Michael C. Lasky is co-chair of the Litigation Practice Group of Davis & Gilbert. With over 30 years of litigation experience, he has litigated a broad range of disputes, including:

• Complex commercial cases
• Shareholder commercial and partnership disputes
• Disputes relating to the purchase and sale of businesses
• Restrictive covenant and "garden leave" disputes
• Breach of fiduciary duty and "mass exodus" claims
• Disputes involving the protection and exploitation of trade secrets

Mr. Lasky has handled some of the leading New York cases involving the movement of talent between competitive companies in the banking, advertising, and public relations industries.  Mr. Lasky is also the co-author of of a restrictive covenants chapter to appear in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts.

Mr. Lasky is also chair of the Public Relations Law Practice Group at Davis & Gilbert.  He is frequently called upon to address and collaborate with the leading industry trade associations, including the Counselor's Academy of the Public Relations Society of America and the American Marketing Association.  He has served as General Counsel to the Council of Public Relations Firms since its formation in 1998 and has worked closely with them to spearhead the development of several areas, including:

• Model agency/client agreements;
• Employee confidentiality and non-solicitation agreements;
• Incentive arrangements for key executives;
• Non-disclosures agreements for use in connection with vendors, joint ventures and potential mergers and acquisitions;
• Guidelines for handling client conflicts at public relations firms; and
• Policies and practices for communication professionals to reduce potential exposure for "messenger liability," caused by the communication executive's role in the dissemination of false or misleading statements.

After serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Law Review, Mr. Lasky began his legal career as law clerk to the Honorable Lee P. Gagliardi, United States District Court, Judge for the Southern District of New York.  Prior to joining Davis & Gilbert, Mr. Lasky was a litigation attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.  In 1991, Mr. Lasky was appointed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to serve as a Court-appointed pro bono mediator and continues to serve in this capacity.  To date, he has mediated over 75 cases.  He has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School, where he taught Moot Court and Legal Writing.  In recognition of his achievements, Mr. Lasky has been repeatedly selected as a Super Lawyer by New York Metro Super Lawyers.