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.

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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

Other key lawyers

Joshua Fulop