KLEHR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chester - Upland Youth Soccer / Soccer for Success
- Co - Chair of the Litigation Department
Grant is a co-chair of the Litigation Department. He is a national business litigator with broad experience in both federal and state courts at the trial and appellate levels. He has also represented clients in alternative dispute resolution forums. Grant has authored numerous articles and has frequently been asked to lecture on a wide variety of topics.
Chuck is the former Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Law Practice Group, a position he held for 18 years. He represents and advises clients in all aspects of employment litigation including sexual harassment, discrimination, wage and hour, and non-competition/non-solicitation/trade secret agreements. Chuck has acted as lead counsel in class actions. He represents employers in their dealings with organized labor, including union avoidance campaigns, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and defending unfair labor practice charges. His clients value his business acumen and negotiating skills.
Job Titles:
- Co - Counsel for Affiliates of Golden Gate Capital
Coldwater Creek - Co-Counsel for affiliates of Golden Gate Capital in connection with the Chapter 11 case of Coldwater Creek, the American women's clothing and accessories retailer (Wilmington, Delaware)
Joseph has been on the cutting edge of emerging legal issues, litigating legal disputes concerning the nascent cryptocurrency and cannabis industries. This includes litigating securities and commercial fraud disputes within the cryptocurrency mining industry, federal enforcement of contracts concerning medical cannabis, and other budding legal issues.
Job Titles:
- Co - Chair
- Head of Department
- Partner
Domenic is the co-chair of the bankruptcy and restructuring department. He concentrates his practice on bankruptcy, restructuring and workouts, representing debtors, creditors' committees, unsecured creditors and acquirers of distressed assets and companies. He advises officers and directors of companies involved in financial restructuring on corporate governance and fiduciary duties.
Head of department Domenic Pacitti stands out for his expert representation of companies in financial distress, particularly Chapter 11 cases. He also offers experience in creditor-side representations, as well as D&O mandates. "Domenic has focus, poise, candor and a down-to-earth style."
Emerald Oil - Counsel to equipment provider to an independent exploration and production company focused on developing oil and gas wells in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana (Wilmington, Delaware)
Frank is the co-chair of the bankruptcy and restructuring department. His practice encompasses both commercial and real estate workouts and bankruptcy proceedings as well as a wide range of commercial litigation in both federal and state courts. His clients include financial institutions, debtors, financial guaranty companies, private equity funds and special receivers. Frank has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation in various courts.
Job Titles:
- Counsel to Creditor Austal USA
Hawaii Superferry - Counsel to creditor Austal USA, LLC in litigation over security interests in and abandonment of spare engine and parts of the operator of a high-speed passenger and vehicle ferry service in the Hawaiian Islands (Wilmington, Delaware).
Job Titles:
- United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Hussey Cooper - Co-Counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of a leading copper fabricator and distributor (Wilmington, Delaware)
Jonathan Krause is chair of the Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP litigation department. He is well known for his representation of employers in a broad range of issues. "He has an extremely sharp mind, superior client skills, and is highly sophisticated. He's unflappable."
Keith was a practicing Certified Public Accountant prior to becoming an attorney. His distinctive combination of legal, tax and accounting expertise uniquely positions him to advise clients on a broad range of corporate transactions, while at the same time structuring those transactions in a tax efficient manner.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Lee is the Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. She is also a member of the firm's Education Practice Group and serves on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee as well as the Associate's Committee. Lee has extensive experience advising employers on a wide variety of labor and employment issues at all stages of counseling and litigation. Lee represents companies ranging in size from very large to very small, including multi-state asset/property management and construction companies, a large infrastructure and site development contractor, a major employer in the healthcare industry, a multi-national consulting company, local businesses in the hospitality industry, and small distribution companies. Lee is available to her clients to provide counseling on day-to-day workplace issues to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws and to mitigate litigation risk as much as possible.
Magic Brands - Co-Counsel to the official committee of unsecured creditors of a national operator and franchisor of 98 fast-casual dining establishments under the trademarks of Fuddrucker and Koo Koo Roo (Wilmington, Delaware)
Job Titles:
- CEO and President, Gemino Healthcare Finance
Wet Seal - Co-Counsel to the successful purchaser of a multi-channel specialty retailer with an e-commerce business (Wilmington, Delaware)