Attorneys

Julian has more than thirty years of experience in complex commercial litigation and securities industry regulatory and administrative investigations and proceedings. He regularly represents clients before federal and state courts in New York and elsewhere, governmental agencies (such as the SEC, the CFTC and state regulatory bodies) and securities industry self-regulatory organizations (such as the New York Stock Exchange, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange).

His clients include securities brokerage firms and their employees, public companies and their officers and directors, professional firms and their members, privately held corporations and their directors and officers, and individuals engaged in commercial activities in various fields, including real estate management, health care, and film and video production.

In addition to the litigation matters in which he has represented such clients as an advocate, Julian is also actively engaged as a Court-appointed and party-selected mediator in a variety of matters. His active service as a mediator in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York is on a pro bono basis.

Julian’s experience and professional reputation among his colleagues have earned him an “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating which Martindale publishes.

Julian has been married for over thirty-five years to Ronnie Brahms Friedman, who teaches French in New Jersey where they live. Julian and Ronnie have a son, Andrew, who has been in the television news business since his graduation from college.