Bio

David M. Blumenthal is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate Transactional, Litigation & ADR, Licensing & Intellectual Property, and Real Estate Departments, and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Previously, Mr. Blumenthal was the managing partner of Schekter Rishty Goldstein & Blumenthal, P.C., a midtown law firm which merged its practice into the Firm in January, 2001. Mr. Blumenthal's practice focuses on business and commercial matters of all types including both litigation and transactional matters. He is often general counsel and an integral part of a client’s business team, typically serving as personal counsel to the principals of the business as well. His area of expertise in litigation includes complex “business divorce,” stockholder derivative actions, partnership disputes, breach of contract and commercial real estate litigation in Federal and State courts. Mr. Blumenthal has significant transactional experience in corporate law and commercial real estate leasing. Utilizing his overlapping litigation and transactional experience, he has particular expertise in business structuring, focusing on effective business management organization, as well as limiting company liability and asset protection. Mr. Blumenthal’s diversified experience includes representing the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (responsible for awarding the Emmys) and the Faculty Student Association of Nassau Community College. He has also represented fellow attorneys in contractual matters and litigation. Mr. Blumenthal has extensive experience in the trucking industry, representing one of the largest inter and intra-state trucking companies in New Jersey. In addition to strategic planning and structuring, Mr. Blumenthal's transactional experience includes operating agreements, shareholders’ agreements and licensing agreements. He has represented various licensees for well-known trademarks such as the National Basketball Association, Calvin Klein, Disney, Sofia Vergara, Apple Bottoms, World Wrestling Entertainment, and Nickelodeon, among others. Mr. Blumenthal serves as the Chairperson of the Firm's Licensing & Intellectual Property Department.