Abba Poliakoff

Abba David Poliakoff is a member of the Law Firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, in Baltimore, Maryland, and Chairman of the Firm's Business Department. Mr. Poliakoff is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Baltimore Technology Council (GBTC) and Chair of its Legislative Committee . He is also Vice Chair of the Maryland Business & Technology Coalition , a member of the Technology Council of Maryland , and a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum .

Mr. Poliakoff's business law practice focuses on corporate, commercial and securities law and financing. He is counsel to public and private entities, consisting of both larger corporations as well as emerging or developing businesses. His experience includes capital formation, including public offerings and private placements; mergers and acquisitions; corporate and commercial financing; and general legal and business consulting. Having participated as a panelist in various legal seminars on securities law and commercial financing, Mr. Poliakoff has authored a number of publications on those subjects in various legal journals.

Mr. Poliakoff is currently a member of the Maryland State Bar Association's Business Law Section and former Chair of its Committee on Securities . In addition, he is a member of the American Bar Association's Small Business Committee and Business Law Committee . He is also a member of the Association of SEC Attorneys .

Mr. Poliakoff received his J.D. degree, magna cum laude , in 1977 from the University of Baltimore Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review and Associate Editor of The Forum Law Journal . After law school, Mr. Poliakoff joined the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., where he became a senior attorney in the Division of Corporation Finance. From 1980 to 1983, Mr. Poliakoff was associated with the Wall Street law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel in New York.