Geoff Stewart specializes in complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal investigations, particularly those involving allegations of fraud and misconduct. He has represented numerous companies and individuals in lawsuits and government investigations under the federal securities laws. He also has represented companies and individual officers and directors in litigation involving contests for corporate control and lawsuits alleging breaches of corporate duties. Many of these representations have involved issues of accounting and bank fraud, short-selling, and derivative financial instruments. In 2007, Geoff was named to the BTI Client Service All-Stars list that honors individual attorneys providing outstanding client service.
Geoff is an authority on Internet law and on electronic discovery. He was instrumental in the founding of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and, with the faculty of the Berkman Center, was counsel of record in the Supreme Court case of Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186 (2003). Geoff also has served on the boards of editors of Pike & Fisher's treatise Internet Law & Regulation and the Bureau of National Affair's Digital Discovery & e-Evidence. Geoff has been active in the application of computer technology to matters involving discovery in civil litigation and the analysis of evidence. He also has written and lectured on issues involving jurisdiction and civil liabilities in connection with the Internet. In the area of intellectual property, Geoff successfully represented plaintiffs in the case of Apfel v. Prudential Bache Securities, 81 N.Y. 2d 470 (1993), which is today a staple in law school contract courses.
From 1981 to 1983, Geoff worked for the United States Department of Justice, where he was deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy. From 1987 to 1990, he was associate independent counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel for the Iran Arms Sale/Contra Diversion Investigation, where he concentrated on the investigations of the U.S. Department of State and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Geoff has served on the boards of several schools and charitable foundations. He is currently a director of the American India Foundation, which is devoted to funding literacy, livelihood, health, and environmental projects in India.
Geoff has handled cases in federal and state courts in New York, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Delaware, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Nevada.