Mr. Gitomer is a shareholder of McCausland Keen & Buckman and leads the firm's Litigation practice area. Mr. Gitomer has been involved in all aspects of complex business litigation for over 26 years. His practice focuses in the areas of commercial and complex civil litigation, securities litigation and arbitration, intellectual property litigation, real estate litigation and employment litigation. Mr. Gitomer's securities litigation experience includes representing customers, brokers and broker-dealers in investment disputes, employment disputes and regulatory investigations and administrative actions by the SEC, NYSE, NASD and state regulators, and involvement in various aspects of hedge fund litigation. His intellectual property litigation experience includes the representation of businesses involved in trademark, copyright and patent infringement and trade secret claims. Mr. Gitomer has extensive experience representing real estate purchasers and sellers, property owners, real estate brokers, landlords and lending institutions in a variety of real estate litigation matters. In the employment area, he has represented employers and employees in litigation involving the enforcement of restrictive covenants, wage and Fair Labor Standards Act claims, and claims involving discrimination and harassment under federal and state law. Publications The Architecture of Selling Away, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association 13th Annual Meeting Book, 2004 There Must Be Some Way Out of Here: Recent Developments in Defenses to the Enforcement of Securities Industry Arbitation Agreement, Practicing Law Institute's Securities Arbitation 2002 Claims Against Stockbrokers and Damages, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Prosecuting and Defending Customer Claims Against Stockbrokers, 1999 (revised 2001, 2003, 2005) Evaluating the Claimant's Case: Finding a Hook in the Post-Bear Market Era, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Prosecuting and Defending Customer Claims Against Stockbrokers, 2003 (revised 2005) Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act (with Teresa Reid, Esquire), Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Mechanics' Liens, 2001 The Perfecting of a Mechanics' Lien, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Mechanics' Liens, 1999 (revised 2001) The Discharge of Federal Tax Liens: Judicial Sale or Nonjudicial Sale, Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Recent Developments in Mortgage Foreclosure, 1989 Speaking Engagements Prosecuting and Defending Customer Claims Against Stockbrokers, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Course Planner, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 Architecture of Selling Away, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Asosciation 13th Annual Meeting, Speaker, 2004 Securities Arbitration 2002, Practicing Law Institute, Speaker, 2002 Practical Tips in Analyzing and Prosecuting Customer Claims Against Stockbrokers, Course Planner, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2003; Chester County Bar Association, 2003; Delaware County Attorney/CPA Forum, 2003 Mechanics' Liens, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Course Planner, 1991, 1999, 2001 Foreclosure and Repossession in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, Speaker, 1991 Creditors' Remedies and Bankruptcy, Pennsylvania Bar Institute Speaker, 1990 Mortgage Foreclosure in Pennsylvania, National Business Institute, Speaker, 1990 Recent Developments in Mortgage Foreclosures, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Speaker, 1989
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