Managing Attorney
CurrentNotable engagements:• Represented a former senior partner of a prominent consulting firm alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets from his former employer; The matter was resolved on extremely favorable terms for our client.• Represented a former managing director of a preeminent investment bank in a FINRA arbitration involving the Bank's termination of "vested" restricted stock units on the grounds that the former employee joined a competing entity; The matter was settled… Show more Notable engagements:• Represented a former senior partner of a prominent consulting firm alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets from his former employer; The matter was resolved on extremely favorable terms for our client.• Represented a former managing director of a preeminent investment bank in a FINRA arbitration involving the Bank's termination of "vested" restricted stock units on the grounds that the former employee joined a competing entity; The matter was settled on the eve of a four day hearing.• Negotiated the employment agreement for the CEO of Kodak Alaris, a successor to Eastman Kodak, as well as numerous other employment and severance agreements for hedge fund and other financial services personnel as well as others.• Negotiated a non-competition agreement on behalf of a senior former employee of IBM's Watson Artificial Intelligence Division. • Helped to save a technology company up to $100 million in a landmark case brought by its former chief operating officer seeking to enforce an option agreement in which the court, after a lengthy trial in which I was co-lead trial counsel, held that the former chief operating officer had breached various fiduciary duties. • Successfully defended a national builder of military housing against multimillion dollar claims arising out of a dispute at West Point and obtained a monetary recovery on a counterclaim.• Obtained numerous favorable decisions from the Southern District of New York and the Second Circuit on behalf of Pfizer Inc. which was seeking to enforce multimillion dollar judgments.• Won a multimillion dollar post-closing arbitration award on behalf of a national paper manufacturing company.• Negotiated a favorable settlement through mediation on behalf of a national real estate mortgage brokerage company in a multimillion dollar federal court lawsuit which resulted in no out-of-pocket payment by the client. Show less
