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Eric A. Bensky

1152 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, D.C. 20005
United States of America
P: +1 202.729.7465
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Eric A. Bensky is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office, where he focuses on securities litigation, including civil, disciplinary and criminal proceedings and investigations before federal and state courts, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, various stock exchanges, and arbitration panels of FINRA and other self-regulatory organizations.

Selected Representations

Has represented brokerage firms such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Cantor Fitzgerald and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, as well as brokerage firms’ registered representatives, supervisors and other employees. Other clients have included the Royal Bank of Scotland, the Federated mutual funds, a Lehman Brothers investment banker, professional traders, public companies and their officers and directors, individuals being investigated for potential insider trading violations, a former Big Six accounting firm and one of its audit partners, an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, and hedge funds.

Memberships

American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia 1998
  • New York 1997

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 2011
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado 2010
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York 2007
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York 2006
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 2000
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia 1998
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 1998
  • State Courts, State of New York 1997

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D., with honors, 1996
  • University of Michigan, B.A., with high honors and high distinction, 1993

Prior Experience

Dickstein Shapiro LLP 
    Partner, 2004–08 
    Associate, 1996–2003