Ben Hutman

Ben Hutman is a partner in the firm’s Securities Litigation group. Ben concentrates his practice on complex commercial and appellate litigation matters. Ben represents both plaintiffs and defendants on diverse matters, including business divorce, securities litigation, commercial contract disputes, and shareholder derivative suits, among other commercial matters. Ben has represented a wide variety of clients in federal District and Circuit Courts, New York State trial and appellate courts, FINRA arbitration, AAA arbitration, and mediation.

Prior to joining Sadis & Goldberg, Ben was an associate at Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP working in the complex litigation group.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Ben has had recent success representing a wide variety of clients--as both plaintiffs and defendants--including:

• Part of the trial team that won a significant award on behalf of traders and against Interactive Brokers in a FINRA arbitration for breaches of fiduciary duty, negligence, and negligent misrepresentation.  Elegant Commodities DMCC & Fortune Commodities DMCC v. Interactive Brokers, LLC, No. 17-02914 (March 5, 2019)

• Part of the trial team that won a complete defense at trial for the officers of Group IX, Inc. in a shareholder derivative action.  Moyal v. Sleppin, et al, 2018 N.Y. Slip. Op. , No. 601973/2007 (N.Y. Sup. Dec. 12, 2018).

• Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the Plaintiff on breach of fiduciary duty and fraudulent conveyance claims for co-founder of Bareburger restaurant chain resulting in large confidential settlement. Stavroulakis v. Pelakanos, 2018 N.Y. Slip. Op. 50180(U) (N.Y. Sup. February 13, 2018).

Ben has represented clients on matters in New York State Courts, FINRA arbitrations, the Southern District of New York, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  In addition, together with local counsel, Ben has represented clients in various other state and federal courts. Ben’s clients have ranged from large banks and multinational corporations, such as The Bank of New York and BESI, to individual investors and shareholders.