Natalie A. Napierala

Partner

To send Natalie A. Napierala an immediate email, click here

Natalie A. Napierala has earned graduate degrees in both business and law. As a result, Ms. Napierala provides her clients, which range from individual employees up through midsize publicly traded companies, with well-rounded advice incorporating both business and legal considerations. Ms. Napierala has significant experience advising and representing clients in the areas of: executive compensation, insurance and indemnification; employment contracts and disputes; fiduciary duties of directors, officers and employees and corporate governance; and securities filings.

Ms. Napierala also represents senior executive officers in high-profile securities-fraud lawsuits. Her representation has included a former Sunbeam executive in an SEC investigation, an SEC enforcement action and a class-action securities-fraud lawsuit, and a former Kmart executive in an SEC investigation, a class-action securities-fraud lawsuit, and a complex business dispute brought by Kmart’s bankruptcy creditors’ committee.  She currently represents individuals in a variety of civil and criminal matters, including allegations of tax evasion and fraud involving offshore bank accounts.

Ms. Napierala also acts as counsel to the receiver in several receiverships created under the Commodity Exchange Act. In this role, she winds down the receivership entities’ business affairs, designs asset allocation plans, and allocates millions of dollars in restrained funds to defrauded victims.

Ms. Napierala has briefed and argued numerous motions and appeals resulting in significant published court opinions.

Ms. Napierala also oversees the firm’s employee recruitment and retention programs.
________________________________________

Practice Areas

  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Law
  • White Collar Litigation
  • Securities Enforcement and Litigation
  • Receivership

Education

  • Columbia Business School, M.B.A.
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D.
  • Canisius College, B.A., magna cum laude

Admissions

  • New York
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Courts of Appeal for the Second and Sixth Circuits
  • United States District Courts for the Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Volunteer Work

Ms. Napierala is a member of the advisory board of A.R.T., a non-profit organization promoting the retention and dissemination of native arts in refugee communities. She also volunteers for PAX, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending gun violence against children and families.