Law firm launches blockchain technology and digital asset practice group

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, the law firm with headquarters in Uniondale, has launched a blockchain technology and digital asset practice group.

The practice group comprises attorneys from across the firm with expertise in such areas as criminal and regulatory investigations and prosecutions concerning digital assets, bankruptcy proceedings involving cryptocurrency exchanges, lenders and custodians, and corporate and securities transactions, as well as additional matters.

Jessica Baquet chairs the group.

The group also consists of Michael Amato, chair of the firm’s corporate restructuring and bankruptcy practice; Alexander Bateman and Andrew Garbarino, co-chairs of the firm’s white collar crime and investigations practice group; Steven Kuperschmid, co-chair of the firm’s corporate and securities department and chair of the cybersecurity and data privacy practice group; and David Schoenhaar, co-chair of the firm’s trusts and estates department.

Additional attorneys in the group include Michael Faltischek, Stephen Fox, Richard Frankel, Samantha Guido, Nicole Osborne, Alexandra Piscitello and Daniel Shapiro.

The attorneys comprising the new group “have been representing clients in diverse matters concerning digital assets and have been writing and lecturing on related topics for some time now,” Adam Silvers, the firm’s managing partner, said in a statement.

“The founding of this practice group is a natural outgrowth of our firm’s commitment to being at the forefront of legal developments that affect our clients, especially as federal and state governments ramp up their efforts to regulate in this area,” he added.

Baquet said in a statement that she is “thrilled” to chair the group, “which is one of the first groups of its kind on Long Island.”

“My interest began several years ago when I became involved in the cryptocurrency markets,” she added.

That experience “provided me with unique perspectives as someone with both an understanding of the law and practical knowledge of blockchain technology and digital asset ownership,” she added. “My colleagues and I look forward to guiding our clients as they engage with these technologies in their business dealings and personal lives.”

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