent results even when facing stiff odds.

Prior to private practice, Gabriel was an Assistant District Attorney in the Economic Crimes Bureau at the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, where he personally oversaw investigations into six and seven-figure white-collar fraud matters and was intimately involved in the resolution of several notable press cases.

Gabriel is fluent in Russian.

Select Commercial Litigation Matters

  • Negotiated favorable eight-figure buyout in contentious family dispute brought before the Commercial Division.
  • Successfully appealed before Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in connection with multi-million dollar construction contract dispute, partially overturning District Court of Western Kentucky’s decision, which eventually resulted in favorable settlement for multinational industrial corporation.
  • Obtained successful resolution for publicly traded employer plaintiff in matter alleging employee theft of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty (implicating “faithless employee” doctrine).
  • Achieved successful resolution of $8+ million contract dispute resulting in favorable business divorce in connection with closely held family business.
  • Obtained dismissal of unfair competition lawsuit before the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
  • Obtained dismissal of copyright action brought against e-commerce service provider in lawsuit before the District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
  • Represented plaintiff, ousted chairperson of automobile business, in contentious family litigation that resulted in multi-million dollar settlement for plaintiff after depositions.
  • Obtained dismissal for accounting firm and related principals who provided fractional CFO services to unrelated, co-defendant healthcare corporation, which was sued for fraud and breach of contract.
  • Represented plaintiff father in successful resolution of multi-million dollar fraudulent inducement action brought against plaintiff’s son.
  • Secured dismissal in Texas lawsuit of New York-based corporate defendant on jurisdictional grounds.
  • Represented pension fund employer trustees in contentious litigation in lawsuit before the District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
  • Successfully defended trustee in highly contested Surrogate’s Court matter, which resulted in favorable settlement after discovery.
  • Obtained favorable settlement for German manufacturer of medical products in breach of contract and common law trademark claims in suit pending before District Court for the District of New Jersey.
  • Obtained successful resolution of trademark litigation before TTAB resulting in favorable co-existence agreement for international cleaning products company sued by multinational cleaning product conglomerate.
  • Secured eight-figure judgment for plaintiff in contract dispute over holdback provision before Delaware Chancery Court, which was then confirmed on appeal by Delaware Supreme Court.

Select White-Collar and Criminal Matters

  • Negotiated favorable settlement for all defendants in False Claims Act qui tam suit concerning the Paycheck Protection Program where the USAO-SDNY intervened.
  • Obtained non-custodial sentence for defendant in tax fraud prosecution brought by DOJ before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
  • Obtained favorable settlement for physician and medical practice in eight-figure False Claims Act and Stark Law qui tam suit headed by USAO-SDNY.
  • Represented lead defendant in nine-figure healthcare fraud, one of the largest ever brought by the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, which resulted in favorable plea deal.
  • Represented whistleblower in connection with CFTC investigation resulting in the imposition of civil and criminal penalties against multinational corporation.
  • Argued Second Circuit appeal in connection with multi-million-dollar conspiracy to defraud diamond merchants from abroad.
  • Defended pharmacist in healthcare fraud matter before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
  • Achieved dismissal of weapons charge against out of state defendant traveling through New York State.

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Education

  • J.D., Dean's List, Northwestern University, School of Law, 2014
  • B.A., Economic Policy with Honors, New York University College of Arts and Sciences, 2010

Admissions

  • New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York