Isaac Nesser, chair of the firm's National Banking and Financial Institutions Practice, is an accomplished trial lawyer who for over two decades has represented businesses in their most difficult and important disputes, with a focus on claims arising from the sale and management of complex financial products. Isaac has recovered more than $3.5 billion when representing plaintiffs. In 2021, Isaac was named a securities law MVP by Law360—one of only five in the country—in recognition of his leadership in recovering more than $1.3 billion across scores of litigations in which the presiding judge noted “the excellent reputation of Plaintiff's counsel is well deserved,” that Isaac's teams performed “outstanding, highest-level work,” and that Isaac's teams were “unquestionably candid, prepared, well-organized, effective, thorough, and respectful.” In recent years, Isaac has represented clients in the financial services, fintech, and energy industries, among others. Isaac also has significant experience in matters arising out of or relating to bankruptcy.
- Ambac Financial
- Amtrust Financial
- American International Group
- Circle Internet Financial
- Cross River Bank
- FTX (as debtor)
- Impac Mortgage
- Mercuria Energy
- NextEra Energy
- ResCap Liquidating Trust
- Softbank Group entities
- Texas Capital Bank
- Representing FTX as litigation counsel in their pending bankruptcy case.
- Representing Ambac in defense of claims concerning military housing securitizations.
- Representing Amtrust in defense of claims concerning trust preferred securities.
- Representing Cross River Bank in disputes with Small Business Administration and others, in bankruptcy court and elsewhere, concerning Paycheck Protection Program loans.
- Representing Texas Capital Bank in litigation against Ginnie Mae concerning DIP financing for reverse mortgage securitizations.
- Representing mortgage originator in defense of indemnity claims by UBS concerning securitized residential mortgages.
- Multiple past and ongoing representations of energy producers and purchasers in litigation concerning ISDA swaps arising out of Winter Storm Uri.
- Representing entity in litigation concerning distressed investment; claims pending in district court, bankruptcy court, and two foreign jurisdictions.
- Represented ResCap Liquidating Trust in nearly 100 cases concerning the sale and securitization of billions of dollars of residential mortgages; recoveries exceeded $1.2 billion.
- Represented AIG against Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Countrywide, and others in claims relating to the marketing and sale of mortgage-backed securities; recoveries exceeded $2 billion.
- Represented Ditech Plan Administrator in defense of claims concerning reverse mortgage loans serviced by Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc.
- Multiple representations in disputes concerning SPAC transactions in the fintech space.
- Represented Charles Schwab & Co. in defense of claims by the New York Attorney General concerning auction rate securities.
- Represented bank in litigation concerning the sale and management of a synthetic CDO.
- Represented asset manager in litigation concerning the disposition of commercial mortgage-backed securities.
- Represented a real estate asset manager in litigation relating to alleged breaches of contract and fiduciary duty.
- Represented a hedge fund in a multi-forum dispute against its joint venture partner arising out of the sale of stranger-owned life insurance.
- Represented the nation’s largest holder of educational broadband spectrum licenses in a licensing dispute with a leading wireless carrier.
- Represented AIG in connection with indemnity, contribution, and other claims against reinsurance brokers.
- Represented The Coca-Cola Company, Cisco, Shell Oil, and others in multiple litigations concerning alleged international law and human rights violations in China, Guatemala, and Turkey.
- Yale Law School
(J.D., 2003) - Columbia College
(B.A., Political Science and Music, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 2000)
- The State Bar of New York
- The State Bar of New Jersey
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals:
- Second Circuit
- Ninth Circuit
- United States District Courts:
- Southern District of New York
- Eastern District of New York
- District of New Jersey
- Named one of Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers, 2020-2024
- Named Law360 MVP for Securities Litigation, 2021
- Panelist, American Constitution Society National Convention, Globalization, Corporate Accountability and the Courts, June 17, 2011.
- Guest Lecturer, Columbia Law School, Alien Tort Statute Litigation and Socio-Economic Rights, Nov. 30, 2007.