Nicholas A. Gravante Jr.

Partner
New York City

t: 212 446 2320
f: 212 446 2350

ngravante@bsfllp.com

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Areas of Practice

Litigation

Antitrust

Securities Litigation

White-Collar /
Business Crimes

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 1985; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Writing and Research Editor, Journal of Law and Social Problems

Duke University, B.S., magna cum laude, Psychology and Political Science, 1982

Admissions

New York and Connecticut

Nicholas Gravante's main practice areas include business crimes, commercial litigation, and antitrust and securities litigation.

Currently, Mr. Gravante serves as counsel for the former CEO of a major insurance company and two multi-billion dollar investment companies in connection with various civil and regulatory actions. He also serves as co-lead national counsel for approximately 3,700 independent retail pharmacies who are plaintiffs in a federal antitrust case pending against major drug manufacturers. Other representative clients of Mr. Gravante's include a major international hospitality corporation and a world-famous fashion designer.

Before joining Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in June of 2000, Mr. Gravante was a partner at the law firm of Barrett Gravante Carpinello & Stern LLP. Prior to that, Mr. Gravante was associated with the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore and the law office of Gerald L. Shargel. Mr. Gravante has tried cases in federal and state courts across the country, including winning several acquittals. He achieved the acquittal of a leading New York City real estate company in a securities fraud case brought by the New York State Attorney General's Office. He also prevailed in representing foreign exchange traders accused of executing hundreds of millions of dollars of foreign exchange trades without authorization and won a substantial jury verdict in federal district court in Los Angeles on behalf of a nationally known mystery author against a major publishing house. Mr. Gravante has successfully negotiated pleas for individual and corporate clients in many high-profile matters. Recent pleas were negotiated for, among others, the former owner of a National Hockey League team charged with federal mail and wire fraud; a floor trader on the New York Stock Exchange charged with securities violations; and a medical supplies provider charged with insurance fraud. Mr. Gravante has negotiated the outright dismissal of pending criminal charges against individuals and has successfully helped exonerate numerous individuals and corporations in federal and state grand jury investigations.

Mr. Gravante is a former member of the Sentencing Guidelines Committee of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers and a former member of the Criminal Advocacy Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Former Member of Sentencing Guidelines Committee
Federal Bar Council
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Former Member of Criminal Advocacy Committee
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers