Olshan Law: Attorney Profiles: Steven R. Gursky

STEVEN R. GURSKY
Partner / New York

Mr. Gursky has extensive experience in all areas of business law. His practice concentration includes contract negotiation, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property prosecution and protection, real estate and general corporate practice. Mr. Gursky's varied experience, ranging from small and mid-size business negotiations transactions to multijurisdictional, complex transactions for public corporations, provides clients with a unique combination of seasoned business and legal experience.

Moreover, Mr. Gursky prides himself on his ability to protect his clients while still ensuring the promotion of a successful deal. While Mr. Gursky has more than 25 years of general corporate and real estate experience, he has also developed an expertise in the area of trademark protection, with a particular niche in anti-counterfeiting efforts in the apparel industry and other industries. He is recognized as an expert by the media in this area, and is regularly quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Women's Wear Daily and DNR. Mr. Gursky has also appeared on network and local news broadcasts numerous times, and participated in a segment on "60 Minutes".

Mr. Gursky has been repeatedly named to the New York Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters lawyer rating service, since 2007.

Mr. Gursky presently serves as a member on the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., an organization whose vision was to erect a memorial in Washington, DC commemorating Dr. King's life and work, which memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011. Mr. Gursky received the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity's Medal of Honor, the highest honor bestowed on a non-member.

Prior to joining Olshan, Mr. Gursky was a partner at Dreier LLP practicing in the areas of intellectual property, corporate and real estate law. Mr. Gursky joined Dreier LLP after more than 22 years as the founder and managing partner of Gursky & Partners and its predecessors.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
• Negotiated and completed a lease for 22,000 square feet of Fifth Avenue retail space for designer Tommy Hilfiger for a new flagship store opened in November 2008

• Represented clothing company Diesel in negotiating and completing a lease for a 19,500 square foot retail store on Fifth Avenue opened in November 2008

BAR ADMISSIONS
New York
New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

DIRECTORSHIPS
Steven R. Gursky is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.

MEMBER
New York State Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
American Bar Association
Board of Directors, International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition