Lance P. Chabus

Lance P. Chabus is a senior associate in Lehman & Eilen LLP’s broker-dealer, investment adviser, investment partnership practice areas.

Mr. Chabus represents Lehman & Eilen LLP’s various financial institution and technology clients in regulatory matters before the SEC, NASD and NYSE, business formation, complex commercial transactions and investment adviser issues in securities and commodity futures.  He also provides guidance in interpreting and complying with SEC, NASD, NYSE and Blue Sky rules and regulations.

Prior to joining Lehman & Eilen LLP, Mr. Chabus was a Complex Claims Director at AIG, Chubb and ACE Insurance in their respective Financial Institutions and D&O departments where he determined coverage issues involving multi-billion dollar securities class actions pertaining to directors and officers, financial institution and security broker-dealer insurance policies, as well as assisted underwriters in drafting policies.  Mr. Chabus also has an extensive background in commodity futures and derivatives, which he derived from his experience as a former Enforcement Attorney for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.  Mr. Chabus investigated and litigated cases involving foreign currency, trade practice and off-exchange fraud matters brought against registered and non-registered entities and individuals, as well as cases involving other aspects of the Commodity Exchange Act.  He also conducted joint litigations and investigations with the U.S. Attorney and SEC.

Mr. Chabus received his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1988.  He received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from State University of New York at Albany from which he graduated in 1984 as a Dean’s Merit Scholar.

Mr. Chabus is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida, and is a member of the bar of the U.S. District Courts of the Southern and Eastern of New York and the U.S. District Courts of New Jersey and Connecticut.