Mr. Siegel’s practice focuses on litigating complex commercial and financial matters, as well as constitutional cases. He has represented clients in an array of civil, regulatory, and criminal matters, including an international accounting association in a class action lawsuit arising from the bankruptcy of Parmalat in Italy; a major investment bank in a U.S. Attorney investigation involving the collapse of two hedge funds that held collateralized debt and mortgage obligations; and a global securities firm in a class action lawsuit involving claims of securities fraud and stock manipulation relating to stock loan trading.
In constitutional cases, he conducted a three-day hearing in federal court in 2006 and won an injunction under the First Amendment barring Florida from enforcing a punitive election law that had shut down voter registration by non-partisan groups. League of Women Voters of Florida v. Cobb, 447 F. Supp. 2d 1314 (S.D. Fla. 2006). The National Law Journal awarded Kramer Levin one of the publication's four annual Pro Bono Awards because of the firm’s “singular achievement” in winning the case. In 2003, he authored an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. American Library Association, on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.