Evan S. Fensterstock

Evan S. Fensterstock is a New York City litigator, trial lawyer, mediator and founder of the commercial litigation and employment law firm, Fensterstock, P.C. Evan provides employment advice to executives and companies, negotiates compensation packages and separation agreements, and consults on covenants not to compete (non-compete agreements) and non-solicitation clauses. Evan also provides outside general counsel services to businesses that do not require full-time in-house representation and businesses that are looking for a second legal opinion. Evan serves as local New York counsel to out of state attorneys litigating in New York. Evan is also a mediator and serves on the New York County Commercial Division ADR panel. Recognized by his peers as one of New York’s Top Business Litigation Attorneys, Evan has been named a New York Metro AreaSuper LawyersRising Star in Business Litigation in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.Super Lawyersrecognizes no more than 2.5% of attorneys in each state through a rigorous selection process.Easily schedule a meeting with Evan S. Fensterstock through the Fensterstock, P.C.online booking system.In 2020, Evan was published as a co-author of the chapter on “The Complaint” in the prestigious Thomson Reuters legal treatiseCommercial Litigation in New York State Courts. In 2019, Evan won a nearly five-million-dollar ($5,000,000.00) judgment for his client after a trial in the Commercial Division in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in a complex commercial litigation concerning indemnification and breach of contract claims arising out of a sixty-three-million-dollar ($63,000,000.00) purchase and sale of an insurance company from a billion-dollar asset management company and its subsidiaries pursuant to a stock purchase agreement. Evan also defeated a motion to dismiss by the defendant in a fraud action alleging over prescription of injectable opioids costing the plaintiff hundreds of thousands of dollars. Evan has also recently assisted counsel in Spain to enforce a nearly six-million-dollar ($6,000,000.00) judgment secured against the defendant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He continuously advises multiple employers and individuals in New York employment-related matters involving executive compensation and contract negotiation during both the offer and separation phases, as well during internal employer-employee disputes on behalf of employers and individuals, and throughout mediations, settlements, and litigations.Need your employment contracts reviewed? Easily book our Employment Contracts Review package through the Fensterstock, P.C.online booking system.When to Contact Fensterstock, P.C.Employment MattersWhen you are contemplating leaving your current employer for a competitor or when you are contemplating moving your existing clients or co-workers/support staff to a new company. You may be bound by a non-competition agreement (covenant not to compete) or a customer or employee non-solicitation agreement.When you, as an employer, are contemplating terminating an employee, either for or without cause; we can design a strategy to ensure compliance with applicable laws, protect the company’s reputation, and avoid business interruption.When you have been provided with a new executive compensation package or a promotion, including an offer letter, benefits package, and subsequent contracts involving confidentiality, trade secrets, non-competition, or non-solicitation.When you are forming a new business or are contemplating moonlighting for a new employer as a contractor and are already employed.When a business counterpart or employee has violated, or anticipates violating, the terms in their contract, has stolen or misdirected business opportunities, or has misappropriated your trade secrets.When you have received, or are contemplating sending, a cease-and-desist letter or settlement demand letter.When an employee has conducted work for a competitor or a personal side-gig on company time or while using company resources.Business MattersWhen you have been sued, or want to sue, for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, theft of trade secrets, or other business claims.When you run a business that does not yet need full-time in-house counsel but would benefit from an ongoing relationship with our litigation firm to act as outside in-house counsel with an eye toward negotiating on the company’s behalf, protecting the company’s rights, avoiding litigation, or litigating aggressively when necessary.When you are in the due diligence phase of a merger or acquisition to discuss the implications of the parties’ contractual obligations under a sale and purchase agreement.When you are preparing or negotiating master services agreements with vendors in connection with information technology projects to ensure each parties’ obligations and rights are clear and unambiguous to avoid future implementation pitfalls.We Are Here for You . . .When you have a “gut” feeling that risk may be on the horizon, even if you are unaware of—or are having difficulty defining—what that specific risk may be. We are uniquely equipped to help you correctly define employment and business risk at the outset with an eye toward mitigating unnecessary risk that can escalate into costly full-blown litigations. We also may provide comfort where perceived risk may not actually be legal risk as interpreted under the letter of the law.When you would like a second legal opinion concerning your business or employment legal matter.Don’t let little annoyances escalate into costly mistakes. Book an appointment with Evan S. Fensterstock today through the Fensterstock, P.C.online booking system.More About Evan S. FensterstockEvan combines his big law firm experience with the small firm attention that he believes each client deserves.  Evan’s approach is narrowly tailored to each client’s goal. That may mean pursuing alternative dispute remedies, consulting on best practices, or litigating aggressively.Evan is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts state courts, as well as in the Southern, Eastern, and Western District Courts of New York, the District Court of New Jersey, and in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.  Evan has represented companies and individuals on both the plaintiff and the defense side in a wide range of industries including banking, employment, financial services, insurance, pharmaceutical, advertising, entertainment, media, hospitality, and gaming. Evan has also conducted internal investigations of individuals and companies and prepared presentations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Evan is also a mediator and serves on the New York County Commercial Division's ADR panel.Mr. Fensterstock has represented companies and executives in a plethora of commercial litigation and employment matters involving:Breach of ContractBreach of Fiduciary DutyBusiness NegligenceBusiness TortsConfidentiality AgreementsContract DisputesContract InterpretationConspiracyConversionDamages AnalysisDeclaratory JudgmentDefamationDissolutionEmployment ContractsExecutive CompensationEmployment Separation and Severance AgreementsFraud (Business)IndemnificationIndenturesInjunctionsInterpleader ActionsMaster Service AgreementsMediationMisappropriation of Trade SecretsNon-Competition AgreementsNon-Disclosure AgreementsNon-Solicitation AgreementsPromissory EstoppelQuantum MeruitRestrictive CovenantsSanctionsSarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower ActionsSecuritiesSeparation AgreementsSeverance AgreementsShareholder Derivative SuitsStock Purchase AgreementsTortious InterferenceUnjust EnrichmentPrior to founding Fensterstock, P.C. in 2018, Evan was a Partner at Fensterstock & Partners LLP from 2015-2017, a premier complex commercial litigation law firm founded by his father, Blair Fensterstock, a Columbia Law Graduate, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a Top 100 Business Litigator, known for, among other notable matters, trying cases arising out of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. From 2009-2015, Evan was an Associate at the powerhouse firm Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP. Evan served as Executive Literary Editor of theNew England Law Reviewat New England Law|Boston, where he graduated from law schoolcum laudeand received the Cali Excellence for the Future Award in Business Transactions for Lawyers, an award given only to the highest scoring student in each law school class. While in attendance, Evan interned for the Honorable Raya S. Dreben in the Massachusetts Appeals Court, the Honorable Charles T. Spurlock in Suffolk Superior Court, and the Legal Division of the Massachusetts Department of Correction in Boston, Massachusetts.Evan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College where he double majored in Government and Spanish, played varsity golf and squash, and served as Class President.The Fensterstock name has been respected by the legal community for nearly a century, starting with New York Assistant Attorney General Nathaniel Fensterstock (1916-1988), Evan Fensterstock’s grandfather, who wrote the History of New York Social Welfare Legislation in 1941.Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.