education
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Lafayette College
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Columbia Law School
Admitted In
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New York
Juannell Riley
associate
Juannell is an associate in the firm’s litigation and employment practices. A keen eye for detail and an unrelenting engine set Juannell apart. His litigation experience includes contract and employment disputes, with robust experience negotiating separation agreements, employment agreements, and settlements. He is primarily motivated to pursue client satisfaction.
Juannell attended Lafayette College, completing a double major in Law and Philosophy, before moving on to Columbia Law School where, as a Richman Fellow and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, he obtained his J.D.
Matters worked on include:
Worked on dozens of employment disputes, representing both companies and individuals in negotiations relating to discrimination based on race, sex, or age, arriving at many successful settlements for terminated employees and, when necessary, initiating arbitrations or litigations to vindicate their rights and secure a recovery for them. On the other hand, he has also defended companies—hedge funds, closely held corporations, etc.—against wrongful termination claims.
Successfully represented a manufacturing company against one of its licensors in an action brought to secure IP rights worth millions of dollars a year.
Defending a former managing director of a global bank against actions by multiple international regulatory agencies.
Representing several small businesses against government investigations.
Representing a charitable organization in its negotiations with the government relating to government grants, and in its negotiations with private companies and property owners for carrying out their mission. This includes a lot of contract-drafting and negotiation.
He has participated in many arbitrations relating to the unwinding of partnerships.
He also has experience mediating in front of neutrals to arrive at settlements.