| Stuart Slotnick | |
| Birth Date: | June 8, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Attorney |
| Father: | Barry Slotnick |
| Spouse: | Amy Albert |
| Organization: | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney |
| Partner | |
Stuart Slotnick (born June 8, 1969) is a New York City defense attorney and a partner at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.
In 2006, Slotnick married Amy Albert, a counsel to New York law firm Weiss & Hiller. His father is Barry Slotnick, a litigation attorney well known for defending Bernard Goetz.[1]
Slotnick graduated from Brandeis University cum laude and attended New York University for law school.[2] He currently serves as the managing shareholder of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's New York office.[3] Prior to joining Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, he served as a special counsel at a New York litigation boutique.[4]
Slotnick is known for defending several soldiers against the Army's stop-loss policy. In 2004, he successfully defended Jay Ferriola, a retired Army Captain who was ordered to redeploy to Iraq after completing eight years of service, under the grounds that the Army violated his due process rights.[5] [6] The case was the first to challenge the Army's stop-loss policy, which had affected tens of thousands of soldiers since the start of the Iraq War.[7] Slotnick went on to successfully try four more similar cases.[8]
Slotnick also serves as corporate counsel to billionaire casino magnate, Steve Wynn, in litigation matters that have resulted in successful dismissal of claims and positive settlements.[9] He has also served as a long-time lawyer for American Apparel. In December 2006, he helped them navigate a $250 million acquisition deal with Endeavour Acquisition Corp.[10] He later represented American Apparel when they were sued by Woody Allen for using Allen's image without permission.[11] [12] The suit was settled before trial by American Apparel paying Allen $5 million.[13]
Slotnick represented Donald Schupak of Renaissance Art Investors in their case against Salander-O'Reilly art galleries.[14] [15] Slotnick went on to secure hundreds of works from Salander for Renaissance Art Galleries.[16] He represented Weitz Communications in a suit against Capital Play over an allegedly unpaid consulting fee.[17] He won a $2 million suit for a woman who had permanent liver damage from the diabetes drug Rezulin.[18] Slotnick worked for Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz and was acknowledged for his work in the New York Times bestselling book Chutzpah.[19]
Most recently, Slotnick attained a settlement for Sportingbet PLC in a case against the United States Attorney of the Southern District of New York.[20] Sportingbet PLC, a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange (LON: SBT) entered into a non-prosecution agreement and forfeiture of $33 million.[21] The settlement was viewed as a positive one for Sportingbet, as a competitor, Partygaming PLC, settled similar charges in 2009 for $105 million.[22] [23]