Serving executives in higher education throughout the United States. Admitted New York and Connecticut bars.
(646) 861-2410 (primary) (203) 984-6265
As professionals, lawyers are trained to represent diverse interests in different matters.
In our practice concentrating on employment agreements for senior executives in education, we have more often represented the individual executives who are being hired or (a good deal less frequently)... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Ralph Kuncl, formerly the long-serving President of University of Redlands, on his appointment as incoming CEO of Annapolis Symphony Orchestra.
https://annapolissymphony.org/news/ceo/
We were privileged to represent Dr. Kuncl in his contract negotiations.
The aim of our legal practice is to add tangible value for our executive employment clients.
Presented with a proposed contract for a College or University President or Head of School, there are numerous ways in which we can improve the overall... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Wagner College, on the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey A. Doggett as the 21st President of the College.
https://wagner.edu/newsroom/jeffrey-doggett-new-president/
We were privileged to represent Wagner College in the presidential contracting process.
The travails of College and University Presidents are much in the news these days, as indicated by the headline of one column entitled “Who Would Possibly Want To Be A College President!?!”
Since American higher education remains, despite its imperfections, an important... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Jody Reilly Soja, who will become the eighth Head of School at The Loomis Chaffee School as of July 1, 2024.
We were privileged to represent Ms. Reilly Soja in her Head of School... Read More
It’s time for our annual diversion from executive employment law to offer a few last-minute suggestions of books as gifts for yourself or anyone on your list interested in legal issues.
Often involving national or international social and political issues, the... Read More
John W. Hallowell, the revered Head of my own Ohio secondary school, once gave an address to students entitled “Know Your Own Bone.”
We were callow adolescents and the title—taken from Thoreau—sent us into gales of hysterical laughter. We wondered whether he... Read More
Our legal practice concentrates on negotiating and advising with respect to executive employment contracts and termination packages. Our clients are divided fairly evenly between our “niche” of non-profit executives in higher education and independent schools, and those CEOs and senior executives in... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Swami Iyer, on his appointment as incoming CEO of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation.
https://www.ciri.com/ceo-president-transition/
We were privileged to represent Mr. Iyer in his contract negotiations.