Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C.

Shareholder

Suite 200
308 Maltbie Street
Syracuse, New York 13204-1498

Phone (315) 474-7541
Fax (315) 474-4040
mkatz@menterlaw.com

Mr. Katz is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and manager of the Litigation practice group. Mr. Katz handles complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts in cases involving creditors' rights, lender liability defense, limited liability companies and partnerships, shareholder disputes in closely held corporations, contract disputes, trade secrets and technology licensing matters, employers' rights under non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and contested commercial foreclosure actions. As a business litigator, his work includes problem solving activities including negotiating settlement agreements in the context of the business disputes he handles. Mr. Katz also provides litigation support to the firm’s Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice group in complex matters arising under and in connection with cases filed under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.

Mr. Katz has lectured on commercial litigation issues for the New York State Bar Association, the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association, the Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Association and the Capital District Bankruptcy Bar Association. As past chairperson of the Commercial Law Section, he organized the Onondaga County Bar Association's award winning programs at the Syracuse Technology Garden. He serves as a member of a statewide focus group concerning the Commercial Division convened by Chief Administrative Judge Pfau. He also served on the New York State Bar Association's Task Force on the State of Our Courthouses. Mr. Katz is the co-chair of the Committee on the Commercial Division, of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association. He is a Trustee of the Northern District of New York Federal Court Bar Association and serves as co-chair of its committee on Continuing Legal Education. Mr. Katz is a member of the Finance Committee, and Secretary, of the Board of Medtech Association, an organization promoting the bioscience industry in Central New York.

Litigation

New York

NDNY Federal Court Bar Association
Onondaga County Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Boston University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1986
State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., 1983

U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

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