Executive employment and compensation attorneys prefer happy and satisfied clients. These two states of mind do not, however, always go together. They do, of course, when we successfully negotiate a new contract for a college or university president or a Wall Street... Read More
The Value Added to Contracts for Senior Executives and College and University Presidents Far Outweigh Any Legal Fees
At the height of the Profumo scandal in England in the early 1960’s, the young Mandy Rice-Davies (unfairly portrayed by the tabloid press as a “good time girl,” in fact Rice-Davies was a brilliant woman who later became a notable business entrepreneur)... Read More
Why College and University Presidents Need an Attorney-Negotiated Contract – Part 3
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Q. Won’t the Board be put off that I am using a lawyer? Can they withdraw my offer?
A. There are several answers to these concerns, or rather, several parts of one overall answer... Read More
Why College and University Presidents Need an Attorney-Negotiated Contract – Part 2
Picking up on the list of reasons discussed in last week’s blog:
3. So as to Preserve the Good Relationship Between the President and the Board Which Prevails at the Outset of the President’s First Term of Office.
At the beginning... Read More
Why College and University Presidents Need an Attorney-Negotiated Contract – Part 1
As executive employment attorneys with a concentration in higher education contracts, we have, over the past decade, represented dozens of college and university presidents in negotiating (or helping them negotiate) their contracts when they are hired.
Many of them were first-time... Read More
The Facts Set You Free
As executive employment and compensation lawyers, we are asked to render advice to clients who are going through employment transitions. They are being hired or fired, or facing ongoing challenges and changes to their executive work life.
As every experienced lawyer knows,... Read More
Important Tips for Top Executives to Help Them Weather the Storms
As executive employment lawyers, we are familiar with the ordinary ups and downs of hiring and firing in the sectors we serve: higher education, finance, media and industry.
These times are anything but ordinary. The pandemic, political and economic turmoil, and general... Read More
A Better Year Ahead for College and University Presidents
Our executive employment law practice gave us a vantage point from which to view the effects of the pandemic on our nation’s leaders in higher education, the presidents of American colleges and universities.
It was not a pretty picture.
Carefully formulated budgets,... Read More
Holiday Law Book List
The year of the pandemic shut-in has opened up even more time for reading (never enough time for reading!). Clients and friends of our executive employment law practice have kindly claimed to enjoy my annual selections, so here we go again, a... Read More
At Least 10 Reasons Why You Should (Almost Always) Negotiate Before You Litigate – PART II
Continuing with our last blog topic:
7. Most employment law plaintiffs lose. This is a fact of legal life which both plaintiffs’ and defendants’ lawyers do not like to speak about, since it is bad for business, but I believe the... Read More