Inside the New York Commercial Division, Where Big Business Litigates

Inside the New York Commercial Division, Where Big Business Litigates

April 28, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 98

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The episode discusses the New York Commercial Division and its role in resolving complex business disputes, featuring insights from guest James Catterson.

The New York Commercial Division has become a premier forum for resolving complex business disputes at the center of the world’s financial capital. Today we speak with James Catterson, a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop and former associate justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, who also served as a trial judge and now sits on the Commercial Division Advisory Council. Learn why the Commercial Division was created to keep high-value corporate disputes in New York and how federal-lev...

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Guest: James Catterson

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Organizations: Pillsbury Winthrop, Commercial Division Advisory Council

Places: New York, New York

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