Carmen Brun is a member of Sutherland's Litigation Practice Group. She represents broker-dealers in regulatory and enforcement matters involving the Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) as well as in FINRA arbitrations. She also represents corporate and individual clients in a variety of matters, including tax controversy matters, trade secrets misappropriation, employment discrimination and class-action insurance defense.
Carmen has a strong business management background and spent considerable time on employment and labor issues, sales and marketing, and general management. She worked more than 12 years with Inter-Continental Hotels Group serving as General Manager of hotels in Manhattan; Irvine, California; Austin, Texas; and Denver, Colorado. Immediately prior to law school, Carmen was General Manager of the former Crowne Plaza at the United Nations in New York City.
In addition, Carmen serves on Sutherland's Hiring Committee.
Before joining the firm, Carmen was the Snyder Visiting Scholar at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at Cambridge University.
Recent Publications And Speaking Engagements
· Co-author, "'Without Admitting or Denying' - and Then What?" FSI Voice (December 28, 2008)
· Co-author, "Lost in Translation: The Economic Analysis of Law in the United States and Europe, " 44 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 600 (2006)
· Co-author, "Protecting Families in a Global Economy, " 13 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 165 (2006)
· Co-author, "Lost in Translation: The Economic Analysis of Law in the United States and Europe, " Weltinnenrecht-Liberamicorum Jost Delbruck 131-56 (Klaus Dicke et al eds. Berlin 2005)
· Author, "In-House Counsel Access to Confidential Business Information in Section 337 and District Court Proceedings, " ITC Trial Lawyers Association 337 Reporter, Volume XX, Summer 2004: Second Annual Summer Association Edition
· Co-author, "Individual Bargaining, Collective Bargaining and Protective Legislation: Determining the Terms and Conditions of Employment in the Modern American Employment Relationship, " Japan Institute for Labor Policy & Training, No. 1 and 53 Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations 183 (2004)
Industries
Financial Services
Legal Alerts
Legal Alert: Illustration Disclosures Lead to Dismissal of Universal Life Insurance Class Action, November 29, 2011
Legal Alert: Summary of Selected Programs from SIFMA Compliance & Legal Division's 2011 Annual Seminar, April 15, 2011
Legal Alert: Court Rejects Suit Alleging Fraud and Negligent Design in the Sale of Universal Life Insurance Policies, September 30, 2010
Legal Alert: Florida Supreme Court Ends Putative Class Action Alleging Numerous Florida Insurance Code Violations, December 1, 2009
Publications
'Without admitting or denying' - and then what?
December 28, 2008 Reprinted with permission FSI Voice
Lost in Translation: The Economic Analysis of Law in the United States and Europe
2006 44 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 600
Protecting Families in a Global Economy
2006 13 Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 165
Lost in Translation: The Economic Analysis of Law in the United States and Europe
2005 Weltinnenrecht-Liberamicorum Jost Delbruck 131-56
In-House Counsel Access to Confidential Business Information in Section 337 and District Court Proceedings
Summer 2004 Posted with permission, ITC Trial Lawyers Association 337 Reporter, Volume XX, Summer 2004: Second Annual Summer Association Edition
Individual Bargaining, Collective Bargaining and Protective Legislation: Determining the Terms and Conditions of Employment in the Modern American Employment Relationship
2004 Japan Institute for Labor Policy & Training, No. 1 and 53 Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations 183