Juannell Riley

Counsel

Juannell (“Jay”) Riley is Counsel in the firm’s litigation and employment practices. A keen eye for detail and an unrelenting engine set Juannell apart. His litigation experience includes complex commercial, contract, and employment disputes, and he has robust experience drafting and negotiating executive compensation packages, offer letters, employment agreements, equity documents, separation agreements, and settlement agreements. Whether representing individuals or companies, Juannell 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. 

NOTABLE MATTERS

• Representing founders of start-up companies in compensation negotiations and post-fund-raising exits.

• Dozens of employment disputes, representing both companies and individuals in negotiations relating to discrimination based on race, sex, disability or age, and retaliation claims, successfully securing tens of millions of dollars in settlements for terminated employees and, when necessary, initiating arbitrations or litigations to vindicate their rights. Juannell has also defended companies—hedge funds, closely held corporations, startups, etc.—against wrongful termination claims.

• Successfully representing 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.

• Arbitrations relating to the unwinding of partnerships.

• Mediating in front of neutrals to arrive at settlements.

• 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 the organizations mission, including drafting licensing agreements.