General Commercial and Employment Matters

  • Represented foreign company and its subsidiary in defending against breach of contract and related claims associated with the alleged non-payment of millions of dollars in fees. Matter resolved for fraction of claimed amount.
  • Represented former chief executive officer in negotiating severance package with company.
  • Part of case team defending international law firm and certain of its partners against claims of gender discrimination, aiding and abetting discrimination, failure to investigate and remedy discrimination, retaliation, and tortious interference with contractual relations. Matter resolved.
  • Part of case team that represented prominent law firm in a matter before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). EEOC issued lack of probable cause finding.
  • Counseled a small private school on how to handle allegations of violence against a child, first by developing a forty-eight hour crisis management strategy and then by advising the head of school on follow-up legal and communication issues (ultimately no negative press or mass exodus of students from the school).