James B. Kobak, Jr.

Areas of Concentration

• SIPC Liquidations
• ADR and Mediation (IP, Entertainment, General Commercial)
• Antitrust and IP Litigation and Counselling
• Antitrust and HSR merger review investigations
• Chair, Antitrust Practice Group

Awards and Recognitions

• Ranked by Chambers USA 2008-2011 as one of the leading Antitrust lawyers in the United States.
• Identified in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Competition and Antitrust Lawyers 2008 and Super Lawyers since 2008.
• New York County Lawyers’ Association Boris Kostelanetz President’s Medal (2006).
• New York County Lawyers’ Association (with Firm), for outstanding support of NYCLA and contributions to the honor of the legal profession (January 2000).
• ABA Antitrust Section, for Services and Commitment to Antitrust Section (1999-2000).
• 18th Rossman Memorial Award (Journal of Patent and Trademark Office Society) (1991).

Court Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• Federal Circuit
• Second Circuit
• Third Circuit
• District Courts in New York, New Jersey and Northern District of California
• Court-Appointed Mediator, U.S. District Court of Eastern District of New York

Professional Activities

• Lecturer, University of Virginia Law School (Antitrust and Intellectual Property) (1988–2001).
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Fordham Law School (Patents and Antitrust) (1988–present).
• Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, ABA Antitrust Section (1995–1997).
• President, New York County Lawyers’ Association 2010-2011 (Director, 1988–1993; 1995–1997; 2001–present; Executive Committee, 1996–1997, 2002–present; Chair, Task Force on Professionalism, 2006–2010; Chair, Committee on Trade Regulation, 1987–1988; Chair, Committee on Changing Trends in the Profession, 1990–1994; Chair, Committee on Law Reform, 1994–1997; Chair, Library Committee, 1997–2010; Member, Ethics Committee, 1998–present).
• President, New York County Lawyers’ Association Foundation (2005–2010).
• Founder, Secretary, NYCLA American Inn of Court (1993–2007).
• Delegate to the Houses of the American and New York State Bar Associations.
• Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
• Fellow, New York State Bar Association Foundation
• Member, National Council on State Courts
• American Bar Association Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, Entertainment Committee (2002–present).
• American Law Institute (Consultative groups on unfair competition, complex litigation and Article 2 of the UCC (1998–present).
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member at various times of Committees on Trade Regulation, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation, Nuclear Technology and Law, Young Lawyers Committee and Arbitration Committee; current member, Professional Responsibilities Committee).
• Intellectual Property Committee, U.S. Council on International Business.