John Singer is an attorney who has appeared frequently on CNBC

CNBC

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, MSNBC

MSNBC

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, the Fox Business Network

Fox Business Network

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, NBC's Today Show, CNN

CNN

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, PBS, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg Television

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, and NPR

NPR

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 as a legal analyst and commentator. Singer has been quoted in numerous news articles, and The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal

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 published an interview with him in November 2008. Singer is a partner with Singer Deutsch LLP, a securities, employment, and entertainment law

Entertainment law

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 firm with offices in New York City

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, Los Angeles

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, and San Francisco. Singer was designated as a "New York Super Lawyer" in 2009, 2010 and 2011, having been chosen for this distinction by both his peers and through independent research conducted by Law & Politics. Only five percent of New York metro attorneys have been named to the list. Singer lives in New York, New York with his wife Jennifer Zeller, a 1994 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. Zeller is a vice president at Interscope Geffen A&M Records, where she is the head of video promotion.

Career

Singer started his legal career at Rosenman & Colin

Rosenman & Colin

Rosenman & Colin LLP was a New York City-based law firm that practiced from 1912 to 2002, at which point the firm merged with Chicago-based Katten Muchin Zavis to form Katten Muchin Rosenman...

 LLP in New York (now, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP) following graduation from the Georgetown University Law Center

Georgetown University Law Center

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 in 1992. In 1996, Singer joined Proskauer Rose

Proskauer Rose

Proskauer Rose is one of the largest law firms in the United States, with twelve offices in the United States and around the world...

 LLP in New York. He moved to the firm's Los Angeles office in 2001.

In 2003, Singer and Michael Deutsch, a Georgetown Law classmate and an NHL

National Hockey League

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hockey agent, formed Singer Deutsch LLP in New York. The firm opened its Los Angeles office in 2007 and its San Francisco office in 2009.