Amy Rothstein
Principal
Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation
Complex Tort Litigation
Appellate Litigation
Special Master, Hearing Officer
Bar Admissions:
New York
United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States
Education:
J.D., New York University School of Law, 1972
B.A., Boston University, magna cum laude, 1969, Phi Beta Kappa
Publications:
“Before the Beginning: Conversations with Your Mediator,” New York Law Journal, September 10, 2010
“Mock Arbitrations: A New Kind of ‘Jury’ Research,” New York Law Journal, September 10, 2009
“The New York County Lawyers’ Association Report of the Committee on Federal Courts on Pro Hac Vice Admissions To the Federal Courts,” Join Committee of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 169 F.R.D. 390, 1997
Amy Rothstein is an experienced civil litigator and alternative dispute resolution neutral. As a litigator, she has handled complex commercial and tort cases. She has represented international as well as U.S. clients.
In addition to her work as a litigator and ADR neutral, Ms. Rothstein has served as a court-appointed receiver. In that role, she oversaw the management of three New York City residential buildings for nearly a year.
After beginning her career as an associate in a large law firm, Ms. Rothstein worked as an appellate lawyer and then as a class action litigator for The Legal Aid Society. She then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Southern District of New York, where she defended and prosecuted actions on behalf of the United States and its agencies in a broad range of subject areas including government regulation, tax, environmental law and employment. Ms. Rothstein then worked as an Assistant General Counsel at a securities firm, litigating broker-customer and employment disputes, and as Deputy Chief of the Investor Protection and Securities Bureau in the New York State Attorney General’s Office. She also was a member of Brooklyn Law School’s Adjunct Faculty, teaching a securities practice seminar.
Ms. Rothstein’s trial experience has made her highly effective as a special master and hearing officer.
Ms. Rothstein was Of Counsel to the firm Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack from 1997 to 2013, after which she formed the firm of Salerno & Rothstein with Peter C. Salerno.
Past Employment Positions:
Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack, Of Counsel, 1997-2013
Brooklyn Law School, Adjunct Faculty, 1994-1998
New York State Department of Law, Deputy Chief, Investor Protection and Securities Bureau, 1990-1995
Gruntal & Co., Incorporated, Assistant General Counsel 1988-1990
United States Attorney’s Office, Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Division, 1984-1988
The Legal Aid Society, Staff Attorney, Prisoners’ Rights Project, 1977-1984
The Legal Aid Society, Staff Attorney, Criminal Appeals Bureau, 1974-1977
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Litigation Associate, 1972-1974