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- Columbia Business Law Review, Notes Editor
Elliot J. Rosner
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PRACTICE FOCUS
Elliot J. Rosner represents individuals and companies with litigation matters in state courts, federal courts and before arbitration panels in New York, New Jersey and beyond, in addition to guiding clients in their corporate transactions.
Elliot has successfully litigated commercial disputes on behalf of clients in fields including real estate, health care, finance, education, food production, nursing homes and industrial manufacturing. The disputes he has litigated have involved issues such as breach of contract, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, civil RICO, business divorce, defamation, employment disputes and estate litigation.
In his family law practice, Elliot regularly appears before New York and New Jersey courts in divorce and post-judgment matters. In this high-stakes and sensitive practice area, Elliot guides clients through the custody and financial-related issues of the divorce itself as well as post-judgment issues that may arise. He has negotiated dozens of matrimonial settlement agreements, as well as prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, including the crafting of creative solutions when warranted by unusual circumstances. He has also successfully litigated cases to trial and appeal when they could not be resolved.
Elliot has significant arbitration experience in both commercial and family law matters with a particular focus on Beth Din arbitration. He has secured favorable arbitration awards for his clients and litigated arbitration-related issues before the courts, including confirmation of arbitration awards and the scope and validity of arbitration agreements.
Elliot’s transactional practice includes advising clients at all stages – from preliminary negotiations through the drafting of agreements and closings – in matters such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, newly formed entities, asset purchases and real estate financing. He has also advised clients on and drafted a wide variety of contracts including LLC operating agreements, employment agreements, corporate by-laws and shareholder agreements, non-disclosure agreements and contracts for the sale of real property.
Recent Representative Matters
- Represented an industrial tenant in an action against an international corporation for breach of the right of first refusal resulting in a favorable settlement after defeating motions for dismissal and summary judgment
- Represented an individual in obtaining summary judgment dismissing multiple Surrogate’s Court petitions making unwarranted estate-related allegations
- Represented a not-for-profit entity asserting claims in federal court against a former employee who misappropriated funds from entity bank accounts
- Represented an unlawfully jailed parent who was released after emergency motion practice before a New York appellate court
- Represented a parent in a post-judgment relocation matter resulting in successful relocation with the child over the initial objection of the other parent
- Represented the purchaser of a large well-known kosher food brand
- Represented the purchaser of multiple businesses together with their underlying real estate
RECOGNITIONS
- Rising Star, New York Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2014-2020
Awards
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