Kevin Shaftan handles transactional matters and commercial litigation, representing accounting firms and other business entities in connection with various claims and disputes.

Before joining Wilson Elser, Kevin worked for 20 years at a small firm in lower Manhattan where he handled a wide variety of legal matters, specializing in commercial litigation, contract drafting and negotiating, breach of contract matters, corporate dissolutions and surrogate court work. He created and ran the intellectual property work in the firm, including filing for and maintaining trademarks and filing for copyrights.

About Us: Nearly 800 attorneys strong, Wilson Elser serves clients of all sizes, across multiple industries. They have 29 strategically located offices in the United States and another in London. This depth and scale has made them one of the nation’s most influential law firms, ranked in the Am Law 200 and in the top 50 of the National Law Journal 350. Since their founding in 1978, Wilson Elser has forged a reputation as a formidable player in insurance coverage and defense. Their experience in this tightly regulated, cost-conscious industry has shaped a firm culture of accomplished professionalism and cost efficiency that delivers demonstrable value to clients. Today, Wilson Elser provides clients with full-service, first-class legal services, spanning the spectrum of litigation and related areas. They apply the discipline and diligence of effective litigation to virtually all areas of the law, drawing on a comprehensive roster of legal services to create multidisciplinary teams that give each client matter the best of the firm’s collective intelligence and capabilities.