Serving executives in higher education throughout the United States. Admitted New York and Connecticut bars.
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One unusual feature of the executive employment relationship is that while an employer promises to provide a job for a set term of months or years on pain of having to pay the executive’s compensation, the executive is not obligated to stay... Read More
The late Jim Camp, author of Start With No (subtitled “America’s Number One Negotiating Coach Explains Why Win-Win Is An Ineffective, Often Disastrous Strategy, And How You Can Beat It.”), one of my favorite books on negotiation, insists that every good negotiation... Read More
Late Spring traditionally brings with it the negotiation of renewal contracts for successful sitting college or university Presidents or Heads of an independent school.
First, some context:
An oft-repeated family story is my younger daughter’s reaction, half in amusement and half in... Read More
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Mark Brown, Major General U.S. Air Force (retired), on his appointment as President of Tuskegee University.
We were privileged to represent Dr. Brown in his Presidential contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Thom D. Chesney, on his appointment as President of Southwestern College and New Earth Institute.
https://www.swc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Heartlink-Spring-Quarter-2024.pdf
We were privileged to represent Dr. Chesney in his Presidential contract negotiations.
Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Sylvia Torti, on her appointment as the seventh President of College of the Atlantic.
https://www.coa.edu/about/administration/presidential-announcement/
We were privileged to represent Dr. Torti in her Presidential contract negotiations.
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.