Practice Areas
— Employment Counseling and Litigation
CGR’s employment expertise is unmatched, including decades of experience at trial, arbitration, seeking and opposing applications for emergency injunctions, and counseling. Our matters range from negotiating employment contracts to termination disputes to litigation involving post-employment restrictive covenants, to allegations of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. We regularly take these matters to trial—and win. Our practice includes employer- and employee-side representation of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups to individuals. CGR thus offers a unique perspective of the mindset on “both sides of the v”–informing our advice and strategy.
Representative matters include:
Represented a U.S. investment bank accused of a “team lift out” of Tech, Media, and Telecom bankers; negotiated a successful settlement.
Represented one the world’s largest banks in defending and winning a successful arbitration award in a race discrimination and retaliation dispute brought by a senior banker.
Represented coach of top-ten female tennis player in dispute with the Women’s Tennis Association; conducted trial and persuaded arbitrator to overturn WTA’s suspension decision, in a high-profile victory for the tennis player and her coach.
Regularly represent C-suite executives negotiating incoming contracts or termination agreements.
Represented a nationwide trucking logistics company against a competitor and two former employees for theft of trade secrets and violation of restrictive covenants; negotiated a successful settlement.
Represented the Chief Technology Officer of a major corporation post-termination; negotiated a highly remunerated settlement.