Lee S. Wolosky

Partner
New York City

t: 212 754 4205
f: 212 446 2350

lwolosky@bsfllp.com

Download vCard

Areas of Practice

Litigation

Corporate

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1995; Frederick Sheldon Traveling Scholarship; Editor, Harvard International Law Journal

Harvard University, A.B., magna cum laude, History and Literature, 1990; Harvard College Scholarship; John Harvard Scholarship; Dean's List

Admissions

New York

Lee Wolosky represents clients in high-profile disputes, investigations and transactions. Mr. Wolosky joined the firm in 2001 from the White House, where he served as Director for Transnational Threats on the National Security Council under Presidents Clinton and George W. Bush.

Mr. Wolosky currently serves as counsel in pending matters to the former CEO of a major insurance company, to Starr International Company and C.V. Starr & Co., both multi-billion dollar investment companies, to a NYSE-listed company in a multi-billion dispute with the United States, to a large international accounting firm on multiple domestic litigation and regulatory matters, to a Gulf- and Europe- based private equity fund in multiple litigations pending in the United States and Europe, and as lead counsel in the firm's litigation against Chiquita Brands International, Inc. Mr. Wolosky has also recently represented clients before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Executive Branch and various Congressional committees investigating the 2008 financial crisis, and has successfully represented clients in investigations conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and in federal criminal investigations, including investigations conducted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

Mr. Wolosky's representative clients at the firm have included American International Group, Inc., Banco General, S.A., Bank of New York Mellon, the Court of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A. de C.V. (FEMSA), Hillenbrand Industries, Maurice R. Greenberg, Porton Capital Inc., the New York Yankees, Siemens and Spanish Broadcasting System Inc.

Mr. Wolosky graduated from Harvard Law School cum laude in 1995 and from Harvard College magna cum laude in 1990. While in law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor, who was then a federal district court judge. Prior to his service at the White House, he was an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and an international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Wolosky has served as a consultant to various agencies of the U.S. Government in recent years and has testified on several occasions before the United States Congress. He also testified before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (the "9/11 Commission") in both open and closed sessions.

He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the board of directors of the National Security Network.

Mr. Wolosky has also served in recent years as an Adjunct Professor in International Affairs at Columbia University.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Director, National Security Initiative