Abe Katsman is an American attorney and consultant living in Jerusalem. Abe serves as consultant and outside counsel to companies and attorneys in the U.S. and Israel, including providing expert opinions on U.S. law for Israeli courts, managing U.S. litigation for Israeli clients, and assisting in litigation for U.S. clients, including appellate work.
Through 2008, Abe worked as an attorney at Bernstein Liebhard in New York City. Named “Of Counsel” in 2006, he specializes in complex securities class action litigation, derivative actions and antitrust litigation. He has extensive experience drafting briefs and motions submitted primarily to federal district and circuit courts, as well as drafting briefs for two successful appeals regarding corporate matters in the Delaware Supreme Court; arguing motions in state and federal courts; researching and writing memoranda on securities law issues; conducting and defending depositions and participating in other pre-trial discovery and settlement proceedings; and working closely with economic/financial experts on economic damages analyses and reports.
Since moving to Israel, his practice areas have expanded to include general commercial litigation and appeals, employment law, commercial contract drafting and negotiation, defense of SEC enforcement actions and corporate governance litigation.
In addition, Abe is an opinion writer and political commentator on American politics and policy in U.S., Israeli and international media, and a Fellow at the Gemunder Center for Defense & Strategy of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (“JINSA”). His work there involves policy writing and analysis with retired senior U.S. Generals and Admirals focusing on American defense and strategic interests in the Middle East, as well as providing supplemental briefings to them and to elite active-duty officers participating in JINSA’s U.S. Military Leadership Program missions in Israel.
Abe is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, D.C. and Israel.
You are welcome to contact Abe at:
US: (917) 460-3463 IL: 050-823-6918
Katsman Law Israel 