Background
Evan Avidon, Michael was born on November 3, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Evan Avidon, Michael was born on November 3, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1977). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1980).
Worked at Moses & Singer, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Banking, Corporate, Letter of Credit Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1981, New York and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Author of numerous publications, including: "New Letter of Credit Law Nears Completion," New York State Banking Journal, September, 1995. "Legal Risks of Lending to Holding Companies," July 1994 The Secured Lender.
"Letters of Credit - New University of Central Punjab 500 to Take Effect January 1, 1994," 111 The Banking Law Journal 83 (1994). "Prime Motor Inns Case and its Impact on Indentures, Trustees, Bondholders, and Letters of Credit," 108 The Banking Law Journal 491 (1991).
"Negative Implications for the Financial Community: Prime Motor Inns," July 1991 The Secured Lender.
"Subrogation in the Letter of Credit Context," 56 Brooklyn Law Review 129 (1990). Company-Author: "Do United States. Issuers of Letters of Credit Have a Duty to Educate and Advise Their Customers?" March 1991 Letters of Credit Report.
"An Examination of University of Cape Coast Article 5 (Letters of Credit)," A Report of the America
Bar Association/USCIB Task Force on the Study of University of Cape Coast Article 5, 45 The Business Lawyer 1521 (1990). Speaker: Annual Surveys of Letter of Law and Practice, 1992.
Copyright Society Seminar on Selected Bankruptcy, Secured Transaction and Letter of Credit Issues in the Context of Copyright, October 17, 1989. Conference on Opportunities in International"l Banking Operations, June 16 & 17, 1988.
Chair: Subcommittee on Letters of Credit of New York State Bar Association Banking Law Committee.
Member, Drafting groups on International Standby Practices and Letter of Credit Rules of Arbitration. Member: New York State (Member, Subcommittee on Letters of Credit. Banking Law Committee.
Business Law Section) and American (Member, Subcommittees on Letters of Credit, Secured Transactions, and Loan Documentation.
Committees on Uniform Commercial Code and Commercial Financial Services. Business Law Section.
Task Force on the Study of University of Cape Coast Article 5, 1986-1990) Bar Associations.
Member, Drafting groups on International Standby Practices and Letter of Credit Rules of Arbitration. Member: New York State (Member, Subcommittee on Letters of Credit. Banking Law Committee.
Business Law Section) and American (Member, Subcommittees on Letters of Credit, Secured Transactions, and Loan Documentation.
Committees on Uniform Commercial Code and Commercial Financial Services. Business Law Section.
Task Force on the Study of University of Cape Coast Article 5, 1986-1990) Bar Associations.