In Net Economic Value Secured
(since August 2025)

Representative Matters

    • Advised board of directors and executive team regarding proposed mechanisms for removing current President of closely held corporation and installing client.

    • Blocked board-level attempt to invalidate vested equity (approximately $233,000 in value at the time), cancel 500,000 additional shares without consideration, and impose retroactive waiver in advance of $10 million merger; secured $1.14 million settlement (389% uplift) within 7 days.

    • Negotiated a 190% uplift to executive severance package—from $43K to $125K, plus full benefits and 100% carried interest—after month long negotiation with General Counsel of a $6.2B AUM private equity firm.

    • Successful defense of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in wage-and-hour litigation, achieving a favorable resolution through JAMS arbitration, avoiding costly class certification and trial.

    • Negotiated a zero-severance termination into a $50,000 severance payment from Brooklyn Mirage in 5 days.

    • Represented Brandy Melville in employment discrimination proceedings before the NYS Division of Human Rights and the EEOC.

    • Secured six-figure settlement on behalf of service workers against Manhattan nightclub in unpaid wages, OT pay, and sexual harassment matter.

    • Negotiated 391% increase to client's company equity on the eve of company's $10M merger netting client $1.14M.

    • Defended logistics technology company in a dispute arising from a contested API integration and pricing framework. Reversed an adverse settlement posture and secured $55,000 settlement from plaintiff despite their initial $40,000 demand against client, including full release of all claims.

    • Secured $25,000 wire payment within 10–14 days after client was ghosted on $27,677.62 in unpaid invoices.

    • Resolved commercial dispute involving $55,000 unpaid balance, securing $50,000 settlement representing approximately 90% recovery in 3 days.

    • Resolved matter for $60,000 after defendant vendor ignored client’s $116,060.52 in unpaid fees after nearly two years of nonpayment. Filed NY Supreme Court action and secured $60,000 settlement paid within 3 months.

    • Represented Perry Ellis International in a lender-liability dispute against Fortress Credit alleging bad fabriches of the parties' $235 million credit facility.

    • Represented Applebees in a commercial landlord/tenant dispute, defeating the commercial landlord's motion for summary judgment and motion to compel pendente lite rent by raising counterclaims that mitigated rent arrears converting a weak position into leverage for better negotiation terms on extended timeline.

    • Represented a Chapter 7 Trustee to recover funds for investor-victims of a $12 million auto-financing Ponzi scheme perpetrated by debtor Diamond Finance Co.

    • Secured dismissal of an assignee lawsuit through a $5,000 settlement, representing a 90% reduction from the claimed amount, within 35 days of engagement.