Information Relating to the Law Practice of Carl E. Person

Harvard Law School, 1962

Brief Description of Practice: civil litigation (including Robinson-Patman Act and other antitrust, small business and civil rights), in the federal and state, mainly on a contingent-fee, or partial contingent-fee, basis courts

Admitted to Practice:
• All New York Courts (1962)
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York - New York NY (1970)
• U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York - Brooklyn NY (1975)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit - New York NY (1975)
• U.S. Supreme Court - Washington DC (1976)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit - San Francisco CA (1980)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit - Richmond VA (1994)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit - (1997)
• U.S. Court of Appeals - 3rd Circuit - Philadelphia (1997)
• Various U.S. District Courts (pro hac vice) including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Trenton, Chicago

Litigation Experience:
• Robinson-Patman/Antitrust, including The Intimate Bookshop v. Barnes & Noble, et al., New York, United Magazine Co. v. Murdoch Magazines Distribution, et al.,, New York, Coalition for a Level Playing Field, et al. v. AutoZone, Wal-Mart, et al., New York, Yellow Pages Advertising Agencies v. Bell Yellow Page Publishing Co's, SDNY, National Auto Brokers Corp. v. General Motors Corp., et al., SDNY; Parker Brothers v. Anti-Monopoly, Inc., San Francisco, Hygrade v. Tropicana, SDNY; Anti-Monopoly, Inc. v Hasbro, Inc., SDNY; Servco v. Xerox Corp., SDNY; Vitale v. Marlborough Gallery, et al., SDNY; Paralegal Institute v. American Bar Association, EDNY; Kramer v. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, SDNY
• Civil Rights, including New York State Association of Career Schools v. State ducation Dept. of New York, SDNY (advertising); New York State Association of Career Schools v. State Education Department of New York, SDNY (excessive regulation); Person v. Association of the Bar, EDNY (lawyer advertising); Person v. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, EDNY (shares in lawsuits, expert testimony on contingency fee basis); Paralegal Institute v. American Bar Association, EDNY
• Environmental, In re Lutheran Medical Center (environmental impact statement), EDNY
• RICO, Teltronics v. L.M. Ericcson, EDNY, Rand v. Anaconda-Ericcson, EDNY
• Bankruptcy, In re Feit & Drexler, Inc., SDNY; Teltronics v. L.M. Ericcson, EDNY, Rand v. Anaconda-Ericcson, EDNY; In re Rumican 190 Corp., SDNY-Bkcy Ct
• FIRREA, Fisch v. Fidelcorp Business Credit Corp., SDNY; Goller Place Corp. v. RTC, EDNY, DNJ-Trenton
• Copyright, Merchant v. Lymon, SDNY; Buckner v. Marvel Entertainment, SDNY; Cox v. Paramount, SDNY; Folke v. Paramount, SDNY; Associated v. Walt Disney Co., SDNY, Dunn v. Paramount, SDNY
• Patent, Lemelson v. General Mills, Chicago; and Chalais v. Hasbro, SDNY
• Trademark, Parker Brothers v. Anti-Monopoly, Inc., San Francisco; Charles of the Ritz Group, Ltd. v. Marcon, Ltd., SDNY
• Class Actions, National Auto Brokers Corp. v. General Motors Corp., et al., SDNY; Collins v. American Express Corp., Sup. Ct., NY Co.
• Diversity Litigation, federal courts: numerous cases from 1970 to present
• Real Estate Litigation - various lawsuits in state and federal court relating to real estate, mortgages, injunctions, bankruptcy reorganization, land use
• State Actions, numerous actions in state courts in New York, Florida and Pennsylvania involving real estate, misappropriation of ideas, breach of contract, unfair competition, commercial matters

Specialized Legal Websites Created, Authored and Maintained by Carl E. Person:

1. Main Web Page -- http://www.lawmall.com
2. Robinson-Patman Act / Price Discrimination -- http://www.lawmall.com/rpa
3. Stopping Superstores & Globalization -- http://www.lawmall.com/wal-mart
4. Prosecutorial Abuse and Prosecutorial Misconduct -- http://www.lawmall.com/abuse
5. Sherman Antitrust Act -- http://www.lawmall.com/sherman.act
6. Cusack Papers a/k/a JFK Papers Litigation -- http://www.lawmall.com/jfk.mm

   Rev. 7/26/01