Facts and Stats

Olshan represents major businesses and entrepreneurs for their most significant transactions, problems and opportunities. Olshan’s clients range from public companies, hedge, venture capital, private equity and other investment funds to entrepreneurs and private companies worldwide. Clients choose Olshan for innovative strategies and sophisticated, game-changing advice in corporate, securities law and shareholder activism, complex commercial, corporate and securities litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, real estate, intellectual property and advertising. Since its founding over 50 years ago, Olshan has offered an alternative to the AmLaw 50 law firm business model with responsive, independent and client-focused legal counsel provided by the firm’s senior lawyers.

Total number of Practice Groups: 12

Recognition

Chambers USA 2021: Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP has been named a premier law firm for four of the firm’s key practice areas in the prestigious Chambers USA 2021 Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, including honoring the firm with the guide’s highest ranking in the category of M&A Shareholder Activism. Seven Olshan lawyers, including five lawyers in the Shareholder Activist practice, have been named as Leading Lawyers.

The ranked practices and lawyers are:

Corporate/M&A Shareholder Activism (New York) – Band 1
- Steve Wolosky (Band 1), Co-Chair of both the Shareholder Activist and Corporate/Securities Law Practices
- Andrew Freedman (Band 2), Co-Chair of the Shareholder Activist Practice
- Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman (Band 3), Partner
- Ryan Nebel (Up and Coming), Partner
- Meagan Reda (Up and Coming), Partner
Advertising: Transactional & Regulatory (USA Nationwide) - Band 4
- Andrew Lustigman (Band 2), Chair of the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice
Litigation: General Commercial: (New York) Highly Regarded – Band 5
- Lori Marks-Esterman (Band 5), Chair of the Litigation Practice
Real Estate: Mainly Dirt (New York) - Band 5

The Legal 500 United States 2021: Olshan's Shareholder Activism practice has again been named by The Legal 500as a Tier 1 Leading Firm in Shareholder Activism - Advice to Shareholders, in its annual guide to leading law firms and attorneys, and eight of the practice’s lawyers have been acknowledged. Co-Chairs Steve Wolosky and Andrew Freedman and partner Elizabeth Gonzalez-Sussman were recognized as Leading Lawyers, partners Meagan Reda and Kenneth Mantel were noted as Recommended Lawyers, and partner Ryan Nebel and associates Ian Engoron and Rebecca Van Derlaske were recognized as Key Lawyers. For the second consecutive year, three of the five Leading Lawyers nationwide in the area of shareholder activism are Olshan partners. The firm has also been named as a Tier 3 Leading Firm in Advertising and Marketing: Transactional and Regulatory and Chair Andrew Lustigman and partner Tamara Carmichael were recognized as Recommended Lawyers.
Best Lawyers in America 2021: Nine of the firm’s lawyers have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021, and one lawyer was named to the “Ones to Watch” list.
- Steve Wolosky, partner and co-chair of the Shareholder Activism practice and the Corporate/Securities Law practice has been named to Securities/Capital Markets Law
- Nina Roket, partner in the Real Estate Law practice and chair of the firm’s Leasing practice has been named to Real Estate Law
- Andrew B. Lustigman, partner and chair of the Advertising, Marketing & Promotions practice has been named to Advertising Law
- Thomas D. Kearns, partner in the Real Estate Law practice has been named to Real Estate Law
- Eric L. Goldberg, partner in the Real Estate Law practice has been named to Real Estate Law
- Thomas J. Fleming, partner in the Litigation practice has been named to Commercial Litigation
- Stephen L. Ferszt, partner and chair of the Employee Benefits practice and partner in the Tax & Personal Planning practice has been named to both Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and Trust & Estates
- Dov B. Brandstatter, partner in the Real Estate Law practice has been named to Real Estate Law
- Samuel P. Ross, of counsel in the Real Estate Law practice has been named to Real Estate Law
- Claudia Dubón, associate in the Corporate/Securities Law practice was named to the “Ones to Watch” list for Securities/Capital Markets Law
U.S. News-Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” 2021:
- Securities/Capital Markets Law - “Tier 1” in both National and New York City Metropolitan
- Real Estate Law - “Tier 1” in New York City Metropolitan and “Tier 2” in National
- Advertising Law - “Tier 2” in both National and New York City Metropolitan
- Trusts & Estates - “Tier 1” in New York City Metropolitan and “Tier 2” in National
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law – “Tier 1” in New York City Metropolitan and “Tier 2” in National
- Commercial Litigation – “Tier 3” in New York City Metropolitan
Super Lawyers 2020: Thirty-five lawyers have been named by Super Lawyers® for 2020 New York Metro. Twenty-four lawyers have been named as “Super Lawyers, " nine have been named as “Rising Stars,” and two selected on the Top 100: 2020 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list. The following Olshan attorneys have been named to the 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers List: Steve Wolosky, Kenneth Silverman, Kenneth Schlesinger, Samuel Ross, Nina Roket, Michael Neidell, Lori Marks-Esterman, Jonathan Koevary, Jeremy King, Hyman Kindler, Thomas Kearns, Steven Gursky, Mary Grieco, Warren Gleicher, Adam Friedman, Andrew Freedman, Michael Fox, Thomas Fleming, Stephen Ferszt, Spencer Feldman, Tamara Carmichael, Kyle Bisceglie, Ron Berenblat and Safia Anand. The following lawyers have been named to the 2020 New York Metro Rising Stars list: Honghui Yu, Joseph Weiner, Meagan Reda, Ryan Nebel, Kenneth Mantel, Kerrin Klein, and Claudia Dubón. Additionally, Eric Goldberg and Andrew Lustigman were again included on the Top 100: 2020 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list.
Leading Activist & Equity Investment Practice: Ranked #1 by FactSet SharkRepellent, Refinitiv Global Shareholder Activism Scorecard and Activist Insight; acknowledged by The Deal and Business Insider and consistent top rankings across the board in every publication that covers shareholder activism.
Awarded Deal of the Year and Activist Campaign of the Year by The Deal for representation of George Feldenkreis in nomination of directors and acquisition of Perry Ellis.
“Go-To Law Firms®” for Fortune 500 Companies. Selected by Corporate Counsel magazine as one of the “Go-To Law Firms” in Intellectual Property Litigation.
Martindale-Hubbell. Many of our attorneys are AV rated, the highest rating possible by this respected national directory.

Where We Recruit

Brooklyn Law School
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Columbia University School of Law
Fordham University School of Law
NEBLSA (North East Black Law Students Association)
New York University School of Law
Rutgers University School of Law-Newark