Carl L. Stine - New York, NY
Attorney at Wolf Popper LLP
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Lawyers in New York, NY
570 Lexington Ave. New York, NY 10022
- Free Consultation
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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36
Years
Experience
New York Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Lawyer
Updated: 03/02/2026
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
- Consumer Litigation
- Corporate Transactional / Derivative Litigation
- Securities Litigation
Litigation: 100%
Attorney Information
Overview
Carl L. Stine is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1989) where he was the Editor in Chief of the Fordham International Law Journal. After law school, Carl was a litigation associate in the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. Carl has been recognized by Super Lawyers as one of the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area from 2014 through 2020, and for 2022.
Since joining Wolf Popper in June of 1995, Carl has participated in the prosecution of merger and acquisition litigation challenging transactions involving, among others, MSG Networks, Inc., GGP, Inc., Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc., AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Hansen Medical, Handy & Harman, Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Zale, Fusion-io, National Interstate, M&F Worldwide Corp., Venoco, Inc., EDAC Technologies Corp., KSW Inc., MModal, Inc., RAE Systems, Inc., eResearch Technology, Inc., Icagen, Inc., American Surgical Holdings, Inc., Wachovia Corporation, OpenTV Corp., Indevus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., The Topps Co., EDO Corp., James River Group, Inc., ftd.com, Genencor International, Inc., Uni-Marts, Inc., Nassda Corp., William Lyon Homes, and Net2Phone, Inc. Carl has also litigated securities class actions such as against AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., Seitel, Inc., Sunbeam Corp., Archer Daniels Midland Co., Caremark, Inc., and Leslie Fay Co., and consumer fraud class actions against, for example, Walgreen Co., Walmart Inc., GNC Holdings, Inc., Nutra Manufacturing LLC, International Vitamin Corp., Dr.'s Best, Inc., related to their roles in selling and marketing fake dietary supplements, and Express Scripts, Inc., H.I.P of Greater New York, Sprint PCS, Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., and NYNEX.
Carl is admitted to the New York State Bar, and the Bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the Eastern District of Michigan, the District of Colorado, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Carl became a partner at Wolf Popper on January 1, 2002.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Super Lawyers "Top 100" (New York - Metro area), 2014 – 2020, and for 2022 - 2023
- Super Lawyers in Securities Litigation (New York - Metro Edition), 2009 - 2023
- Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 2015
- Nominated to be a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, 2019
- New York Partner Carl L. Stine Named Fellow of American Bar Foundation
Other Sources of Feedback About Carl L. Stine
Included on the 2026 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2022 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2021 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2020 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2019 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2018 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2017 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2016 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2015 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2014 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2013 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2012 New York — Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2011 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2010 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
- 2009 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Fordham University School of Law,
New York,
New York, 1989
J.D.
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Fordham University School of Law,
New York,
New York, 1989
Current Employment Position(s)
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Senior Partner
Representative Cases
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In re GGP, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, 282 A.3d 37 (Del. 2022)
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Martinek v. AmTrust Fin. Servs., 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20056 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2022)
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Martinek v. AmTrust Fin. Servs., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146542 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 14, 2020)
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In re AmTrust Fin's Services, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 2018-0396-AGB (Del. Ch. Feb. 26, 2020)
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Kosinski v. GGP, Inc., 2019 Del. Ch. LEXIS 328 (Del. Ch. Aug. 28, 2019)
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In re Hansen Medical, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, 2018 Del. Ch. LEXIS 197 (Del. Ch. June 18, 2018)
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In re Handy & Harman Ltd. Stockholder Litigation, 2018 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1712 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. N.Y. County May 9, 2018)
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In re Metrologic Instruments, Inc. S'holders Litigation, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 317 (N.J. Super Ct. App. Div. Feb. 10, 2017)
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Frechter v. Zier (Nutrisystem), 2017 Del. Ch. LEXIS 14 (Del. Ch. Jan. 24, 2017)
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Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp., 88 A.3d 635 (Del. 2014)
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Frank v. Elgamal (American Surgical), 2012 Del. Ch. LEXIS 62 (Del. Ch. Mar. 30, 2012)
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Alaska Elec. Pension Fund v. Brown, 988 A.2d 412 (Del. 2010)
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Ehrenhaus v. Baker (Wachovia/Wells Fargo), 2008 NCBC 20 (N.C. Super. Ct. 2008)
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Alaska Elec. Pension Fund v. Brown, 941 A.2d 1011 (Del. 2007)
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In re Scientific Atlanta, Inc. Sec. Litig., 571 F. Supp. 2d 1315 (N.D. Ga. 2007)
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In re The Topps Company S'holders Litigation, 926 A.2d 58 (Del. Ch. 2007)
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In re The Topps Company S'holders Litigation, 924 A.2d 951 (Del. Ch. 2007)
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In re Seitel, Inc. Securities Litigation, 447 F. Supp. 2d 693 (S.D. Tex. 2006);
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Yang v. Odom, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18089 (D.N.J. 2005);
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Yang v. Odom, 392 F. 3d 97 (3d Cir. 2004);
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In re U.S. Liquids Securities Litigation, 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26713 (S.D. Tex. 2002);
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Blatt v. Muse Technologies, Inc., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18466 (D. Mass. 2002);
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In re Sunbeam Securities Litigation, 176 F. Supp. 2d 1323 (S.D. Fla. 2001);
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In re Sunbeam Securities Litigation, 261 B.R. 534 (S.D. Fla. 2001);
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Collmer v. U.S. Liquids, Inc., 268 F. Supp. 2d 718 (S.D. Tex. 2001);
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In re World Access, Inc. Securities Litigation, 119 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (N.D. Ga. 2000);
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In re Sunbeam Securities Litigation, 89 F. Supp. 2d 1326 (S.D. Fla. 1999);
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Taylor v. American Bankers Ins.Group, Inc., 267 A.D.2d 178, 700 N.Y.S.2d 458 (1st Dep't 1999);
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In re WebSecure, Inc. Securities Litigation, 182 F.R.D. 364 (D. Mass. 1998);
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Tanzer v. Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York, 238 A.D.2d 109, 665 N.Y.S.2d 493 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't), rev'd, 91 N.Y.2d 850 (1997);
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In re Caremark International, Inc. Securities Litigation, 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10948 (N.D. Ill. 1997);
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Lerner v. Tele-Communications, Inc., 215 A.D.2d 731, 627 N.Y.S.2d 733 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 1995);
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Sheerbonnet, Ltd. v. American Express Bank Ltd., 17 F.3d 46 (2d Cir. 1994).
Published Works
Articles
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MFW and the Legal Fiction of Market Equivalency, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
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Wolf Popper Partner Carl Stine Authors Article on Delaware Law Appearing in the Delaware Journal of Corporate Law
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Wolf Popper Partner Carl Stine Authors Article on Merger and Acquisition Law in the Age of Trump
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court District of Colorado
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