Galit Kierkut

Practice Details

• Languages
  Hebrew
  Conversational
• Firm Information
  Position

  Shareholder

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Trade Secret Litigation/Restrictive Covenants: Lead counsel in restrictive covenant case in the medical field in NJ State Court, vacated TRO entered prior to appearance in case, litigated to settlement.
  Lead counsel in trade secret/theft of confidential information case in the District of New Jersey, obtaining preliminary restraints
  forensic examination of defendant's computers.
  Lead counsel representing the sellers of two pharmaceutical companies in trade secret case in the District of New Jersey, won motion to dismiss.
  Lead counsel in trade secret/restrictive covenant case in the District of New Jersey, defending claims of violation of covenants
  stealing trade secrets, settled on eve of trial.
  Lead counsel defending physician restrictive covenant case in State Court in New Jersey.
  Lead counsel in several poaching/breach of duty of loyalty/theft of confidential information cases for a client in the telemarketing industry in New Jersey Superior Court, obtaining a TRO
  appealing the granting of a motion to dismiss in a matter of first impression in New Jersey.
  Lead counsel defending modular consultant company
  former employees in claims brought by Kullman in the New Jersey Superior Court of breach of duties of loyalty
  theft of confidential information relating a major development project in New York City
  litigated matter to settlement.
  Lead counsel in breach of fiduciary duty/theft of confidential information case brought in the District of New Jersey against general counsel in the tabletop industry
  represented general counsel
  new employer
  litigated matter to settlement.
  Represented individual defendants in breach of restrictive covenant/theft of trade secrets matter in the medical device industry, brought in the District of New Jersey, won motion to dismiss/transfer.
  Represented new employer in breach of restrictive covenants claim brought by former employer in the banking hardware industry against former employee in District of Georgia.
  Represented a New Jersey-based insurance company in case against former CFO for theft, recouping stolen funds.
  Lead counsel defending former hospital CEO in breach of fiduciary duty/fraud claims in the Bayonne Hospital Bankruptcy
  litigated to settlement.
  
  Outside General Counsel/Employment Counseling/Start-Ups: Represented Carbyne Ltd., an Israeli-founded public safety technology company, in connection with labor
  employment matters related to its $625 million all-cash sale to Axon Enterprise, Inc.
  Lead national team of employment lawyers for national hotel chain in employment compliance, counseling
  litigation.
  Serve as outside general counsel for New Jersey health care group in areas including corporate, employment, governance,
  regulatory.
  Provide employment
  accommodation related advice
  counsel
  serve as team lead for corporate advice
  other legal services to international software company.
  Employment counsel to New Jersey-based investment advisory
  insurance brokerage firm, providing all employment counseling, litigation,
  workplace training.
  Serve as U.S. employment counsel to several Israeli start-up companies in the medical device
  fin-tech space, drafting all employment
  restrictive covenant/confidential information protection agreements, policies,
  lead national team to advise on employment issues.
  Served as multi-disciplinary crisis counsel team lead to national high-end hotel br
  on COVID-19 related issues in the areas of employment, insurance, policy drafting, compliance, training, real estate,
  governance issues
  supervise litigation.
  Serve as employment counsel to various companies in the real estate development space.
  Served as U.S. employment counsel to non-U.S. based companies in the medical device, food services/packaged goods
  bio-tech space
  advised on reductions in force
  WARN issues
  advised
  trained on all U.S. compliance issues.
  Served as outside employment/compliance counsel to large regional dermatology group h
  ling employment, governance,
  regulatory matters.
  
  Employment Litigation: Lead counsel for technology client in single plaintiff harassment case in federal court in Connecticut, settled after argued summary judgment motion.
  Lead counsel in numerous single plaintiff discrimination
  harassment cases for international food service industry client in state
  federal courts
  at the EEOC, including sexual harassment, disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination failure to accommodate, gender
  national origin discrimination matters
  all litigated to settlements.
  Lead co-counsel in breach of contract
  failure to accommodate case brought by former President of medical group against the group, in state court in New Jersey, defended case
  brought to a settlement.
  Lead counsel defending a mayor of a large New Jersey city in sexual harassment case
  litigated to settlement.
  Lead counsel defending dental practice in sexual harassment claim in state court in New Jersey
  settled on eve of trial.
  Lead counsel in pregnancy discrimination claim brought against law firm
  its partners in state court in New Jersey.
  Represented law firm in matter of first impression in state court in New Jersey where firm was accused of aiding
  abetting sexual harassment by virtue of an investigation
  won dismissal.
  
  Complex Commercial Litigation: Lead counsel representing the sellers of pharmaceutical companies in the Southern District of New York, defending claims of breach of contract
  fraud arising from 880 million dollar purchase
  sale agreement.
  Defended fraud claims brought against real estate lender in numerous cases in the District of New Jersey.
  Defended fraud claims brought against the designers of corporate owned life insurance.
  Represented real estate company in malpractice claim against former outside counsel
  in appeal of first impression where the New Jersey Appellate Division found that attorney was not a 'corporate agent' under the New Jersey Business Corporation Act
  was therefore not entitled to m
  atory indemnification under N.J.S.A. 14A:3-5(4) for legal costs he incurred in defending against the malpractice claim.
  Part of team representing developer in four-month construction defect
  fraud jury trial, resulting in hung verdict
  subsequent settlement, acted as second chair during certain witness questioning, responsible for all lay opinion testimony.
  The above representations were h
  led by Ms. Kierkut prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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