Attorneys

  David S. Rich is Of Counsel to Lax & Neville, LLP.  Mr. Rich litigates civil, commercial, employment, and securities matters in federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey and arbitrates such matters before FINRA and other arbitral bodies.  Mr. Rich also litigates appeals.

  Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other civil and commercial matters, breach of contract actions, business torts cases, bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, civil racketeering actions, oppressed minority shareholder disputes, product liability litigation, franchisor-franchisee litigation, qui tam actions, divorce action and post-divorce judgment proceedings.

  Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among labor, employment and employee benefit matters, breach of employment contract actions, employment discrimination cases, retaliatory discharge actions, sexual harassment cases, actions for breach of non-competition or non-solicitation agreements, ERISA actions to recover pension or health benefits, and employee benefit funds' actions to recover withdrawal liability payments and delinquent ERISA contributions.

  Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other securities matters, securities fraud cases, breach of fiduciary duty actions, actions for breach of investment management contracts and arbitration proceedings to recover unpaid bonuses.

  Prior to joining Lax & Neville, LLP, Mr. Rich was an associate at the law firms of Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP and Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegel LLP.  He also served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael W. Farrell of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and as a Motions Law Clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  Mr. Rich has litigated many noteworthy cases, such as JLM Chems., Inc. v. Summit Resource Group, Inc., No. 08-CIV-10296, 2009 WL 1108662 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 24, 2009); Barron Partners, LP v. Lab123, Inc., No. 07-CV-11135, 2009 WL 129043 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 20, 2009); Barron Partners, LP v. Lab123, Inc., No. 07-CV-11135, 2008 WL 2902187 (S.D.N.Y. July 25, 2008); Pastore v. Witco Corporation Severance Plan, 196 Fed.Appx. 18, 2006 WL 2335161 (2d Cir. 2006); and Donohue v. Teamsters Local 282 Welfare, Pension, Annuity, Job Training & Vacation & Sick Leave Trust Funds, 12 F.Supp. 2d 273 (E.D.N.Y. 1998).

  Mr. Rich earned his Juris Doctor Degree from the Columbia University School of Law.  He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in English from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar.  Mr. Rich is admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, and the District of Columbia, and in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and for the District of New Jersey.  He is a member of the New York City Bar Association.