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Judith A. Lockhart

Judith A. Lockhart

Partner
Managing Partner; Member, Associate Development Committee and Pro Bono and Public Service Committee

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
lockhart@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8603
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Restrictive Covenants, Litigation, Employment Law, Internal Investigations and White-Collar Defense, Legal Audit and Investigation

Practice Description

General Commercial Litigation/Alternate Dispute Resolution/Internal Investigations/ Employment Law.

Education

  • A.A.S., 1982 Pace University (Business Administration)
  • B.A.A., 1983 Pace University (General Business)
  • J.D., 1985 Pace University School of Law (cum laude, Casenote & Comment Editor, Pace Law Review 1984-85)

Admissions

  • 1985 Connecticut
  • 1986 New York

Affiliations

  • American Bar Association (Sections of Litigation and Labor and Employment)
  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Federal Bar Council

Awards/Honors

November 2006, Pace University School of Law Recipient, Distinguished Service Award; December 2004, Recipient, Outstanding Women of the Bar, New York County Lawyers’ Association

Publications Available on this website...

"The Treatment of Stock Options Under the Fair Labor Standards Act," Client Advisory, March 21, 2000

Additional Publications

“Monitoring Employee E-mail, Voice Mail and Computer Files Without Violating Employees’ Privacy Rights,” 1999 Raiding on Wall Street Conference, November 8, 1999

Presentations

"Taking Your Firm Global" (Panelist), The Law Firm Business Forum, September 28, 2006

"Making Your Compensation Committee More Effective: Dos and Don'ts" and "Use of Merit Compensation" (Panelist), The Law Firm Partner Compensation Forum, November 2, 2005

"Examining Privacy Issues," Fourth Raiding on Wall Street Conference, November 14, 2001

"Protecting Confidential Information, Computer Forensics & Privacy Issues," Third Annual Raiding on Wall Street Conference, November 8, 1999

Litigation

General commercial litigation in Federal and State courts and before domestic and international arbitral tribunals for both U.S., and foreign clients in the areas of employment law, commercial disputes, contracts, health law, and products liability and toxic torts. Representation of clients in arbitrations and mediations before the AAA, ICC, NASD and NYSE and in private arbitrations and mediations. Representation of clients in connection with various internal investigations.

Employment Law

Personnel Advice-Drafting employee manuals, personnel policies and employment contracts; providing advice concerning terminations, wage/hour regulations, disability laws and regulations, FMLA, smoking law compliance, drug testing, polygraph testing, unemployment and workers compensation issues, performance evaluation issues, disciplinary actions and severance issues; conducting sexual harassment investigations and training; and consulting concerning reorganizations, relocations and reductions-in-force, WARN Act notifications and COBRA issues.

Employment Contracts-Preparation and negotiation of employment contracts for clients, including brokerage and financial services organizations, international sales companies and advertising companies; negotiation of severance agreements.

Litigation-Representation of corporate clients in both Federal and State courts, arbitral tribunals and federal and state administrative agencies n connection with Title VII/employment discrimination cases, breach of contract cases and wrongful termination cases.

Illustrative Matters

Client Description
Architect/Engineering Firm Successfully represented client in employment discrimination claim based on national origin; obtained dismissal of multimillion dollar breach of contract, malpractice claim; obtained summary judgment dismissal of shareholder action.
Broker/Dealer Representation in all aspects of employment law and litigation, including breach of contract/fiduciary duty cases, discrimination litigation, employment contracts and policy issues.
Foreign Engineering Co. Successful representation of client in connection with tortuous interference claim by client.
Asbestos Trust Representation of Asbestos Trust established by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
Public Relations Firm General representation.
Financial Services Firm General representation.