Barry R. Lax is a founding partner of LAX & NEVILLE, LLP. His practice areas include commercial, employment and securities litigation in all forums, such as, state and federal courts, and arbitrations before NASD, NFA, NYSE, JAMS and AAA. During his career, Mr. Lax has represented customers and broker/dealers in disputes regarding sales practice issues, employees and employers in industry and private employment disputes, ranging from general breach of contract claims to complex HIV discrimination and Qui Tam actions, and hedge fund investors and general partners in complicated commercial and securities litigations. Mr. Lax has also defended clients in avoidance and preference claims in Federal Bankruptcy Court. On behalf of broker/dealer customers and employees, he has recovered in excess of $50,000,000 in awards, judgments and settlements. On behalf of his defense clients, he has successfully defended and resolved numerous matters. Mr. Lax has been practicing in these areas for approximately 17 years since he started his career as in-house counsel with Prudential Securities, Inc., and then CIBC Oppenheimer. Mr. Lax has also been featured in the press, both nationally and locally, in news programs and in an array of publications based on his expertise.

Mr. Lax holds a B.A. from Emory University and a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Carl C. Icahn Foundation Institute for Child Protection. He is an arbitrator for FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc., a panel member of the Legal Referral Service Program of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the City Bar Center for the CLE and a member of the Bar of the State of New York, and has been admitted to U.S Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of New York.