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JAMES D. YELLEN
156 East 79th Street
New York, NY 10075
(c) 917-270-4567
(h) 212-288-6407

EMPLOYMENT

Yellen Arbitration and Mediation Services President and Principal - 2006 to Present Provide arbitration and mediation services to the securities industry on a wide array of security and employment matters. Have achieved a 90% + settlement success rate.	New York, NY
Morgan Stanley Executive Director, Law Division - 1995 to 2006 Securities litigation, arbitrations, and regulation, active trial practice before N.Y.S.E. and N.A.S.D; supervision of complex litigation matters and staff attorneys; defense of N.Y.S.E. and S.E.C. enforcement proceedings; experience in all aspects of law and compliance issues.	New York, NY
Brown & Wood Counsel - 1992 to 1995 Associate - 1985 to 1992 Trial and appellate litigation practice in securities, banking, bankruptcy, lender liability, corporate reorganization, employment, commercial and international litigation. Arbitrations before N.Y.S.E., N.A.S.D. and A.A.A. Litigation Associate in San Francisco office for periods in 1989 and 1990.	New York, NY
Fordham University School of Law Adjunct Professor - 1988 to present Instructor of Legal Writing and Research Course for first year law students.	New York, NY
Bigham Englar Jones & Houston Litigation Associate - 1983 to 1985 Summer Associate - 1982 Experience in insurance, international and commercial litigation.	New York, NY

EDUCATION

Fordham University School of Law J.D., 1983 Managing Editor, Fordham International Law Journal, 1982-1983 Grand Street Foundation Academic Scholarship	New York, NY
University of Nancy Centre Universitaire des Etudes Politiques License, 1980 (International Graduate Fellowship)	Nancy, France
St. Lawrence University M. Ed., Summa Cum Laude, 1978 B. A. (Government), Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa, 1977	Canton, NY

PUBLICATIONS

Article, Plain English In Securities Arbitration Pleadings (P.L.I. Securities Arbitration Coursebook, 2005)

Book Review, Insider Trading: The Laws of Europe, The United States and Japan, 17 Fordham Int’l L. Journal 1211 (1994).

Lead Article, Oil Pollution; The 1984 London Protocols and the Amoco Cadiz, 15 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 467 (1984).

Note, Forum Non Conveniens: Standards for the Dismissal of Actions from United State Federal Courts to Foreign Tribunals, 5 Fordham Int’l L. Journal 533 (1982).

PROFESSIONAL

Co-Chair, N.Y.S.B.A. Securities Law Committee; Board of Editors, Securities Arbitration Commentator; N.Y.S.E., N.A.S.D. and N.F.A. Industry Arbitrator; Securities Industry Association; Editorial Advisory Board - Finance, Securities and Tax Law Forum; American and New York State Bar Associations; Fordham International Law Journal Alumni Association (Vice President and Board of Directors Member; Past President); CLE Instructor - Securities Law Courses at Fordham Law School; Pro Bono Committee, Brown & Wood; City Bar Association Panel Member.

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York (1984); United States Supreme Court (1991); Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals (1991); First Circuit Court of Appeals (1990); S.D.N.Y. (1984); N.D.N.Y (1992); D.C. Puerto Rico (1992).

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