Attorneys

Seth A. Presser
spresser@jaspanllp.com

Mr. Presser is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation , Municipal and Appellate Practice Groups, where he concentrates on civil rights litigation, commercial litigation, and appellate practice, representing both private and municipal clients.

Mr. Presser is also a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law where he teaches a seminar course focusing on the law of international commercial arbitration and the nuances of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.  He also coaches the Willem C. Vis International Moot Arbitration Team, Hofstra’s only international moot court team, which participates at competitions in Vienna, Austria and Hong Kong each year.

Mr. Presser received his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law, where, while practicing in the Securities Arbitration Clinic, he represented investors in mediations and arbitrations before the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers (now FINRA).  He also served as President & Editor in Chief of the Moot Court Association and as President of the International Moot Arbitration Team, winning awards in numerous domestic and international Moot Court competitions.  In addition, he was a member of Hofstra’s Labor and Employment Law Journal. 

Mr. Presser is admitted to practice in the courts of the States of New York and New Jersey, the federal courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He is a member of the New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations, as well as the New York County Lawyers' Association.

B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst – 2001            University of Warwick, Coventry, England J.D., Hofstra University School of Law – 2007

New York Federal Courts of the Eastern District of New York Federal Courts of the Southern District of New York United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit