Languages

• Mandarin Chinese

Lawyer Overview

Richard Pu was educated at Harvard, Columbia and NYU.  At NYU, he was a member of the Law Review, an honor reserved for the top of the class.  Following law school, Mr. Pu clerked for a prominent federal judge, and then worked at a large New York City law firm, where he worked for some of the biggest names in litigation.  Because of that background, Mr. Pu can deliver a large firm product at a small firm's price.

Areas of Practice

• Business Litigation in the Federal Courts 100%

Representative Clients

• Citibank, N.A.
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

Representative Cases

• Aleo Intern., Ltd. v. Citibank, N.A., 612 N.Y.S.2d 540 (N.Y.Sup. 1994)
• Chu v. Green Point Sav. Bank, 628 N.Y.S.2d 527 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept. 1995)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Debtor/Creditor, Business Organizations, Collections, International Law, Litigation & Appeals, Professional Malpractice Law, Securities Law, Whistleblower/Qui Tam

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1987
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1983
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1983

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Bar of the City of New York, Legal Referral Service, 1987 - Present (Panel Member)

Honors and Awards

• Law Review, NYU School of Law, September 1, 1975 - May 31, 1977
• Law Clerk, Federal Judge, September 1, 1978 - June 2, 1979
• Cum Laude, Harvard University, June 1, 1972 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Asian Crime Victims Project, Asian American Bar Assoc. of New York, 1994 - 1995

Past Employment Positions

• Davis Polk & Wardwell, Associate (On Leave 1978-1979), 1977 - 1983
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, Hon. Lloyd MacMahon, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979
• New York Telephone Company, 1983 - 1984

Education

• New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1977
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Associate Editor, New York University Law Review, 1976 - 1977
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Masschusetts, USA, June, 1977
  A.B.
  Honors: cum laude
• Columbia University, New York, NY, June, 1973
  M.S. in Journalism

Ancillary Businesses

• Commercial Litigation

References

• Citibank, N.A.
• Smith Barney, Inc.

Address

120 E. 90th Street
Suite 10C
New York, NY 10128-1544

Phones

(212) 427-3665

Faxes

(212) 427-6057

Emails

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Websites

http://www.newyorkcitieslitigator.com