Debevoise has a specialty Employment Litigation practice that has enjoyed tremendous success representing clients in their most sensitive and high-stakes executive disputes.

Read Full Description

Related Capabilities

Contacts

Mary Beth Hogan

Jyotin Hamid

Featured Topic

Mary Beth Hogan

Maura Monaghan

Maeve O'Connor

Mary Beth Hogan, Maura Monaghan and Maeve O’Connor are recognized in Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation”

Recognition

Ranked as a leading firm for Dispute Resolution.

A disputes powerhouse capable of taking on the most complex matters.

They are a serious international commercial litigation outfit - one of the world’s leading dispute resolution firms.

—Chambers Global, 2021-2023

They handle very substantial disputes and get results that ultimately save or earn their clients significant rewards.

—Chambers USA, 2022

They are very smart, collaborative and knowledgeable - they do a good job at looking out for the client first.

Phenomenal. [They] are accessible, incredibly bright and they bring a lot of industry expertise and legal expertise.

Chambers USA, 2021

They give very sensible, well-grounded and well-reasoned commercial advice and the quality of their work product is very high.

—Chambers UK, 2021

Very high-quality attorneys and very service-oriented.

—The Legal 500 US, 2022

A highly knowledgeable team that is very collaborative and creative.

—The Legal 500 US, 2020

Thought Leadership

Learn More

Debevoise has a specialty Employment Litigation practice that has enjoyed tremendous success representing clients in their most sensitive and high-stakes executive disputes. The firm's employment litigators are broad-gauged lawyers who uniquely combine their extensive knowledge and experience in employment law with the business sophistication and pre-eminent advocacy skills they have forged from their deep involvement in Debevoise’s other market-leading areas of complex commercial litigation. Wrongful Termination: Whistleblower and Discrimination ClaimsThe team has successfully defended clients in wrongful termination actions brought by senior-level, highly compensated executives. The practice's experience covers all areas of wrongful termination litigation, including discrimination and retaliation. Because of the group's involvement in Debevoise’s pre-eminent white collar practice, the team has particular expertise in handling whistleblower lawsuits that arise in connection with broader regulatory inquiries and that implicate severe enterprise risks. The practice has extensive experience on both the plaintiff and defense sides of disputes involving non-compete agreements and other legal issues that arise when companies hire top executive talent from the competition. The team has been successful in both obtaining and defeating motions for preliminary injunctions aimed at preventing the movement of key teams and business leaders. Executive Contracts and CompensationBecause of its broad experience with complex commercial litigation, clients often turn to Debevoise to handle difficult contract disputes involving highly paid executives or sophisticated compensation arrangements. Sensitive Investigations and AdviceThe practice also helps clients resolve their most sensitive executive disputes and issues without litigation. The team conducts internal investigations of alleged sexual harassment, #MeToo-related governance issues and employee fraud or other misconduct. Often working closely with the internationally recognized Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits Group, the employment litigators help clients navigate through their most sensitive personnel matters, such as mass reductions in force, management-level terminations and group hires from competitors.