The employment litigation department at Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP is regularly instructed by financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate-sector clients for its contentious expertise. Mark W. Lerner co-leads the practice and is frequently engaged to handle litigation matters relating to non-competition agreements, discrimination and harassment claims, employee raiding, and executive compensation disputes. Former Assistant District Attorney Jessica Taub Rosenberg, who was promoted to practice co-head in 2023, is well-versed in representing executives in high-profile employment disputes. Joshua Fulop is noted for his experience defending claims of discrimination and sexual harassment and litigating matters involving the enforcement of employment contracts and non-compete covenants. All lawyers mentioned are in New York.
Key clients
- CareOne
- SeaWorld
- GSR Markets
- Partners Pharmacy/Ascend Health
- Bregal Partners
- Northwell Health
- Douglas Elliman
- XPO Logistics
- Waterfall Asset Management
- Witkoff Group
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- GXO Logistics
- Dravier
- Marc Fisher Footwear
- Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
- JDS Development Group
- Saw Mill Capital
- Glazer Capital
- SVP Worldwide
Work highlights
- Represented CareOne, one of the largest nursing and assisted living facility networks in the U.S., on all employment related litigation in multiple jurisdictions.
- Represented global real estate development and investment firm Witkoff Group on a high-profile matter brought by a former business partner.
- Represented Douglas Elliman for over a decade in all the brokerage firm’s employment-related litigations, administrative claims, and confidential disputes with the Real Estate Board of New York.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mark W. Lerner, Jessica Taub Rosenberg