Ira's approach to civil litigation is a client-directed, streamlined one. His objective is to obtain a satisfactory business solution with the least expenditure of time and resources appropriate given the stakes involved. At the same time, Ira is eager to try cases when amicable resolution turns out to be impossible.
Ira has represented a number of Fortune 500 corporations and a major accounting firm, as well as well-known entertainers and songwriters, in litigation at the trial and appellate levels and in arbitration. He has represented people and small businesses in their disputes as well.
Notable Experience
· Ira received a defense verdict in a securities fraud class action on behalf of one of the nation's largest accounting firms. Ira also obtained complete vindication for that accounting firm in a malpractice claim, despite the alleged "disappearance" of millions of dollars from the company under audit.
· Ira received two New York Court of Appeals decisions declaring state tax statutes unconstitutional on behalf of an international telecommunications giant.
· Ira tried the case and argued the appeals for the prevailing party in the leading New York case on anticipatory contract breach.
· Ira obtained summary judgment for a collectible stamp auction house in a RICO and price fixing case and successfully argued the appeal for all of the defendants.
· Ira has represented Fortune 500 companies as lead counsel in New York City in their asbestos injury and wrongful death cases and as lead counsel nationally in their repetitive stress injury cases.
Before Edwards Wildman
Ira served as an Assistant to the General Counsel, Department of the Army, from 1971 to 1974 before beginning his career in private practice. Following his military career, and prior to joining the Firm in 1992, Ira practiced with two other New York firms.
News & Publications
March 1, 2012, Writing in the New York Law Journal, Michael Dockterman and Ira Greenberg Analyze Risks in Replying to a Subpoena
October 6, 2011, EAPD Attorneys Selected For Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2011
October 7, 2010, EAPD Attorneys Selected For Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2010
March 1, 2010, EAPD Attorneys Recognized in 2010 Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
June 22, 2009, EAPD Attorneys Recognized in Super Lawyers 2009 Corporate Counsel Edition
November 24, 2008, EAPD Attorneys Recognized in Super Lawyers 2008 Corporate Counsel Edition
October 30, 2008, EAPD Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2008
October 30, 2007, EAPD Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2007
September 21, 2007, Accounting Malpractice Case Dismissed for EAPD Client
July 19, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Attorneys Honored as New York Super Lawyers
Memberships
· American Bar Association: Section on Litigation
· Association of the Bar of the City of New York: Committee on the Judiciary
· Formerly Committees on Antitrust, Product Liability, and State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction
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