White & Case
  Milana Salzman
Associate
New York

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Practice Experience
Ms. Salzman is an associate in the Firm's Litigation group. Ms. Salzman's areas of practice include complex commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, securities litigation, and litigation regarding non-US activities of corporate and sovereign clients. Her experience includes motion practice, discovery, jury trials, appellate briefing, as well as internal investigations related to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Ms. Salzman has represented and advised multinational clients in the pharmaceutical, financial services, agricultural, and telecommunications industries, as well as foreign sovereigns and their state-owned entities. Ms. Salzman's pro bono practice involves matters in the immigration, housing, and family law areas.

Ms. Salzman's recent experience includes: 
  • Representation of the Belarusian Potash Company in an antitrust litigation currently pending in the Northern District of Illinois; 
  • Trial representation of a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in civil litigation brought in multiple jurisdictions by state attorneys general, alleging false claims act, common law fraud, and consumer protection claims, including jury trials in Kentucky and Alabama state courts; 
  • Successful representation of two investment advisory firms in a litigation brought by a French CDO noteholder alleging breach of fiduciary duty; 
  • Successful representation of Svenska Handelsbanken in the Southern District of New York in a matter related to the bank's non-US activities; 
  • Successful representation of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (an arm of the French Government) in a class action seeking damages for property expropriated from the plaintiffs in France during World War II; 
  • Representation of the Government of Canada in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as amicus curiae on the topic of extraterritorial application of a US statute; 
  • Representation of a multinational corporation related to compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, including an internal investigation in cooperation with the Department of Justice; and 
  • Representation of Deutsche Bank in securities actions relating to the collapse of Enron.

Bars and Courts
US District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2006
US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2006
New York State Bar, 2005

Education
JD, University of Connecticut School of Law, cum laude, Associate Editor, Connecticut Law Review, Best Brief Finalist, Moot Court Board, 2004
BS, Pennsylvania State University, cum laude, 2000

Professional Associations and Memberships
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Publications
“A Right to Contract for Judicial Review of an Arbitration Award: Does Freedom of Contract Apply to Arbitration Agreements?”, Connecticut Law Review, Pages 609-647, Winter 2004

Languages
English
Russian

Citizenship
United States