Mr Cliff Fonstein > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Cliff Fonstein
Work Department
Labor and Employment Department; Employment Litigation and Counseling Practice Group.
Position
Cliff Fonstein is a partner in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of Seyfarth Shaw’s national Whistleblower Team, as well as its Financial Services Employment Practice Team. He has litigated all types of employment cases for Fortune 500 companies, from single-plaintiff whistleblower and discrimination claims to large class actions. In the past few years, he has provided advice to financial services, manufacturing and media companies, pertaining to training, terminations, compensation and other employment-related issues and has represented these clients in state and federal court and before FINRA arbitration panels.
Career
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Memberships
ABA (L&E Law Section); Member, National Finance Industry Employment Law Committee.
Education
JD, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law (1983); BA, University of California at Berkeley (1979).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Government > Government contracts
- Real estate > Real estate
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious