Leveraging his robust background in Big Law, Rich advocates on behalf of his clients on business strategy, corporate governance, critical transactions, staffing and employment practices, and dispute avoidance and resolution. Utilizing his skills and considerable experience, Rich zealously represents his clients in pursuit of their objectives. He understands business goals and risk tolerance, appreciating that differing circumstances require disparate approaches. Rich’s practice focuses on:

• General Commercial Litigation:  Rich has tried cases in state and federal courts, in New York and across the country, with or without juries, as well as arbitrations in numerous forums. Rich has represented a wide range of clients — including sole proprietors, emerging companies, public corporations, and financial institutions —handling trials and appeals, arbitration and mediation, and internal and external investigations arising in numerous industries and substantive areas of law. While primarily engaged as a zealous client advocate, he is often retained as a mediator through the Commercial Division’s panel of neutrals in New York County or privately and has experience in alternative dispute resolution venues such as JAMS, the American Arbitration Association, and FINRA.
• Securities, Financial Services, and Antitrust Litigation:  Rich represents clients in securities fraud actions, class actions and multidistrict litigation, individual customer complaints and FINRA arbitrations, and antitrust litigation.
• Employee Mobility, Restrictive Covenants, and Other Employment Matters: Rich regularly handles conflicts involving restrictive covenants, potential breaches of employee fiduciary duties, and alleged misappropriation of trade secrets or other confidential information. Rich has represented clients in connection with high-profile relocations between competing companies such as IBM and Intel, Dannon and Chobani, Allergan and Nestle, Verizon and Telx, and BlackRock and Drake Management LLC. He often works in connection with the relocation of financial advisers and other financial services professionals, as well as in the context of law firm partnership and partner mobility matters.
• Internal and External Investigations: In sensitive matters that require independent investigation and assessment, Rich provides comprehensive review and reporting on behalf of his clients. Rich leads teams that handle business-critical matters internally and in response to external investigations initiated by governmental agencies or self-regulatory organizations.