Max is a litigator who handles complex disputes from investigation through resolution. Over the past decade, he has represented plaintiffs and defendants in class actions, mass arbitrations, multidistrict litigation, and commercial disputes in state and federal courts across the country.
Max also helps individuals and businesses navigate complex regulatory, privacy, employment, and data-security challenges.
Before launching his practice, Max spent more than five years as a litigator at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, one of New York City’s preeminent litigation shops. While at Patterson, among other matters, Max worked on sprawling anti-counterfeiting actions against hundreds of defendants, conducting court-ordered civil seizures and freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds. He also conducted investigations on behalf of major professional sports leagues and television studios.
Max began his career at the New York City headquarters of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where he worked on securities class actions and other litigation, investigations, and cybersecurity matters. In law school, Max was an honors intern in the Trial Unit of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement.
From 2018 to 2020, Max clerked for Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Martini of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, America’s busiest district. During law school, he was a judicial intern to United States Magistrate Judge Alan Kay (Ret.) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Max graduated summa cum laude from The George Washington University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as Senior Projects Editor of The George Washington Law Review. His Law Review essay on the constitutionality of SEC administrative law judges anticipated the Supreme Court’s later holding on the issue. He writes regularly on litigation for Law360 and The Bankruptcy Strategist, collected on the Publications & Media page.
Complex litigation at two of New York’s leading firms, a federal clerkship in the District of New Jersey, and now class action leadership.
Experience
2014
Judicial Intern
2015
Honors Program Intern, Trial Unit, Division of Enforcement
2016 – 2018
Associate, Litigation
2018 – 2020
Law Clerk to Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Martini
2020 – 2026
Associate, Litigation
2026 – Present
Founder & Managing Member
Education
B.A., magna cum laude (2013)
J.D., summa cum laude (2016)
Order of the Coif · George Washington Scholar · Senior Projects Editor, The George Washington Law Review
Outside the office, Max is a competitive touch rugby player. He has captained New York City’s mixed touch rugby team at two national championship tournaments, won an international mixed tournament in the Cayman Islands, and won national titles with New York City’s men’s open and senior (over 35) teams. He is also an advanced open-water diver with wreck and deep-diving experience, and plays in a local golf league, where he is a frequent loser of casual matches.