Paduano & Weintraub LLP

Paduano & Weintraub LLP is a boutique full-service litigation and employment firm dedicated to providing its clients with the highest level of service. The firm is committed to providing innovative and creative solutions and seasoned legal advice, and to zealously representing its clients as if their problems were their own. Whether litigating or counseling, the hallmark of Paduano & Weintraub's practice is their responsiveness and drive to provide proactive solutions to myriad complex workplace issues.

Employment Litigation and Counseling

Paduano & Weintraub’s employment practice represents employers of all sizes and management in disputes brought by current and former employees in state and federal courts and before arbitration panels and administrative agencies throughout the country, including:

• Single-plaintiff, class, and collective actions alleging violations of federal, state, or local discrimination and wage laws;
• Claims arising under the FMLA and ADA, as well as state and local disability and leave laws; and
• Claims arising out of employment and equity agreements.

Informed by years of litigation experience, the employment practice regularly works with clients to create and implement compliant and practical workplace policies and practices that balance business needs and legal compliance while mitigating short and long-term risk. They routinely advise clients on internal investigations, classification and wage audits, diversity initiatives, reductions-in-force, and general compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws. They provide individual and group training on discrimination and harassment, as well as how to use effective performance management to mitigate legal risk. The group responds to and manages the complex issues that arise from workplace crises, including high-risk sexual harassment complaints.

Private equity clients rely on Paduano & Weintraub to manage employment diligence in connection with the purchase and sale of private and public companies. We also draft and negotiate employment, restrictive covenant, and separation agreements.

Restrictive Covenants

Paduano & Weintraub is recognized nationally as leading experts in restrictive covenants, and regularly advises clients across the country concerning restrictive covenants, non-competition agreements, garden leave and safeguarding confidential business information. Hiring from the competition can be fraught with legal risk, and Paduano & Weintraub advises clients about such hires, and instructs new hires about what they can, and cannot, do before and after they are hired.

Paduano & Weintraub also litigates restrictive covenants, non-competition agreements, garden leave and contracts that safeguarding confidential business information, having appeared in federal and state courts and arbitrations in 40 states, across numerous industries.

Business Litigation

Paduano & Weintraub has prosecuted and defended a broad variety of cases arising out of disputes concerning contracts, shareholder agreements, intellectual property (including copyright and trade secrets), partnerships and close corporations for clients ranging from some of the largest global corporations to sole proprietorships. They have appeared before federal and state courts and arbitration panels throughout the United States, and in the United Kingdom and Brazil.

Securities Litigation

Paduano & Weintraub has extensive experience in all aspects of class-action and shareholder derivative cases brought under the federal securities laws, state investor protection laws, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and the corporate laws of the various states. They have represented issuers, investment banks, accounting firms and individual directors and officers in such cases.

Financial Services Litigation & Regulatory Matters

Paduano & Weintraub represents broker-dealers, RIAs and individual financial advisors in customer disputes, financial products and services, and regulatory matters. They have developed particular expertise representing securities firms and individual financial advisors in retail and institutional customer disputes before FINRA and the American Arbitration Association. We have represented broker-dealers, RIAs and financial advisors in litigations and arbitrations throughout the country concerning alleged sales practices violations. We routinely appear before federal and state regulatory agencies and the national self-regulatory organizations in compliance and disciplinary matters, on behalf of both individuals and member firms. We have selectively represented institutional and other substantial investors regarding financial product failures.

Insurance Litigation

Paduano & Weintraub has handled numerous matters in arbitration and before state and federal courts, on behalf of both insurers and corporate insureds, involving scope and denial of coverage, failure to defend and failure to disclose.

Professional Liability

Paduano & Weintraub defends law firms when they have been sued by clients for legal malpractice.