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Helen Davis Chaitman

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Practice Areas

  • Lender Liability
  • Banking Litigation
  • RICO
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Legal Malpractice
 
University Bryn Mawr College, A.B., cum laude, 1963
 
Law SchoolRutgers University, J.D., 1976
 
Admitted1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
 
Memberships American Bar Association (Member, Section on Business Law; Chair, Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1994-1997; Chairperson, Subcommittee on Lender Liability of Commercial Financial Services Committee, 1986-1990)l; American Law Institute.
 
BornNew York, N.Y.
 
Biography

Articles Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1976. Author: "The Law of Lender Liability," Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1990. Editor: The Lender Liability Law Report, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 1987-1995; "Emerging Theories of Lender Liability," Vol. I-IV, American Bar Association, 1985-1987. Author: "The Ten Commandments for Avoiding Lender Liability," U.C.C. Law Journal, Summer, 1989; "The Economics and Psychology of a Workout," NCFA Journal, March 1985; "The Equitable Subordination of Bank Claims," The Business Lawyer, August, 1984; "Enjoining Payment on a Letter of Credit in Bankruptcy: A Tempest in a Twistcap," The Business Lawyer, November, 1982; Comment, "A Remedy for Disclosure of Psychiatric Confidences," 29 Rutgers Law Review 190, 1975; Note, "Bulman v. McCrane: New Jersey Debt Limitation Provision," 28 Rutgers Law Review 485, 1975. Chairperson: "Lender Liability," Banking Law Institute, 1987; "Representing the Lender in Litigation," PLI, 1986. Panelist, "Emerging Theories of Lender Liability," American Bar Association, 1985-1988; "Business Loan Workouts," BLI, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; "Lender Liability," New York Law Journal Seminars, 1988, 1989; "Lender Liability," PLI, 1987; "Secured Lending," Banking Law Institute, 1988; "Strategies for Non-Performing Loan Turnaround," Banking Law Institute, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; "How to Win a Business Jury Trial," ABA, 1992; "The Woman Advocate," ABA, 1993; "Lender Liability," Uniform Commercial Code Institute, 1998, 1999 and 2000; "Supreme Court Chills Prejudgment Remedies," Banking Law Journal, July/August 1999.

 
Reported CasesSinclair v. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 274 (2001); Bank Brussels Lambert v. Credit Lyonnais (Suisse) S.A., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1438 (S.D.N.Y.); Sterling National Bank v. Longa, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13306 (S.D.N.Y.); Stochastic Decisions, Inc. v. DiDomenico, 995 F. 2d 1158 (1993); Bank of China v. Chan, 937 F.2d 780 (2d Cir. 1991); Baxt v. Liloia, 155 N.J. 190, 714 A. 2d 271 (N.J. 1998); Bevill. Bresler & Schulman Asset Mgmt. Corp. v. Spencer S&L Ass'n, 878 F. 2d 742 (3d Cir. 1989); International Minerals & Minning Corp. v. Citicorp North America, Inc., 736 F. Supp 587 (D.N.J. 1990); In re Wedgewood Realty Group, Ltd., 878 F. 2d 693 (3d Cir. 1989); Stochastic Decisions, Inc. v. DiDomenico, 236 N.J. Super. 388, 565 A. 2d 1133 (N.J. App. Div. 1989); John Doe v. United States, 520 F. Supp. 1200 (S.D.N.Y. 1981).
 
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