Jeffrey Steven Adler

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Member

  Firm Name

  Burns White LLC
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters
  Obtained summary judgment on behalf of an accounting firm in a restrictive covenant action. The suit claimed that the newly hired employee was barred from joining the firm based on a noncompete agreement with a former employer. Counseled client
  worked with local prosecutors during the criminal court proceedings in a case in which a former employee was arrested after sending illicit emails
  making harassing calls to her former employer. Successfully settled a discrimination case for significantly less than the cost of defense in which a service industry company was sued by a former employee claiming he was fired due to his emotional problems. Successfully negotiated a settlement for significantly less than the cost of defense on behalf of a recruiting agency sued by a former employee who claimed she was sexually harassed by co-workers. A forensic study of the employee's computer yielded information that diminished the value of the case. Successfully represented a high profile Fortune 100 company in a civil action to recover millions of dollars lost due to an elaborate fraud scheme. Represented the limited partner/owner of an apartment building that caught fire severely injuring several people
  killing one person. Although the client was not at fault for causing the fire, the claimants sought to obtain recovery from the client's personal assets. The case reached a settlement that protected the individual owner's assets. Negotiated a special billing arrangement for legal services performed on behalf of a client with whom the firm had worked for many years. The client, a trade industry management company, had purchased an expensive software design package to run its business. The software did not work
  the client sued the manufacturer seeking reimbursement for the cost of the software package. The case successfully settled through mediation
  the client was reimbursed for the cost of the software package. In a business break-up, successfully defended an injunction action brought by the ousted shareholder. Obtained a summary judgment in a federal court matter on behalf of a health care defendant in a matter where a former employee was asserting claims under the ADA, the ADAAA
  FMLA.