Mr. Cursio has extensive experience in the securities litigation and arbitration areas as well as in commercial litigation. From 1996-2009, Mr. Cursio was an attorney within the Office of the General Counsel of Merrill Lynch. He held a variety of positions, including First Vice President, Assistant General Counsel. While serving in that capacity, Mr. Cursio was the manager of global wealth management/broker-dealer litigation. He has broad experience handling scores of securities arbitration matters and managing teams of in-house and outside counsel on numerous matters both nationwide and internationally, including research-related matters, matters involving collateralized debt obligations and auction rate securities. During his tenure at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Cursio was responsible for supervising a team of eleven lawyers. After leaving Merrill Lynch following the acquisition by Bank of America, Mr. Cursio was Of Counsel in the New York office of Loeb & Loeb LLP where his practice focused on securities litigation and arbitration and commercial litigation. Mr. Cursio joined the firm in May 2012.
