Caren Decter, Esq.

Caren Decter is a partner in the Litigation Group, focusing on commercial and intellectual property litigation, and white collar defense. Listed in Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star,” Ms. Decter represents clients in all phases of the pre-litigation and litigation process in criminal and civil matters pending in state and federal courts around the country.

Clients benefit from her skill in managing complex litigation aggressively and efficiently, as well as her responsiveness and ability to forge creative solutions to complicated problems before they grow into drawn-out litigation.

In her sophisticated white collar defense practice, Ms. Decter represents individuals and corporations in regulatory and criminal investigations involving allegations of accounting fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, antitrust violations, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She frequently handles matters involving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Justice, various U.S. Attorney Offices and various District Attorney Offices. She also frequently assists clients in their responses to time-sensitive data security incidents and breaches.

In addition, Ms. Decter has a wide-ranging commercial litigation and counseling practice. She advises clients in the finance, legal, consumer goods, advertising, art, and media and entertainment industries — on contract, copyright, trademark, fraud and other matters. Her recent work includes representation of an Academy Award-nominated director in litigation over documentary film rights; dismissal on summary judgment of a $30 million art fraud complaint; representation of a shareholder in a business dissolution; and dismissal of a contempt motion against an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) provider. Ms. Decter also represents well-known consumer brands and advertising agencies in false advertising matters. She recently helped a leading household goods e-tailer bring three cases against allegedly independent online review sites for their failure to disclose material relationships with our client’s competitors. And she successfully represented a top credit card company in a false advertising dispute before the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau.

Ms. Decter also has significant experience in defending and resolving website accessibility lawsuits, as well as providing preventive advice and counsel to businesses to reduce or eliminate legal risk involving their websites.

Ms. Decter takes on significant pro bono matters. The Anti-Defamation League awarded Ms. Decter and several of her colleagues the Edward Brodsky Founders Award in recognition of their work on an amicus brief arguing against President Trump’s travel ban. She also represents a Nepali woman seeking asylum.

Ms. Decter is the co-chair of the New York County Lawyers Association’s Federal Courts Committee and a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Copyright & Literary Property Committee. She is admitted to practice in New York state courts and federal courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, as well as the Second Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, Ms. Decter was an attorney with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where she represented clients in complex commercial litigations. She also spent a year clerking for the Honorable Colleen McMahon, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.