Employment matters

• Represented multi-store retail chain in wage and hour overtime dispute brought by the New York State Department of Labor before the New York State Board of Industrial Appeals.
• Represented international cosmetics company in age and disability discrimination charge before New York City Commission on Human Rights and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
• 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 improper issuance and voting of company stock and employment termination.
• Represented CEO and Chairman of the Board of leading financial services company in corporate governance and employment dispute before the American Arbitration Association and New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division regarding employment termination and amendments to corporate documents.
• Represented CEO of publicly traded telecommunications company in employment dispute before the American Arbitration Association regarding employment termination and the acceleration and vesting of deferred compensation.

General Commercial Litigation

• Represented BVI 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 shares of company stock and attempt to liquidate the company’s interest in a Cayman Islands investment fund.
• Represented foreign software development company in copyright infringement, 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.
• Represented foreign microelectronics company in breach of contract and fraud dispute before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the American Arbitration Association ICDR regarding joint venture partner’s failure to perform under a joint venture agreement.
• 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 Commercial Division, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York.
• Represented high net worth investors against broker-dealer in breach of contract dispute before FINRA and New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division regarding broker-dealer’s confiscation of collateral accounts.

Lawyers’ Professional Liability

• Successfully represented a law firm sued for malpractice in connection with a trademark infringement case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The malpractice lawsuit alleged failure to obtain complete damages information during discovery in the underlying infringement case. Client law firm moved for summary judgment to dismiss the complaint, and while motion for summary judgment was sub judice, the parties executed a stipulation and order of dismissal with prejudice, specifically providing that the legal malpractice claim was mistakenly asserted against the law firm and that any alleged legal malpractice in connection with the trademark infringement case was “committed by other lawyers.”
• Successfully represented a law firm in action for unpaid legal fees against former client before New York State Supreme Court, and in separate action by former client before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting claims for alleged overbilling and ineffective counsel, and before the New York State Attorney Grievance Committee alleging same. Client law firm obtained a judgment for the full amount of its unpaid legal fees against its former client. Former client’s separate action against law firm was dismissed by motion to dismiss, and New York State Attorney Grievance Committee determined to take no action on the grievance complaint.