Lisa H. Cassilly

Experience

• Granted summary judgment in a class action alleging a violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act on behalf of a nationwide class composed of applicants and employees of a major insurance company.
• Awarded $6 million in a recent arbitration in Connecticut for a client whose former executive breached his employment contract and diverted business to entities in which he had an interest.
• Granted permanent injunction enforcing restrictive covenants on behalf of a security company in federal court in New England.
• Obtained injunctive relief and return of share value in a federal court breach of contract and trade secret action brought on behalf of an international technology company against a former executive and competitor.
• Obtained dismissal of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case brought by the in-house counsel and compliance officer against a telecommunications client.
• Defended a major financial institution in multimillion-dollar employee piracy and trade secret misappropriation cases in federal courts in Georgia and Virginia, and the Superior Court for Santa Clara County, California.
• In the past three years, conducted several internal investigations of alleged employment law violations, including investigations on behalf of a nationally known investment group, a large municipal government and a Fortune 20 company.
• Obtained multiple summary judgments and two affirmances on appeal of summary judgments in employment discrimination in the past two years.
• Represented a telecommunications company in a dispute with a competitor, resulting in the imposition of significant restrictions upon the activities of the competitor’s newly hired chairman and CEO.