Employment

Termination disputes

• Wage & hour disputes following termination
• Non-competition & non-solicitation agreements
• Stock ownership, stock vesting & stock option disputes

Employee Stock Option Plans

• Represent employees in disputes over stock option plans, including incentive stock option plans (ISOPs) and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)

ESOP abuses

• Represented employee/beneficiaries of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in a federal lawsuit involving allegations that the principal owner-manager had been using company funds to pay personal expenses and where, after the sale of a company, the majority owner tried to deny the ESOP beneficiaries their fair share of the sale proceeds

Representative/Broker Employment Disputes

• Employment & termination disputes with brokers/advisers
• Represent registered representatives in litigation & FINRA arbitrations
• Administrative actions by regulators