Practice Areas

Individual & Executive Disputes

Blitman & King Business Dispute Lawyers

We represent a wide array of individuals including executives, managers, physicians, academics, athletic coaches and other professionals involved in complex employment disputes. These disputes may be resolved through informal negotiations, confidential arbitrations, litigation, and anything in between. Because each business dispute lawyer is a respected litigator, we are also able to achieve favorable outcomes through the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including negotiation, arbitration, and mediation.

We are skilled at handling disputes involving all types of compensation including cash, stock, bonuses, deferred compensation, and golden parachutes. These types of disputes are often tied to the characterization and grounds for termination, including involuntary terminations (with or without cause) and voluntary resignations for good reason.

In addition, each business dispute lawyer is experienced in matters related to entering and exiting partnerships, disputes over the scope and enforceability of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, the use of trade secrets and other confidential information, as well as charges of interference with business relations.

Our business dispute lawyers understand the complexities of these agreements and the importance of ensuring that they align with our clients’ goals and protect their interests. Contact us today to learn more and acquire a business dispute lawyer.

For more information on our Individual & Executive Disputes Practice, you may visit the Employee Briefcase.

Awards

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Who’s Who Legal Awards

Charter Fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Former Chairs of the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section

New York Super Lawyers

Former Chairs of the New York State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section

Former Chair of the American Bar Association’s Equal Employment Opportunity Committee

AV Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

Practice Highlights

  • Represented a senior level executive of a multi-billion dollar real estate development company in a dispute involving compensation, the use of trade secrets and confidential information and the application of non-competition restraints;
  • Represented various individuals in breach of contract disputes related to employment and severance agreements, including entitlement to compensation thereunder and termination;
  • Represented a physician in an employment-based free speech case and obtained a multi-million dollar settlement;
  • Represented a high-level state employee who was awarded back pay, emotional distress, punitive damages, and attorneys’ fees on a claim that the employee was demoted for providing the FBI information about potential graft in a program he audited;
  • Represented a senior executive of a target company in a dispute to entitlement of compensation upon a change in control in the form of a corporate acquisition;
  • Represented a female deputy sheriff, who was awarded back pay, emotional distress and attorneys’ fees after we litigated to judgment her claim that she was terminated from her position because of her gender;
  • Represented an individual against claims of theft of business secrets and other business torts brought in state court. On the eve of trial, the matter was settled on terms favorable to our client; and
  • Represented various executives and physicians contesting the enforceability of non-competition agreements and provisions.