Victor P. Muskin
A New York litigator with a truly international practice — recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with its highest AV Preeminent rating.
Four decades at the bar
Victor is a graduate of Oberlin College and New York University Law School. He served in the Peace Corps in Tanzania in 1967–68, teaching history and English at a secondary school.
After admission to the New York Bar in 1969, he continued in public service, beginning his legal career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department. There, he participated in a number of important state and federal court cases on behalf of the City — including successful defenses of the landmark designations of the Greenwich Village Historic District and of Grand Central Terminal.
He subsequently joined Wolf Popper, specializing in securities litigation, and later moved to the litigation department of Reavis & McGrath (later Fulbright & Jaworski), where he handled commercial, securities, banking, intellectual property, real estate, health care and other regulatory matters.
Having gained the ability to handle complicated cases independently, Victor opened his own firm in 1979 and since then has practiced either independently or in a small-firm environment — adding international law, trusts and estates, trademark law and oil and gas law to his areas of practice. He has been counsel to Scheichet & Davis since 2003 and also practices independently.
Fluent in French, Victor represents a number of French businesses in their United States activities. He offers bilingual support to French-speaking clients and their attorneys, and has close relationships with lawyers and law firms in France, Switzerland, Russia and elsewhere in Europe. He has lectured in New York on cross-border discovery and in France on American litigation practices, and has appeared in court in Paris in Hague Evidence Convention proceedings.
His international practice centers on multi-jurisdictional client representation. He assembled and coordinated the legal team handling the U.S. aspects of a complex French/U.S. estate litigation, currently represents a French banking institution in U.S.-related matters including Madoff-related litigation, and for the last decade has served as U.S. corresponding counsel for one of the oldest Russian law firms in Moscow.
Admissions & distinctions
Courts & Tribunals
Admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court and the Second, Third, Ninth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y. district courts.
Arbitration & Mediation
Arbitrated before the AAA, NYSE and FINRA; a court-certified neutral mediator in the ADR Program of the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court, New York County.
Bilingual Practice
Fluent in French — reviewing files and interviewing witnesses without translators, a decisive advantage in cross-border matters.
Education & Service
Oberlin College; New York University School of Law. Peace Corps volunteer, Tanzania (1967–68).
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