Serving executives in higher education throughout the United States. Admitted New York and Connecticut bars.
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My subject today is not nearly as clever as the particular “Ingenious Paradox” which W.S. Gilbert had in mind.
Our legal practice concentrates on negotiating the employment contracts and (where needed) the termination agreements of senior academic executives, College and University Presidents... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Maura Mast, on her appointment as President of Seattle University.
https://www.seattleu.edu/newsroom/2026/su-names-new-president.php
We were privileged to represent Dr. Mast in her Presidential contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Mung Chiang, formerly President of Purdue University, on his appointment as President of Northwestern University.
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/05/mung-chiang-named-next-president-of-northwestern
We were privileged to represent Dr. Chiang in his Presidential contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Andrew T. Chappell, on his appointment as Head of School of the Brunswick School.
We were privileged to represent Mr. Chappell in his contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Brenda Kelly, on her appointment as President of the College of St. Scholastica in Minnesota.
https://www.css.edu/about/st-scholastica-news/news/14th-presidential-announcement/
We were privileged to represent Dr. Kelly in her Presidential contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Lisa L. Thompson, on her appointment as President of Union Theological Seminary.
https://utsnyc.edu/rev-dr-lisa-l-thompson-named-17th-president-of-union-theological-seminary/
We were privileged to represent Dr. Thompson in her Presidential contract negotiations.
It will not surprise you to learn that many, if not most, people who make a career at the top administrative levels of higher and secondary education—College and University Presidents and Heads of Independent Schools—are genuinely idealistic about their work. They care... Read More
With all the controversy over Federal funding and other requirements, it is no surprise that 2025 was an extraordinarily hard year for administrators in higher education. The turnover has been significant: Inside Higher Education reports that at least 8 of the Big... Read More
First, a bit of unfinished business: at the end of my last blog, I offered what I thought was an apt quotation, and identified the author as Dr. Samuel Johnson. The source of the quote was correct, but as two of my... Read More
The problem we confronted at the end of my last column was: how to protect a College or University President who feels that he or she has to resign because of an irreconcilable conflict with the school’s Board of Trustees.
The President... Read More