Information Relating to the Law Practice of Carl E. Person

Harvard Law School, 1962

Brief Description of Practice: civil litigation, in the federal and state courts, mainly on a contingent-fee basis; and always seeking to draft inventive pleadings in meritorious matters

Admitted to Practice:
• All New York Courts (1962)
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York - New York NY (1970)
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York - Brooklyn NY (1975)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit - New York NY (1975)
• U.S. Supreme Court - Washington DC (1976)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit - San Francisco CA (1980)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit - Richmond VA (1994)
• Various U.S. District Courts (pro hac vice) including San Francisco, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Trenton, Chicago

Litigation Experience:
• Antitrust, including National Auto Brokers Corp. v. General Motors Corp., et al., New York; Parker Brothers v. Anti-Monopoly, Inc., San Francisco, Hy-Grade v. Tropicana, New York; Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v Hasbro, Inc., New York; Servco v. Xerox Corp., New York; Vitale v. Marlborough Gallery, et al., SDNY; Paralegal Institute v. American Bar Association, EDNY; Kramer v. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, SDNY
• Civil Rights, including New York State Association of Career Schools v. State Education Dept. of New York, New York (advertising); New York State Association of Career Schools v. State Education Department of New York, New York (e xcessive regulation); Person v. Association of the Bar, EDNY (lawyer advertising); Person v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York (shares in lawsuits, expert testimony on contingency fee basis); Paralegal Institute v. American B ar Association, EDNY
• Environmental, In re Lutheran Medical Center (environmental impact statement)
• RICO, Teltronics v. L.M. Ericcson, EDNY, Rand v. Anaconda-Ericcson, EDNY
• Bankruptcy, In re Feit & Drexler, Inc., SDNY; Teltronics v. L.M. Ericcson, EDNY, Rand v. Anaconda-Ericcson, EDNY; In re Rumican 190 Corp., SDNY-Bkcy Ct
• FIRREA, Fisch v. Fidelcorp Business Credit Corp., SDNY; Goller Place Corp. v. RTC, Trenton
• Copyright, Merchant v. Lymon, SDNY; Buckner v. Marvel Entertainment, SDNY; Cox v. Paramount, SDNY; Folke v. Paramount, SDNY; Associated v. Walt Disney Co., SDNY
• Patent, Lemelson v. General Mills, Chicago
• Trademark, Parker Brothers v. Anti-Monopoly, Inc., San Francisco; Charles of the Ritz Group, Ltd. v. Marcon, Ltd., SDNY
• Class Actions, National Auto Brokers Corp. v. General Motors Corp., et al., SDNY; Collins v. American Express Corp., Sup. Ct. NY Co.
• Diversity Litigation, federal courts: numerous cases from 1970 to present
• State Actions, numerous actions in state courts in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania involving real estate, misappropriate of ideas, breach of contract, unfair competition, commercial matters