Helen Davis Chaitman is a nationally recognized litigator with a diverse trial practice in the areas of lender liability, bankruptcy, bank fraud, RICO, professional malpractice, and trusts and estates. Among Ms. Chaitman’s achievements are the following:
• In 1995, Ms. Chaitman was named one of the nation’s top ten litigators by the National Law Journal for a jury verdict she obtained in an accountants’ malpractice case.
• Ms. Chaitman is the author of The Law of Lender Liability (Warren, Gorham & Lamont 1990) which has been updated annually since 1990.
• Since 1987, Ms. Chaitman has authored the monthly newsletter, The Lender Liability Law Report, which is subscribed to by law firms and financial institutions through the United States.
• In 2014, Ms. Chaitman and Mr. Gotthoffer began publishing their book “JPMadoff: The Unholy Alliance Between America’s Biggest Bank and America’s Biggest Crook” on their website jpmadoff.com
• On November 19, 2014, Pam Martens of Wall Street on Parade wrote about the book: “what attorneys Chaitman and Gotthoffer are doing is extraordinary and unprecedented.”
• On February 5, 2015, Larry Kotlikoff reviewed Chapter 7 of the book and wrote: “This is a chapter–and a book–that should be read by every American who has a bank account or uses a credit card.”
• Since early 2009, Ms. Chaitman has been an outspoken advocate for investors in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. She has lobbied in Congress, on a pro bono basis, for statutory changes to assure Madoff customers of the protections of the Securities Investor Protection Act. And she has testified twice before Congressional committees on issues affecting securities investors. See Ms. Chaitman’s testimony here.
Ms. Chaitman practices regularly in New York and New Jersey and has been admitted to practice pro haec vice in numerous jurisdictions throughout the United States. For more information please visit www.chaitmanllp.com or www.jpmadoff.com
