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The Business Law Section of the California Lawyers Association has awarded its Lifetime Achievement Award to Neil J Wertlieb. See https://calawyers.org/business-law/neil-j-wertlieb-receives-business-law-sections-2024-roland-e-brandel-lifetime-achievement-award/.

I am pleased to announce my return to expert witness work after serving as General Counsel of Milbank LLP for the past two and a half years. Previously, I was a Partner at Milbank for two decades before retiring in 2016 to focus on expert witness engagements. Five years later, I had the opportunity to return to Milbank as its first-ever General Counsel — a role I could not pass up despite my passion for expert witness work. During my tenure as General Counsel, I was instrumen

Milbank@Harvard provides Milbank associates with immersive week-long programs to build their leadership and business skills each year for four years, as they progress from mid-level associates to senior associates. Led by Harvard Law and Business School faculty, the program covers topics such as business, finance, accounting, marketing, law, management skills, client relations and personal and professional development. As Senior Advisor, Mr. Wertlieb provides input, guidance

On May 10, 2018, the California Supreme Court approved the first comprehensive rewrite of the attorney Rules of Professional Conduct in nearly three decades. When these 69 approved Rules become effective on November 1, 2018, they will replace the 46 Rules of Professional Conduct that currently govern the conduct of all attorneys in California. Neil Wertlieb authored a  three-part series of articles  in the  Daily Journal  that analyzes those new Rules that implement controver

Neil Wertlieb, Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law, was invited to make a presentation at Emory Law’s 6th Biennial Conference on Teaching Transaction Skills, in Atlanta, Georgia. On June 1, 2018, Mr. Wertlieb gave a presentation to law school faculty gathered from around the world at the Conference on the teaching of transactional law and skills. Mr. Wertlieb’s presentation was designed to demonstrate one of the techniques he uses in his Transaction Skills course at UCLA

Neil Wertlieb was interviewed by entertainment industry trade Variety about how a wave of sexual harassment claims has raised corporate liability issues. “We’ve reached a massive turning point with the flood of women and men feeling comfortable coming forward with their stories,” says Neil Wertlieb, an adjunct professor at UCLA School of Law, and whose Wertlieb Law Corp. specializes in corporate governance issues. “I don’t see this going back to the way it was. This shows ma

Earlier this year, the California State Bar proposed 70 new and amended Rules of Professional Conduct to replace the 46 rules that currently govern the conduct of attorneys in California. Several of the proposed rules contemplate controversial or important changes to the current rules or impose new obligations in California. Neil Wertlieb’s article, entitled “Best Behavior: Proposed Conduct Rules,” which was published in November in the Los Angeles Lawyer , a publication of t

Neil Wertlieb successfully completed training in “Mediating the Litigated Case” at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (Summer 2017). The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, which conducts this six-day, 42-hour program, is one of the world’s leading educational programs in the field of dispute resolution.

Corporate Partner Neil Wertlieb retired from the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP on December 31, 2016 after over 21 years at the firm.  Effective January 1, 2017, Mr. Wertlieb launched Wertlieb Law Corp, where he will provide expert witness and expert consulting services to parties or their attorneys in litigation and arbitration matters. The two primary areas of focus of Wertlieb Law Corp are disputes involving business transactions and corporate governance,

Neil Wertlieb presented at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of California in San Diego, California, on September 30, 2016. Mr. Wertlieb was a co-panelist for a program entitled “ The Effective and Ethical Use of Expert Witnesses .” The program explored the use of expert witnesses in litigation. Topics included:  how to effectively use an expert; the ethical and practical constraints on the use of expert witnesses, including when the expert is an attorney; evidentiary rules

Neil Wertlieb was interviewed by Lexis Practice Advisor Journal recently, in a wide-ranging Q&A feature about his practice, his work as an expert witness, what he teaches law students at UCLA, his role as former GC for the LA Kings Hockey Team, and more. To read the interview, which was entitled “ An Overview of Corporate Transactional Practice & Expert Witnessing ,” click here .