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DEON J. NOSSEL

Deon J. Nossel is a litigation attorney at Kaplan Rice LLP, where he represents clients in complex commercial disputes. He brings more than two decades of experience to his practice, including substantial work in trial and appellate litigation across a wide range of industries and legal issues.

Before joining Kaplan Rice, Deon maintained a solo litigation practice and served as of counsel to Sasson Law PLLC, advising on litigation strategy and handling commercial matters, including securities fraud and contractual disputes. Earlier in his career, he held litigation associate positions at Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Skadden, Arps; and Kramer Levin, where he worked on high-stakes disputes in a number of areas, including contracts, securities, intellectual property and constitutional law.

Deon also served with distinction as Senior Assistant Solicitor General in the Office of the New York State Attorney General, where he argued appeals before the Second Circuit and New York’s Court of Appeals and Appellate Divisions. He was honored with the Louis J. Lefkowitz Memorial Award and the Best Brief Award from the National Association of Attorneys General for his U.S. Supreme Court advocacy.

He currently serves on the Cannabis, Drugs and the Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association and has contributed pro bono legal work in the developing area of psychedelics law.

Deon earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of the Columbia Law Review, and received his B.A. with distinction from Cornell University. He is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of New York.