Galit Kierkut

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment

Health Care & FDA Practice

Litigation

Trade Secrets

Health Emergency Preparedness Task Force: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Career

Galit Kierkut is a seasoned litigator and advisor to national and international clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, financial services, hospitality, and health care industries, among others. She also takes on the role of outside general counsel for many of her start-up and growth-stage clients, assembling and leading teams of professionals to seamlessly address her clients’ legal needs.

Galit is also a key member of Greenberg Traurig’s Israel Practice, providing employment counsel to Israeli start up and growth stage clients in their U.S. operations.

Galit practices in the areas of trade secret and non-compete counseling and litigation, employment law, and complex commercial litigation. She is a skilled litigator who is never afraid to champion her client's rights but also works to reach non-litigation solutions when possible. She trains and counsels employers in all employment compliance areas, including reasonable accommodations, anti-harassment and implicit bias and is a frequent writer and speaker on these topics.

Galit has been honored by numerous organizations for her leadership and advocacy for women in the law and has received an award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law in conjunction with the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association. Galit is a past President of the New Jersey Women Lawyers Association and serves as the chair of the Trial Practices Committee of the Executive Committee of the Employment Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Concentrations:

Serving as outside general counsel

Restrictive covenant drafting, counseling and litigation

Trade secret litigation

Employment discrimination counseling and litigation

Employee leave and accommodation counseling and litigation

Employment compliance training

Complex commercial litigation

Israel practice

Start-ups

Professional Memberships

Membership Co-Chair, ABA Litigation Section, Business Torts and Unfair Competition Committee

Executive Board, New Jersey Women Lawyers Association; Past President; Nominations Committee

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Board Member, NJLEEP (Law and Education Empowerment Project), 2022-Present

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association; Member, Executive Board, Labor & Employment Law Section; Co-Chair, Employment Trial Practices Subcommittee, Labor & Employment Law Section; Member, Women in the Profession Section

Member, Essex County Bar Association; Past Chair, Task Force on Women in the Profession

Former Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Fee Arbitration Committee

Co-Chair, Partnerships and Organizational Outreach Subcommittee of Advocacy Committee, Jewish Bar Association of New Jersey

Member, Membership, Growth and Engagement Committee, National Association of Women Lawyers

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA, “New Jersey Labor & Employment,” 2012-2025

Personal

J.D., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1995

B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1991