Paduano & Weintraub LLP


	Partners Jordan D. Becker Born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1987, New York; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Education: Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986); Princeton University (A.B., 1982). Fordham Law Review, Member (1984-85) and Associate Editor (1985-86). E-mail: jdb@pwlawyers.com Katherine B. Harrison Born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1989); U.S. Supreme Court (1994). Education: Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1987); Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1983). Georgetown Law Journal, Senior Editor (1986-87); Co-author: "In Trusts We Trust: Employer Communications after Howe." Tax Management Compensation Planning Journal, Vol. 24, No. 12, (1996); Law Clerk, Honorable Lee P. Gagliardi, Senior United States District Judge, Southern District of New York (1987-88). E-mail: kh@pwlawyers.com Anthony Paduano Born Neptune, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and New Jersey; District of New Jersey, Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Districts of New York, Eastern District of Michigan, Eastern District of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rutgers University (J.D., 1984); London School of Economics (M. Sc., 1981); Georgetown University (A.B., cum laude, 1979). Rutgers Law Review, Member and Editor (1983-84); Author: “Deathly Errors: Juror Misperceptions Concerning Parole in The Imposition of The Death Penalty.” 18 Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 211, 1987; “The Unconscionability of Sub-Minimum Wages Paid Appointed Counsel in Capital Cases." 43 Rutgers Law Review, 281, (1991). Law Clerk, Chief Judge Clarkson S. Fisher, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (1984-85). Appointed Receiver by Chief Judge Michael B. Mukasey of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cobalt Multifamily Investors I, LLC et. al., 2006-. Named a "Super Lawyer" ( Securities Litigation) in 2006, 2007, and 2010 by New York Super Lawyers ®. Recipient, The Thurgood Marshall Award, 1998 (The Association of the Bar of the City of New York). E-mail: ap@pwlawyers.com Leonard Weintraub Born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1987); University of Michigan (B.A., 1981). Boston University Law Review, Member (1986-87). E-mail: lw@pwlawyers.com