Stephen A. Mendelsohn

Experience: General Practice - Financial: Represented banks and officers in FDIC, merger and acquisition litigation.; General Practice - Education: Reviewed and drafted affiliation agreements between schools, leases, licensing agreements, foreign student recruitment agreements, contractor agreements and independent contractor agreements.; Advised colleges and universities concerning the U.S. Department of Education Gainful Employment Rules, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Clery Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972.; Advised school districts, colleges and universities in connection with collective bargaining, tenure, leaves of absence, termination, student aid, student discipline, and state and federal regulatory compliance.; Advised colleges and universities on their legal obligations concerning transgender students, allergies and disabilities, discipline (academic and other), housing, grading, student travel and research, and financial aid.; Served as lead counsel and successfully defended a large, private university in the defense of a multiplaintiff claim alleging sexual abuse of students during a 20-year period.; General Practice - Employment: Defended public and private employers in numerous Title VII, ADA, Title IX Rehabilitation Act and other employment cases.; General Practice - Securities: Defended private equity funds and managers in multimillion-dollar securities litigations alleging state, federal and common-law violations.; Defended numerous securities broker-dealers and registered representatives before SEC and FINRA.; General Practice - Class Actions: Defended State of New York in landmark class actions on care of the mentally disabled.; Represented Yonkers, N.Y. Teachers Union in class action school desegregation matters.; Defended State of New York in class actions concerning statewide prison conditions.; Specific Matters - Commercial: Wegweiser v. Wegweiser , 205 AD.2d 616, 614 N.Y.S.2d 287 (2d Dept. 1994); First Transcapital Corp. v. King Umberto Inc. , 214 AD. 2d 699, 625 N.Y.S.2d 294 (2d Dept. 1995); Continental National Bank of Miami v. Sanchez , 170 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 1999); Binner v. Morris , 741 So.2d 590 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999); Keller v. Newman Sons Inc. , 756 So.2d 120 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000); Powersports, Inc. v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, CO. , 307 F. Supp. 2d 1355 (S.D. Fla. 2004); Marquez v. Pan American Bank , 943 So.2d 284 (Fla. 3d DCA 2006); Sierra Equity Group, Inc. v. White Oak Equity Partners , 650 F. Supp. 2d 1213 (S.D. Fla. 2009); Hahamovitch v. Delray Property Investments, Inc., 165 So. 3d. 676 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015); Specific Matters - Estate & Trust: Brown v. Miller , 2 So.3d 321 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009); Specific Matters - Labor: Monroe-Woodbury CSD v. Monroe-Woodbury TA , 105 AD. 2d 786, 481 N.Y.S. 2d 731 (2d Dept. 1984); Rippe v. Board of Education , 64 N.Y.2d 281, 486 N.Y.S.2d 713 (1985); Winston v. City of New York , 759 F2.d 242 (2d Cir. 1985); Moore v. Board of Education , 116 AD. 2d 273, 500 N.Y.S.2d 710 (2d Dept. 1986); Faculty Association v. PERB , 125 AD. 2d 307, 508 N.Y.S.2d 591 (2d Dept. 1987); Board of Education v. Yonkers Fed. of Teachers , 133 AD.2d 402, 519 N.Y.S.2d 395 (2d Dept. 1987); Margolin v. Newman , 130 AD.2d 312, 520 N.Y.S.2d 226 (2d Dept. 1987); Zeumer v. Fire Burglary Instruments, Inc. , 210 AD. 2d 318, 619 N.Y.S.2d 782 (2d Dept. 1994); Specific Matters - Civil Rights: Langley v. Coughlin , 888 F.2d 252 (2d Cir. 1989); Society for Good Will to Retarded Children v. Cuomo , 902 F.2d 1085 (2d Cir. 1990); Day v. Morgenthau , 909 F.2d 75 (2d Cir. 1990); Twersky v. Yeshiva University , 993 F. Supp. 2d. 429 (SDNY 2014), aff'd, 579 Fed. Appx. 7 (2d Cir. 2014); Twersky v. Yeshiva University , 112 F. Supp. 3d 173 (SDNY 2015); Specific Matters - Defamation: Samuels v. Berger , 191 AD. 2d 627, 595 N.Y.S.2d 231 (2d Dept. 1993); David Roberts and Royal Palm Properties v. Rick S. Felberbaum, Felberbaum & Associates PA, Christie's International Realty, and Premier Estate Properties; Case Number: 232 Southern Third 371 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017); The above representations were handled by Mr. Mendelsohn prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.; Resort and Club Practice Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Wide-ranging representation of owners of golf and other recreational clubs including those in resorts and country club communities throughout the United States and in foreign jurisdictions. Advise developers and corporate bodies as to the resolution of disputes concerning membership plans, membership classes, dues and assessments, governance, voting rights, equity conversions, resigned membership reissuance, sales and mergers and member discipline.; Noteworthy Experience: Assistant attorney general, State of New York; Former special assistant attorney general, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Former special assistant attorney general, State of Connecticut