Erwin J. Shustak

Erwin J. Shustak

Erwin Shustak is the founder and Managing Partner of the Firm. He heads the Litigation and Arbitration Department, with over 45 years of extensive experience in diverse complex disputes and transactions, across the country and overseas. Mr. Shustak specializes in litigations, trials, arbitrations and appeals of complex securities, FINRA, financial and business disputes, with an emphasis in securities, financial services, and financial regulatory law.

Few attorneys have the depth and range of his legal experience and judgment. He has handled and overseen hundreds of litigations and arbitrations, in Federal and State Courts, and arbitration forums across the country. He has represented public and private companies of all kinds, including banks and other financial institutions; broker-dealers; registered investment advisors; advisory firms; securities brokers; private equity and hedge funds; governmental agencies, including the FDIC and the Resolution Trust Corporation; manufacturing firms in many industries; investment partnerships; and defrauded investors.

His vast trial and arbitration experience includes business, securities, and financial fraud; breach of contract; real estate transactions and disputes; employment disputes; unfair competition, noncompete and restrictive covenant cases; and intellectual property disputes including copyright and trademark infringement. He is a highly experienced and respected litigator as well as an ardent and effective negotiator.

Mr. Shustak began his career in New York City at the premier national law firm Kaye Scholer (now Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer). For over 30 years he has served as an arbitrator for FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly the National Association of Securities Dealers), often serving as Chair of the panels he has served on. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America; the Association of Business Trial Lawyers of San Diego; the New York, California State and San Diego County Bar Associations. Erwin also is a member of the Legal and Compliance Society of SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Erwin resides in Del Mar, California and travels extensively serving the Firm’s clients. He is active in community organizations and generously gives his time and experience to various pro bono projects.

Erwin is an active member of IR Global, a leading international association of legal and accounting professionals, based in London, which provides our Firm with access to top professionals across the globe. Erwin is a member of the Disputes Committee of that organization.