John E. Tober

Partner
New York City

t: 212.446.2354
f: 212.446.2350

jtober@bsfllp.com

Area of Practice

Education

University of Miami School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1986; Order of Coif; Associate Editor, International Law Review; Activity Fee Council

University of Richmond, B.S., cum laude, Accounting, 1977; Accounting Society; Varsity Baseball; Captain, Rugby

Admissions

New York, District of Columbia, and Florida

United States Court of Appeals: Seventh Circuit

United States District Courts: Eastern and Southern Districts of New York

John Tober's main practice areas include complex commercial litigation emphasizing securities class actions, general business disputes, accountant liability, SEC enforcement defense and corporate governance. Mr. Tober is also an experienced transactional and forensic attorney with expertise in internal corporate investigations, accounting reviews. Mr. Tober is also a unique expert in motorsports law which includes creation and maintenance of national sanctioning bodies and race series; driver, track, insurance and sponsorship negotiations and agreements; and motorsports risk and liability assessments.

Mr. Tober's clients at the firm have included among others: American Express, Emigrant Savings Bank, Maurice R. Greenberg, Och Ziff Freidheim, Pfizer, Inc. and Tyco International, Ltd.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Tober was the President and Managing Partner and a shareholder in the Miami law firm of Zack Kosnitzky, P.A. which was acquired by the firm in April 2002. At Zack Kosnitzky, P.A. he was also a senior member and former head of the Firm's Corporate, Finance and Taxation Department. While at Zack Kosnitzky, Mr. Tober represented many small to mid-sized private and public companies and major defendants in several high profile SEC enforcement actions brought in the Northern District of Illinois and in the Southern District of Florida.

While continuing to practice law, from 1995 to 1999, Mr. Tober served as President and CEO of a bio-medical device company he founded which manufactures medical safety devices based upon patents received by Mr. Tober and others.

Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Tober was a public accountant with the national accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand concentrating on audits of public companies after which he spent six years as the Executive Vice President and co-founder of a national computer software consulting and development firm to the housing finance industry. Mr. Tober has also served as a professor of law at Saint Thomas University School of Law where he developed and taught a course in Corporate Finance.

While in law school, Mr. Tober applied for and received an exception from the Florida Supreme Court to serve as an intern prosecutor in the State Attorneys' Office, Major Crimes Division for the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Dade County, Florida.

Selected Professional Awards and Associations

American Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

The District of Columbia Bar

New York Bar Association

Past Member of City of Miami Beach, Florida Parking Commission

Former Bond Counsel to Miami-Dade County, Florida

Past Chairman of the Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Miami-Dade County, Florida

Original Member of the Miamians for Professional Baseball Committee

Member of the Board of Directors of the North American Road Racing Association (NARRA).