Daniel S. Goldstein

Daniel S. Goldstein’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, the representation of officers, directors and management in employment litigation, and the representation of cooperative and condominium officers and directors.   Daniel has extensive pre-trial, trial and appellate experience in both individual and class actions in state and federal courts and arbitration forums throughout the country.  Daniel has tried many cases to verdict and has significant appellate experience, having briefed and argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and New York State appellate courts.

Daniel’s labor and employment practice includes handling litigations over employment contract disputes, claims of wrongful termination, individual and class action claims of discrimination and retaliation, class actions under wage and hour laws, and disputes over trade secrets and restrictive covenants.  Daniel regularly counsels clients on a broad array of employment law matters, including employment agreements, employment separation, and restrictive covenant agreements.

Daniel also maintains a diverse commercial litigation practice with experience litigating corporate governance disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, disputes over director and officer liability and fiduciary obligations, breach of contract disputes including claims of fraud and misrepresentation, and prosecuting and defending corporate books and records actions.  Daniel also has significant experience handling multi-state and cross-border litigations including cases involving Delaware, California, the Netherlands, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Israel.

Daniel's Practice

Representative Matters

Employment matters

• Successfully represented Board of Directors of publicly traded media company in corporate governance and employment dispute against company’s CEO in the Delaware Court of Chancery over CEO’s employment termination.
• Successfully defended nationwide staffing agency against claims of defamation, retaliation and discrimination under city, state and federal law before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Successfully defended recruiting agency and its parent company against former employee’s lawsuit seeking $200,000,000 in damages asserting claims for defamation and negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
• Successfully defended Israeli parent company in medical device industry sued by subsidiary’s former director for discrimination and retaliation and seeking over$10 million in damages before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

General Commercial Litigation

• Successfully represented Israeli real estate investment company in prosecuting books and records action against Delaware LLC and obtaining a judgment establishing its membership interest before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Successfully defended Delaware Limited Partnership against books and records action brought by limited partner for purposes of gaining evidence in related employment litigation in Israel before the Delaware Court of Chancery.
• Successfully represented BVI private investment company in litigation before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and with co-counsel before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Virgin Islands in the High Court of Justice Commercial Division, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands Financial Services Division, and the Commercial Law Section of the Court of Amsterdam, regarding company director’s fraudulent self-issuance of company stock and attempt to liquidate the company’s interest in a Cayman Islands investment fund.
• Successfully represented Israeli software development company in breach of license agreement and trade secret misappropriation dispute before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the American Arbitration Association ICDR regarding licensee’s development of competing software during license term.
• Successfully represented high net worth individual in legal malpractice and breach of contract dispute against former attorney before the American Arbitration Association ICDR, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, New York State Supreme Court, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.