B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1990
J.D., New York Law School, 1997
(1997 Recipient of Professor Ivan Soubbotitich Award for Excellence in Poverty Law and Civil Rights)
Scott R. Almas focuses his practice in commercial litigation, technology law, creditors’ rights, and securities arbitration. He litigates in both federal and state trial courts and New York and federal appellate courts, representing business clients in commercial and contract disputes, loan workouts, equipment leases, technology disputes, licensing and franchises, commercial landlord tenant disputes, and numerous matters on behalf of businesses, creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy cases. He has significant experience representing investors as well as members of the brokerage industry in securities- and employment-related disputes.
Mr. Almas is admitted to practice in the State of New York and before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern District of New York. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Albany County Bar Association.