James C. Sherwood
Partner James C. Sherwood has been a member of the Firm since July 1993.
He had previously been a partner in Kostelanetz Ritholz Tigue & Fink. Following graduation from Yale College, Mr. Sherwood taught for two years at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1977, he graduated from Columbia University Law School as a Stone Scholar, and from 1977 to 1982, he was associated with Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine. He focuses on white-collar criminal defense, tax litigation and complex commercial litigation. Representative clients have included Unisys Corp., in qui tam litigation; Sam Antar, the founder of Crazy Eddie, in securities-related class actions; and The Drifters. He is a member of the New York Bar, as well as the Bars of a number of federal courts around the country, including the Tax Court.
Mr. Sherwood is a member of the tax and criminal law committees of the American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
New York, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1980
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1988
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1978
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1978
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, 1985
U.S. Tax Court, 1982
Education
Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1977, J.D. Honors: Stone Scholar
Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1972, B.A.
Past Employment Positions
Kostelanetz Ritholz Tigue and Fink, Partner, 1982 - 1993
Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Associate, 1977 - 1982