David N. Mair
Top rated Employment Litigation attorney in New York, New York
Practice Areas:
Employment Litigation,
Employment & Labor,
General Litigation,
Discrimination,
Employment Law - Employee,
Sexual Harassment,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful Termination
Education Qualification:
New York University School of Law
Practice Areas:
Employment litigation,
Employment & labor,
General litigation,
Discrimination,
Employment law - employee,
Sexual harassment,
Whistleblower,
Wrongful termination
30 Broad Street, 37th floorNew York, New York, 10004
First Admitted: 1992
Professional Webpage: https://www.ksmlaw.com/attorneys/david-n-mair/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Leadership for Lawyers
- Member, Committee on Labor and Employment Law, New York State Bar Association
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1994
- University of Dundee Alumni
- New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1998
- Member, National Employment Lawyers Association
- Litigation Counsel of America
- Member, New York City Bar Association
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1999
- Member, Committee on Labor and Employment Law, American Bar Association
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- Obtained a $500,000 pre-litigation settlement of claims against a major European investment management group on behalf of its former US placement agent., 2009
- Represented senior executive of leading investment bank in obtaining separation settlement which permitted him to retain approximately $20 million of un-vested restricted stock which would otherwise have been forfeited., 2006
- Represented Investment Banker in negotiating separation package of $1.4 million following her assertion of gender discrimination claims., 2013
- Obtained a $1.25 million settlement for a senior executive of a global company after extensive litigation involving whistleblower claims., 2009
- Obtained a $425,000 settlement for the former Chairman of Rehabilitation Medicine at SUNY Buffalo Medical School in litigation based on whistleblower claims., 2007
- Represented financial sector executive in obtaining $1 million separation package together with continued payout of commissions., 2008
- Obtained $6.5 million settlement for two investment bankers from leading global bank in settlement of whistleblower claims., 2010
Representative Clients:
- Representation of the head of the mortgage banking advisory practice in moving from the Financial Institutions Group of one leading global bank to another.
- Representation of a senior executive at a leading private equity firm in negotiating the terms of his departure from the firm.
- Ashmore v. CGI Group Inc., 2012 WL 2148899 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
- Representation of numerous investment bankers, capital markets professionals and traders in negotiating employment agreements at global banks, hedge funds and private equity firms.
- Representation of the head of senior debt loan trading at a leading global bank in a move to another leading global bank.
- O’Mahony v. Accenture, 537 F.Supp.2d 506, S.D.N.Y. 2008
- Mot Parking Corp. v. 86-90 Warren Street, LLC, 104 A.D.3d 596, 962 N.Y.S.2d 116 (1st Dep’t 2013)
- Representation of the co-heads of leverage and acquisition finance in their move from one leading global bank to another.
- Representation of a senior big-four accounting firm audit partner in negotiating a resolution of claims that the firm breached its agreement regarding his assignment following a multi-year expatriate assignment to lead the audit of one of the firm’s most important European clients.
- Wong v. CKX, Inc., 890 F.Supp.2d 411 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
Pro bono/Community Service:
- My pro bono work includes representing and counseling clients on employment issues for the Cancer Advocacy Project of the New York City Bar Association.
Honors/Awards:
- Leadership for Lawyers
- AV "Preeminent" Peer-Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
- Litigation Counsel of America
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Educational Background:
- University of Dundee Law School, Dundee, Scotland, 1989, LL.B, First Class Honors
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