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CurrentGolenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP is a full-service Manhattan law firm of approximately 55 attorneys which has served its clients’ complex litigation and corporate needs for 40 years. The firm takes pride in its sophistication, experience and ability to take on major engagements for its domestic and international clients while also maintaining a hands-on, personalized approach to all matters. ---- Regularly advise restaurant and hospitality clients on various day-to-day issues involving real estate, compliance with state and federal regulatory matters, discrimination claims, employment issues and start-up and joint venture disputes.-- Represented the National Restaurant Association (“NRA”) in a lawsuit to enjoin New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from enforcing a regulation the NRA asserted was onerous and unenforceable. Obtained emergency injunctive relief from the Appellate Division, First Department, temporarily staying enforcement of the regulation.-- Represented the estate of famous illustrator and author Maurice Sendak, in a dispute concerning the distribution of certain valuable assets in Connecticut Probate Court, which resulted in a favorable outcome at trial.-- Represented foreign liquidators for recognition under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, enforcing claims and discovery in U.S., which involved successfully defeating opposition to recognition at an evidentiary hearing.-- Successfully represented a selling agent and broker in breach of contract action involving $14+ million in damages against defendant pharmaceutical company for failure to pay investment fees.-- Successfully defend state and federal discrimination claims in the New York State Division of Human Rights.
