Stephanie has substantial experience in matters involving control, valuation, fiduciary duties and internal conflicts at closely held, family-owned and investor-backed businesses. She has represented individuals and companies in high-stakes, high-profile and “bet-the-company” litigation spanning a wide range of practice areas, including corporate governance and shareholder disputes; business litigation and class actions; insolvency, bankruptcy and distressed situations; regulated industries and professional services; and nonprofits, associations and mission-driven organizations.

Stephanie’s representations include:

• Owners and managers of a fourth-generation real estate business in an intra-family dispute over valuation of a multimillion-dollar Manhattan office building, prevailing on all counts after a bench trial.
• Directors, officers and private equity investors in shareholder claims alleging misrepresentation, fraud and breaches of fiduciary duties, resulting in pre-discovery dismissal of all claims.
• Officers and directors of closely held corporations in corporate governance, shareholder, and intra-board disputes.
• Shareholders in a dispute litigated in state and federal courts involving a two-billion-dollar metals business.
• Officers and directors of a large privately held publishing company in intra-family litigation over corporate control and governance issues.
• Family-member owners and partners in litigation against other business partners.
• Estate and trust related intra-family disputes.
• Officers and directors in shareholder oppression lawsuits.
• A hospital system in an antitrust class action asserting wage-fixing claims affecting tens of thousands of medical providers and employees.
• Co-executor in an intra-family dispute involving estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
• A national dietary supplement manufacturer and its directors and officers in a nationwide class action alleging fraud and breach of warranty.
• A trading card manufacturer in a nationwide class action alleging fraud based on claims of illegal gambling.
• Directors and officers of a retirement community in a class action arising from hundreds of claims tied to a failed senior housing project.
• A major hotel chain and its officers in TRO proceedings arising from business disputes with customers.
• Physician practices with multimillion-dollar revenues in shareholder disputes, federal and state RICO actions and breach of fiduciary duty claims.
• Officers and directors of numerous MRI centers in disputes involving earn-out and other contractual provisions.
• Officers and directors of a national cosmetics manufacturer in false advertising and Lanham Act litigation.
• Fiduciary claims involving ERISA pension plans and health and life insurance matters.
• Directors and officers in all types of breach of fiduciary duty and claims of mismanagement of companies by the Board of Directors in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Officers and directors of a charitable foundation and nonprofit organization in matters involving board control and corporate governance decisions.
• A director of a major not-for-profit overseeing billions of dollars in assets in intra-board disputes.
• Officers and directors of a nonprofit homeowners’ association of more than 500 homes in multiple defamation and related actions.
• Am Law 100 law firms in professional negligence actions.

* Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.