Christian Siebott

Christian Siebott is a 1998 graduate of the City University of New York School of Law, where he was the Belle Zeller Scholar.  He received his bachelor’s degree in 1989 from Pennsylvania State University and, in 1993, a master’s degree in public policy from Syracuse University.  Mr. Siebott also served in the United States Air Force.

Following law school, Mr. Siebott clerked in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and has served as an adjunct professor of law at Benjamin Cardozo School of Law.

Before joining the Firm in 2006, Mr. Siebott was associated with a prominent Manhattan plaintiffs’ class action firm.  He concentrates his practice in complex and class action litigation, including securities, antitrust, whistleblower, civil RICO, consumer, and wage and hour litigation.  Recently, on behalf of a class of tenants from New York City’s largest residential apartment complex, Mr. Siebott obtained a landmark ruling from New York’s highest court, overturning a state regulation and holding that the plaintiffs’ landlords were not permitted to deregulate rent stabilized apartments while simultaneously receiving certain New York City tax benefits; the decision is reported in Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Properties, L.P., 13 N.Y.3d 270 (2009).  He has worked on several noteworthy cases, including one of the largest securities class actions ever litigated, In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, No. 21 MC 92 (S.D.N.Y.), which recently settled for $586 million.  He currently represents the Republic of Iraq in a litigation related to the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme.

Mr. Siebott heads the Firm’s appellate team.  He has had significant appellate experience in federal courts of appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and authored and edited portions of the New York City Bar Association’s Appeals to the Second Circuit.  Mr. Siebott is committed to pro bono practice; he represents veterans in disability and pension benefit proceedings and has represented the families of uniformed rescuers before the 9/11 Victims Compensation Board.

Recently, Mr. Siebott became a member of the Editorial Board of Securities Litigation Report, a publication that analyzes the latest developments in private actions and government enforcement, focusing on, among other things, corporate governance, risk management, and professional responsibility.  He also recently represented the plaintiffs’ bar on a panel of class action practitioners in a continuing legal education program entitled “Developments in Class Action Law 2010,” hosted by West LegalEdcenter®.  In addition, Mr. Siebott is frequently published on topics relating to complex litigation and securities matters, including four recent articles:  “Jury Verdict Targets Bank’s Over-Reliance on Credit Ratings,” FindLaw (with Associate David B. Harrison), July 29, 2010; “Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Matrixx, Concerning Materiality & Adverse Events,” Securities Litigation Report (with Associate Gabriel G. Galletti), July/August 2010; “Need for Attribution–Second Circuit Affirms that Plaintiffs Need to Show Reliance on Secondary Players’ Own Statements,” Securities Litigation Report, June 2010; and “The Impact of Iqbal on Securities Class Actions,” Securities Litigation Report (with Associate Brian Lehman), March 2010.

Mr. Siebott is admitted to practice in the State of New York, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Federal, Second, Third, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.  He is active in the New York City Bar Association and the Federal Bar Council.