Mr. Auspitz is engaged in a commercial litigation practice with emphasis on securities, banking and other complex civil litigation. In that connection, he has litigated numerous private and class action securities and banking cases. He also represents clients in dealing with the Securities & Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities and has been a court-appointed Special Counsel and Special Escrow Agent in various SEC cases. He has handled matters involving mergers and acquisitions, swaps and other derivatives, "IPO" securities class actions, contests for control of public corporations, and alleged insider trading and other violations of securities laws. He is Co-Chair of Morrison& Foerster's National Securities and White Collar Litigation practice group.

Mr. Auspitz has been Chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association and a member of the House of Delegates of the New York State Bar Association. He has served on a number of committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, including the Federal Courts and Antitrust Committees and has been a director or officer of various non-profit groups. He is listed in “ The Best Lawyers in America ,” “ Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business ,” “ New York Super Lawyers ” and similar publications.

Mr. Auspitz was a founding partner of Parker, Auspitz, Neesemann & Delehanty in New York and became a partner in Morrison & Foerster when the two firms merged in 1987.

• Currently Liaison Counsel for 310 Issuer defendants in IPO Securities Class Actions.
• Currently represents The Hartford Insurance Company in class actions relating to contingent commissions.
• Other current clients include directors of Metromedia Fiber Networks, deCode Genetics, Canadian Superior Energy, Banco de Guatemala and others in securities litigation, Rio Tinto in litigation under the Alien Tort Statute, Ernst & Young of Hong Kong and others in commercial litigation.