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Chaya is special counsel in the litigation and arbitration team.
She concentrates primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, international dispute resolution, and complex litigation, with a focus on multi-national disputes, business torts, severance and termination disputes, art law disputes, trust and estates matters, securities litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Chaya represents individual and corporate clients in civil, regulatory, and securities matters, in arbitrations and mediations, and in federal, state, and surrogate's courts, at the trial and appellate level. She has handled a wide range of complex matters for banks and financial institutions, financial consultants, trustees and executors, high-ranking executives, individual founders or co-founders of successful business enterprises, national and international fashion companies, art collectors, patrons, and art galleries.
Experience
Talks
- 'Industry Insider Lunch for Jewish Women in: LAW,' The JWE - July 9, 2025, speaker
- 'Estate and Business Successor Planning for Entrepreneurs,' The JWE Conference - June 3, 2024, speaker
Insight
External publications
- 'Prince Andrew's 'Ill Judged' Comeback Attempt May Hurt King Charles,' Newsweek - January 31, 2023, quoted
- 'Is Prince Andrew planning to revisit his US sex abuse case?,' CNN - January 27, 2023, quoted
- 'New York Federal Court finds force majeure clause properly invoked to terminate auction consignment,' Withers article - December 22, 2020, author
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'Tolling of New York State Statute of Limitations,' New York Law Journal - October 22, 2020, author
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'Updated: tolling of New York state statute of limitations and other civil deadlines,' Withers article - August 31, 2020
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'Update - Tolling of New York State statutes of limitations extended,' Withers article - June 9, 2020, author
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'Further tolling of New York State statute of limitations during coronavirus,' Withers article - April 24, 2020, author
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'Trump Trumped: President Trump faces both state and family privates being put on parade as two injunction applications fail,' Withers article- July 27, 2020, co-author
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'Force majeure and coronavirus in the US,' Withers article - March 30, 2020, author
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'International Commercial Litigation in New York,' New York Law Journal - October 9, 2018, author
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'Supreme Court to Determine Extraterritorial Reach of RICO,' New York Law Journal
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'Conflicts Between U.S. and U.K Internet Defamation Law,' New York Law Journal
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'International fraud and asset tracing litigation - Spring: The Faithless servant doctrine in New York State,' Withers article - March 24, 2009
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'Growth of 'Libel Tourism' in England and US Response,' 239 New York Law Journal, No. 107 - June 2008
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'Jury Nullification and Jury Control Procedures,' 65 N.Y.U.L. Rev. 825,1990
Admissions
- State of California
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State of New York
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United States District Court Southern District of New York
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United States District Court Eastern District of New York
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Education
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City University of New York, Brooklyn College, magna cum laude, B.S.
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New York University School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif, J.D.
Languages
- English
Memberships
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International Litigation Committee
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New York State Bar Association
Key dates
- Year joined: 2006