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About Ross ZASKY

Aliza Ross Zasky is an experienced litigator focusing on complex commercial litigation and business disputes, including contract, intellectual property, insurance, manufacturing and supply, and employment matters. Aliza also has extensive experience in white-collar criminal matters, internal and government investigations, and transactional matters.

Aliza has litigated complex multi-million dollar contract and licensing disputes in state and federal courts. Aliza has represented corporate and individual clients in high profile white-collar criminal matters including: fraud, money laundering, and antitrust allegations of price fixing and bid rigging.  

mission

Ross Zasky Law is committed to delivering clear, practical legal solutions that prioritize your success. We take the time to understand your goals and craft strategies that align with your interests and circumstances.

values

Integrity, dedication, and personalized service guide everything we do. We believe in honest communication and building trust with clients, ensuring they feel supported and informed at every stage of their legal journey.

Approach to law

Ross Zasky Law combines strategic, creative thinking with practical application. We focus on achieving the best results efficiently by combining big firm expertise with a boutique personalized approach.

Expertise

With a strong background in various legal fields and over 20 years of experience, including over a decade in top Am Law firms, Aliza brings a comprehensive perspective and strategic insight to every case, ensuring effective legal support for her clients in the courtroom and board room settings. Clients can expect Aliza to understand and address the keen interplay between psychology and economics in difficult situations, and to bring a passionate and intense approach on their behalf.

Aliza has developed deep client relationships while providing sophisticated and candid advice in all phases of litigation from discovery through trial. Aliza has also worked side-by-side with company counsel to perform internal investigations, and defend against government investigations.

Aliza brings valuable problem-solving skills to her clients, developed through her work as a mediator in multiple civil litigations. She is a skilled negotiator who achieves well-reasoned solutions to complex financial and personal disputes and transactions by taking an individualized approach to each of her clients.

Aliza was previously a senior litigator at Proskauer and at Buchanan Ingersoll and has served as Of Counsel to multiple law firms. Aliza is laser-focused on achieving successful outcomes for her clients. Clients know that they can depend on her to be relentless, responsive, and efficient in handling their matters.

EXAMPLE MATTERS

  • Trials and Arbitration
    • Obtained a significant litigation victory for a biotechnology client asserting breach of license agreement claims against a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in a federal bench trial in Indiana. The client was granted the right to terminate its original agreement with the major pharmaceutical manufacturer and sell its technology to another company.
    • Represented the alleged architect of a bid-rigging scheme in the insurance industry in the longest antitrust criminal trial in New York State. After an almost year-long trial, 36 of 37 felony charges resulted in acquittals or dismissals, and the sole count of conviction was dismissed post trial.
    • International arbitration on behalf of a large apparel company.
    • Property damage trial in New York State Supreme Court.
  • Government and Regulatory Investigations
    • Criminal investigation related to allegations of manipulation and collusion in the precious metals and composites industry.
    • New York Attorney General criminal investigation into a CFO’s alleged money laundering and tax fraud in the gaming industry.
    • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation
    • Department of Justice investigation into financial institutions and global professional services institutions.
  • Internal Investigations
    • Internal investigations related to harassment and discrimination in the workplace.
    • Embezzlement at an educational institution, resulting in a confession.
    • Accounting practices on behalf of an educational technology institution, collaborating with the Department of Justice and FBI, leading to a confession.
    • Credit swap derivatives for a global financial institution.
    • Alleged kickbacks at a large pharmaceutical company.
    • Alleged kickbacks to expert witnesses at a large law firm.
  • Securities Litigation
    • Defended and obtained victories for well-known securities depository and its subsidiaries in numerous matters related to clearing and settlement practices.
    • Market manipulation litigation.

Aliza graduated cum laude from Queens College with a B.A. in Psychology and received her J.D. from Fordham Law School in 2002, Dean’s List. She was a Staff Attorney at the Child and Family Litigation Clinic, and Staff, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal.

Aliza is admitted to practice law in the state of New York and S.D.N.Y.

Contact

ROSS ZASKY LAW

New York, New York

azasky@rosszaskylaw.com

917-494-6727