Gary Trachten - Partner
Mr. Trachten was born in New Haven, Connecticut on February 3, 1953.
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Admitted:
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1983
- Georgia—Supreme Court, 1983
- New York—All State Courts, 1985
- U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut, 1985
- U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York, 1985
- New Jersey—All State Courts, 1989
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1994
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 2005
Education:
- Boston University, A.B., 1974
- Emory University, J.D., 1978
Educator:
- Assistant Director, Media Law Clinic, New York Law School, 1983–1984
- Co-Chair: "Wrongful Termination Claims," Practicing Law Institute, 1997–2001
Member:
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Administrative Law, 1992–1995)
- New York State (Member, Section on Labor and Employment Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Individual Rights and Responsibilities; Labor and Employment Law) Bar Associations
- State Bar of Georgia; National Employment Lawyers Association (Member, New York Executive Board, 1988–1998)
Author:
- Author: "Formal Employment Contracts," Practicing Law Institute, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
Reported Cases:
- Horn v. New York Times, 100 N.Y.2d 85 (2003) (amicus curae)
- Goldman vs. Gallant Securities, Inc., 878 F.2d 71 (2d Cir. 1989)
- Committee for Community Access vs. F.C.C., 737 F.2d 74 (D.C. Cir., 1984)
- Amboy National Bank v. Generali-U.S. Branch, 930 F.Supp. 1053 (D.N.J. 1996)
- Giuliano v. Everything Yogurt, Inc., 819 F.Supp. 240 (E.D.N.Y. 1993)
- Schuetz v. CS First Boston, 1997 WL 452392 (S.D.N.Y.)
- Mountain Ridge State Bank vs. Investor Funding Corp., 763 F.Supp. 1282 (D.N.J. 1991)
- Pine Run Properties, Inc. vs. Pine Run Ltd., 1991 WL 280719 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
- Giuntoli vs. Garvin Guy Butler Corp., 726 F.Supp 494 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)
- McKitty vs. Board of Education, Nyack, 53 FEP Cases 358 (S.D.N.Y. 1987)
- EEOC vs. Sambo's of Georgia, 530 F.Supp 86 (N.D. Ga. 1981)
- Rosenthal v. One Hudson Park, Inc., 701 N.Y.S.2d 899 (1st Dept. 2000)
- WorldCom, Inc. v. Segway Marketing, 693 N.Y.S.2d 9 (1st Dept. 1999)
- Anderson vs. First National Bank of Atlanta, 260 S.E.2d 501 (Ga.App. 1979)
Practice Areas:
- Employment law
- Commercial litigation
