Shih, Jennifer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Mr. Sheridan has represented clients for more than a decade concerning employment discrimination claims, restrictive covenants, deferred compensation plans, reductions in force, negotiation of severance agreements, and executive compensation issues.   He has litigated claims under the ADEA, ADA, Title VII, the New York State Human Rights Law, and the New York City Administrative Code in state and federal trial and appellate courts.  Mr. Sheridan also regularly appears in FINRA and AAA arbitrations on behalf of securities industry professionals regarding unpaid bonuses, promissory notes, and contractual disputes.  Mr. Sheridan also has extensive experience representing corporate clients on risk transfer issues involving commercial leases and contracts. 

In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Sheridan is a mediator with the Southern District of New York’s mediation panel as an employment mediator, the New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division, and the Westchester County Human Rights Commission.  He is a member of the New York State Bar Association ADR Section and Collaborative Practice Committee, the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP), and the Global Collaborative Law Council. Mr. Sheridan frequently writes, lectures, and is consulted on employment law developments and dispute resolution techniques for both human resources professionals and business owners in the New York City metropolitan area. In 2009, Mr. Sheridan was interviewed on CBS Internet radio on the benefits of Collaborative Law in the business and employment context.  In October 2011, Mr. Sheridan lectured on utilizing ADR techniques in employment and business disputes for the New York State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, and the IACP at its annual forum in San Francisco. Mr. Sheridan is also founder of the New York Civil Collaborative Group, which in 2012 completed a CLE video webinar for lawyers through the International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution on using Collaborative Law in employment disputes.  

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Securities Industry Employment Disputes
• Employment Discrimination
• Commercial Litigation

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Southern District New York

EDUCATION

• Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York
  J.D. - 1998
• Union College, Schenectady, New York
  B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1995
  Major: History and Spanish

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

• Kelly v. Evolution Markets, Inc., 626 F. Supp2d 364 (S.D.N.Y. 2009).

Enforced a restrictive covenant on behalf of broker-dealer concerning a uranium broker's employment agreement, creating precedent for court interpretation of non-solicitation and non-competition agreements in New York.

• Credit Suisse First Boston Corp v. Pitofsky, 4 N.Y.3d 149, 791 N.Y.S. 2d 489 (N.Y. 2005)

New York Court of Appeals decision regarding a dispute between the Form U-4 arbitration clause and a private arbitration forum selection clause in clients' employment agreements.

Authored brief to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, and provided a genesis argument on defamation cases in the securities industry that resulted in the lead dissenting judge reversing her fifteen-year old precedent.

FRATERNITIES

• Phi Sigma Kappa