Ruarri Rogan

Attorney
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Overview

Ruarri M. Rogan is a commercial litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's New York office. Mr. Rogan practices in federal and state courts, and represents parties in commercial contract disputes, unfair competition law, cross-border litigation, judgment enforcement, asset recovery, asset tracing, asset seizure, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), Hague Convention foreign discovery and intermediary bank discovery.

In addition, Mr. Rogan represents judgment creditors in enforcement cases pending throughout the world, including in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia and the Middle East, and represents international clients in support of discovery applications for use in foreign proceedings. He has served as counsel for foreign entities seeking remedies in the United States, foreign sovereigns seeking recovery of international assets and judgment creditors seeking recovery from foreign sovereigns.

Mr. Rogan's representative matters include:

  • counsel to a Middle Eastern businessman seeking recovery of fraudulently transferred goods
  • counsel to a judgment creditor seeking to recover an arbitral award from foreign diplomats in the United States
  • counsel to a class of investors defrauded of tens of millions of dollars in supposed fiat currency and cryptocurrency investments
  • counsel to a foreign sovereign in a multinational operation to recover dissipated state assets and state treasure misappropriated by a former government
  • counsel to a Scandinavian bankruptcy estate seeking claw back from unsecured-creditor hedge funds that transferred assets to the detriment of secured creditors
  • counsel to a pharmaceuticals manufacturer seeking damages for a breach of contract
  • discovery co-counsel to a publicly listed company in an unfair competition action

Prior to rejoining Holland & Knight, Mr. Rogan served as an assistant clerk in the chambers of the Honorable Andrew Borrok in the New York State Supreme Court within New York County's Commercial Division. He previously was an attorney in the firm's New York office from January 2021 to September 2022.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Rogan worked in the digital information space for a Dutch multinational company. At that time, he consulted with research and development (R&D) teams in Africa, the Middle East, Northern Europe, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.

Credentials

Education
  • Fordham University School of Law, J.D., cum laude
  • University of Amsterdam, B.A., Political Science, cum laude
Bar Admissions/Licenses
  • New Jersey
  • New York
Memberships
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Queens County Bar Association
Honors & Awards
  • Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2021

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